Very Exciting Panel Discussion about television, entertainment and the white house. My name is Katherine Kramer brownell. I am an associate professor of history at Purdue University ity. I am a historian of modern american politics and. I have written extensively about the relation ship between the presidency and Popular Culture. Include my new book, which i will shamelessly plug because of this ongoing, which is called 24 7 cable television. The fragmenting of america from watergate to fox news. The book explores the political strategy behind the president ial embrace of programs like mtv news. And so im just thrilled to be moderating this conversation, which looks at the other side of the equation, how television has portrayed the american presidency and the impact that this has had on Civic Knowledge and engagement. To dig into these questions, i am thrilled to introduce my panelist who are incredibly distant distinguished in their careers their full bios are in program. So i will j
And the white house. My name is Katherine Kramer brownell. I am an associate professor of history at Purdue University ity. I am a historian of modern american politics and. I have written extensively about the relation ship between the presidency and Popular Culture. Include my new book, which i will shamelessly plug because of this ongoing, which is called 24 7 cable television. The fragmenting of america from watergate to fox news. The book explores the political strategy behind the president ial embrace of programs like mtv news. And so im just thrilled to be moderating this conversation, which looks at the other side of the equation, how television has portrayed the american presidency and the impact that this has had on Civic Knowledge and engagement. To dig into these questions, i am thrilled to introduce my panelist who are incredibly distant distinguished in their careers their full bios are in program. So i will just give a brief to my left. We have gautham rao, who is an ass
Welcome to the second session very Exciting Panel Discussion about television, entertainment and the white house. My name is Katherine Kramer brownell. I am an associate professor of history at Purdue University ity. I am a historian of modern american politics and. I have written extensively about the relation ship between the presidency and Popular Culture. Include my new book, which i will shamelessly plug because of this ongoing, which is called 24 7 cable television. The fragmenting of america from watergate to fox news. The book explores the political strategy behind the president ial embrace of programs like mtv news. And so im just thrilled to be moderating this conversation, which looks at the other side of the equation, how television has portrayed the american presidency and the impact that this has had on Civic Knowledge and engagement. To dig into these questions, i am thrilled to introduce my panelist who are incredibly distant distinguished in their careers their full bi
Friday. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We begin this morning with overnight breaking news. Nbc now confirms President Trump last june ordered his white House Counsel to fire the special prosecutor overseeing the russia investigation, Robert Mueller. With the New York Times first reporting, ultimately backed down after Donald Mcgahn threaten today resign rather than carry out the firing. Mueller remains as special counsel. The times writing, mr. Mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and former senior white house officials in his inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice. It continued, the president began to argue that mr. Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation. Those three conflicts, according to the times, a dispute years ago over fees at trumps virginia golf club. The fact that mr. Mueller had most recently worked for a law firm that previously counted Ja
Friday. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We begin this morning with overnight breaking news. Nbc now confirms President Trump last june ordered his white House Counsel to fire the special prosecutor overseeing the russia investigation, Robert Mueller. With the New York Times first reporting, ultimately backed down after Donald Mcgahn threaten today resign rather than carry out the firing. Mueller remains as special counsel. The times writing, mr. Mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and former senior white house officials in his inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice. It continued, the president began to argue that mr. Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation. Those three conflicts, according to the times, a dispute years ago over fees at trumps virginia golf club. The fact that mr. Mueller had most recently worked for a law firm that previously counted Ja