Watching by. Traffic ministration official strait is blamed for. Every trace of the cycle. If. You believe it or believe the. Virus originated. Hello im richard just britain youre watching a special edition of the listening post coburg 90 as the worlds 2 most powerful countries the usa and china are staring each other down so far its been a war of words and sound bites a blame game over the origins of the pandemic and each sides response to it conducted mostly through the news. The chinese and American Media industries are ideological opposites one operates under the watch of communist party censors the other under a capitalist free market dominated by a handful of mega conglomerates but news outlets in both countries have found their own ways to bolster the talking points of their respective governments later in this program well hear from a chinese news anchor on the role of journalism in this soft power conflict but 1st the listening posts. On how the pandemic has been covered on ea
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Thank you janice and thank everyone for being here. The weather has been difficult. Sorry about that. We have got parking challenges but appreciate you all being here. Tonight we are featuring a journalist and New York Times bestselling author Janice Kaplan enter fascinating book the genius of women from overlooked to changing the world janice will be in conversation with the ceo of the womens fund of central ohio and this is going to be an illuminating evening ill say that right now. I want to thank our venue fantastic friends and their wonderful Committee Partners and all these organizations for helping us get the word out. I want to introduce janice and kelly and just minute that i want to ask you to silence your phones or any other noisemakers he might have with you tonight so we can just share everything. I hope many of you have visited gramercy books. We are right down the street. We invite any of you who have not been there before to come in we have been open for just over three
Bestselling author Janice Kaplan and her fascinating book the genius of women from overlooked to changing the world. She will be in conversation with the ceo of central ohio and this will be on eliminating evening. I want to thank our venue partner and our Wonderful Community partners, all these organizations that helped us get the word out. I will introduce janice in a moment but let me ask you to silence your phones or any other noisemakers you have with you tonight so that we can hear everything. I hope many of you have visited, we are right down the street a few blocks down and we invite any of you who have not been there before to browse. We have been open for three years and hosted 300 book related events. [applause] besides being an independent bookstore for central ohio our mission is to connect the community with talented authors. That is what we are doing tonight. You received the program, i want to give a shout out to three Upcoming Events can we produce eight events every m
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