Cspan2, television for serious readers. Good evening im john kenyon im the executive director of the city of Literature Organization prayed welcome tonight slip talks events featuring me the author joseph campbell. Botox is a series presented by the Iowa City Public Library featuring authors of books featuring political role of social engagement. In his new book, pulling failure in the u. S. President ial election, campbell looks at the long history of polling and its failures. You may recall dooey defeats truman or the shock of 2016 Election Results, campbell goes deeper. Looking at how polling methods in the way polls are covered in the media have affected our National Politics for decades. Campbell spent 20 years in journalism become a professor in Communication Studies program in America University in washington d. C. Hes also a writer historian, media critic and blogger. Hes authored seven books including getting it wrong, debunking the greatest myths in american journalism in 199
Affected our National Politics for decades. Campbell spent 20 or centralism before becoming a professor in the Communications Studies program at American University in washington, d. C. He is also a writer, historian, be the clinic and blogger. He has solo authored seven books including getting it wrong, defunct in the greatest myths in american journalism, and 1995, the year the future began. Tonight campbell will talk about is brenda book from university of California Press, lost in a gallup. Following his opening remarks i will moderate a q a session. Those watching us live on crowd cast can submit a question by clicking ask the question at the bottom of the screen at any time during appropriate. Now i would like to welcome w. Joseph campbell to let talks. John, thank you. Great to be a period great to be back in i was a, if virtually. I spent productive period of time but two and half years ago in i was city going through the Gallup Organization papers university of iowa city speci
110 degrees. We are standing across from bayview park and bayviews the july 4,osting 1919 World Championship heavyweight fight between jack dempsey and jess willard. It was difficult to find a place to hold this fight. In 1919, boxing had an awkward reputation for a death in the ring recently, gambling, and organized crime that was involved. But toledo made an offer and it was decided to host the fight here. Both fighters came to town months before and trained. Seat woodenn 80,000 stadium made of michigan pine and right next to it is a replica of a stadium with the same design that was built for the july 4, 2019 centennial celebration of the fight. The day of the fight was extremely hot and the pine began to bleach. The newspaper boys were making a fortune for people to sit on. A lot of straw hats, you see people of towels over the back of their next, really warm. Dempsey who was by far the underdog just basically pummels willard in one of the most violent three rounds of boxing you wi
In 1973 i saw him first, across a loud, profane, filthy newsroom in downtown raleigh. He was right out of school. I was still in school. I looked across at a city summit, who is that . Thats david zucchino. Is going to be the new star here. He had long, dark hair, over his shoulders, sick, jet black mustache. It was a long time ago. David is a grad of the unc Journalism School and in the burnout of the journalism hall of fame. In raleigh, he became famous very quickly in the newsroom when a new young editor came in and sent out a memo to the reporting staff saying each report will submit to his editor every morning and itinerary for his plans for the day. David even then impossible to tame, sat down at the old manual typewriter. Its a legendary story. Said what i will do today, i david zucchino. 10 15 try to to sneak in a late. 10 40 get a son drop. 11 Start Talking up where to go to lunch. He was writing all this done. We went to the diner yesterday at the blue plate special win wt ov
Against jack dempsey. It was a hot Independence Day at the toledo arena. 110 degrees. We are standing across from weber you park bayview park in toledo. Bayview is famous for hosting the july 4, 1919 World Championship heavyweight fight between jack dempsey and jess willard. It was difficult to find a place to hold this fight. In 1919, boxing had an awkward reputation for death in the ring recently. Also gambling, and organized crime that was involved in it. But toledo made an offer, and it was decided to host the fight here. Both fighters came to town a couple months before, they worked out and trained, and they built an 80,000 seat wooden stadium made of michigan pine. Right next to it, a replica of a stadium of the same design, built for the july 4, 2019 centennial celebration of the fight. The day of the fight was extremely hot. And the pine began to leach. The newspaper boys were making a fortune selling newspapers for people to sit on. If you look at the photographs, a lot of str