Distortions the way the story was told and other public records. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Were back now with more live original to of thing a annual gaithersburg festival. Melvin goodman will talk about his time with the cia. [inaudible discussion] welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. Im audrey and im washington independent review of books representative here helping at this festival. Its a city that proudly supports the arts and humanity. Were pleased to gripping you this fabulous event thanks to the generous support of sponsors and volunteers. When you see them, please say thanks. A few announcements. Please silence your cell phones. If youre on social media, use the hash tag gbs and i think i see gbs17. Your feedback is valuable to us. Surveys are able. By submitting a century ray you will be entered into a drawing for a 100 series to gift card. Melvin goodman will be signing books after the presentation. Copies of his book right here are on
Right now, harlem right now, and find many, many people shooting up or using pills who are not white, who are not lower middle class people. This is an epidemic that affects all income groups, ages, races, demographics and thats largely looked past in the media, the in part because its easier for reporters to most reporters are white. Im white, im a report. And im speaking from experience. Most newsrooms most reporters are white, and i think white reporters feel more comfortable going to white neighborhoods to write about white drug addicts. Thats been my experience. I think if you saw more people of color in newsrooms you would see this aspect of the epidemic represented more fairly in the press. I wanted to cover that. That aspect of it. So im going to talk about an area in baltimore called oxyalley, a place i spent a lot of time writing about the addicts there and a place where many some of the drugs and many other drugs ended up. They dahl it oxial. Looks like any other blighted st
And ran for the District Attorney in Northern Colorado and worked there 10 years and in 2014 iran for the house seat. Host you had a Health Crisis that influenced your decision so tell us more about that. In 2013 i had cancer stage for hodgkins lymphoma and as i recovered from that i started to question what do want to do . Well i advocate for term limits here in requires you to think that 52 years old what do i want to do with the rest of my life . I decided i wanted to run for office. Host you are in good health now quite. I am in great health. Thank you. So what defiant . The first thing right after the election all the numbers were brought together there was one lavish party after another the message is very clear if you are willing to play the game life can be a very comfortable existence but the game is to agree with leadership and specialinterest but i am not one of those people that is very agreeable soil was not interested in doing that achene to washington d. C. To have a pas
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