Television for serious readers. On cspan they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subjects. Book tv weekends, they bring you author after author and its like the work of fascinating people. I love book tv and im a cspan fan. This is book tv on cspan2. Television for serious readers. Heres our primetime lineup. Starting shortly, former Washington Post reporter provides a history of the military industrial complex. Sarah discusses the cost of Higher Education on book tv after words at nine pm eastern. At 10, he takes a critical look at the official crash of twa 81996. We wrap up six. We wrap up our sunday primetime lineup at 1115 with the recent appearance on cspan washington journal. Talking about his book on the supreme court, supremely partisan. That that all happens next on cspan to book tv. First up, heres marlene mccartney. Okay, will begin our program now. Can you hear me okay . Okay. Good afternoon and early good afternoon and thank you to everyone who came to our
Television for serious readers. On cspan they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subjects. Book tv weekends, they bring you author after author and its like the work of fascinating people. I love book tv and im a cspan fan. This is book tv on cspan2. Television for serious readers. Heres our primetime lineup. Starting shortly, former Washington Post reporter provides a history of the military industrial complex. Sarah discusses the cost of Higher Education on book tv after words at nine pm eastern. At 10, he takes a critical look at the official crash of twa 81996. We wrap up six. We wrap up our sunday primetime lineup at 1115 with the recent appearance on cspan washington journal. Talking about his book on the supreme court, supremely partisan. That that all happens next on cspan to book tv. First up, heres marlene mccartney. Okay, will begin our program now. Can you hear me okay . Okay. Good afternoon and early good afternoon and thank you to everyone who came to our
By filling out a survey, this information assist the staff as they plan future programs so thank you in advance for doing this. Following the lecture there will be a book signing outside the door of this room. A Service Provided by the campus bookstore. In addition to the books, todays event is cosponsored by the National Affairs committee of the democrats, also the book would not be possible without such sponsors. The book featured today is the product of 2 two distinguished career journalists. James mccartney, now deceased, and his wife, molly mccartney. For nearly four decades as a reporter for the Chicago Daily news, james covered the principal institutions of the federal government with special emphasis on war and conflict which he covered in more than 30 countries. Molly worked as a reporter for 30 years including 14 years at the Washington Post. After her husbands death in 2011 molly continued the research and writing of the book he was working on in his retirement. Americas war
In what was happening in the world am i parents were immigrants to the United States, interested in this country, what was happening in this country and around the world. We would read newspapers and watch Television News and local news. Way back when, i got interested in it. Host you grew up in tampa. Where did your parents come from . Why did they come to the united . Marty baron they came from israel and they came to the United States, believing in the american dream. In 1954, they came to the United States and my father worked in the Citrus Industry in florida. Host when did you understand what journalism was supposed to be . Marty baron in high school, i had a sense of always happening in the profession and i was pretty sure that i wanted to make it my career at an early age. So, i read about it, knew about it, absorbed it. I tried to be professional in high school. In college, i became more aware and majored in journalism, getting the mba. I try to be more and more professional a
Can you remember the first time you got interested . I was in Junior High School keenly interested in what was appening in the world. So through their reading of newspapers and watching news and National News i got interested in it myself. You grew up in tampa. Where did your parents come from . They came from israel. They came to the United States. My father believed in the american dream. They stopped in paris. Then in 1954 came to the United States and my father started working in the Citrus Industry in florida. When did you start to understand what journalism was supposed to be . I think in high school to some degree. I had a sense of what was happening in the profession. I was sure i wanted to make it my career at an early age and so i read about it knew about it absorbed it. So i tried to be as professional as possible in high school. I dont think i was terribly professional. In college i also became of course more aware. One, i knew the journalism was becoming more specialized a