To introduce you to mr. Andrew outten. The historical programs manager for the American Revolution institute, the society of the cincinnati who. Will introduce our speaker this evening. Marks a lot taller than i am here. Thank you, mark. And good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us both here in person and virtually from afar. Tonights authors talk program that is made possible in part by a generous gift from the masses. Massachusetts society of the cincinnati features dr. Jordan taylor discussing his new book, misinformation and nation for news and the politics of truth in revolutionary america, published last month by Johns Hopkins University Press fake news is nothing new, just like millions of americans today, the revolutionaries of the 18th century worried that they were entering a posttruth era. Their fears, however, were not fixated on social media or clickbait, but rather on peoples increasing reliance on reading news gathered from foreign newspapers. News was the li
To introduce you to mr. Andrew outten. The historical programs manager for the American Revolution institute, the society of the cincinnati who. Will introduce our speaker this evening. Marks a lot taller than i am here. Thank you, mark. And good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us both here in person and virtually from afar. Tonights authors talk program that is made possible in part by a generous gift from the masses. Massachusetts society of the cincinnati features dr. Jordan taylor discussing his new book, misinformation and nation for news and the politics of truth in revolutionary america, published last month by Johns Hopkins University Press fake news is nothing new, just like millions of americans today, the revolutionaries of the 18th century worried that they were entering a posttruth era. Their fears, however, were not fixated on social media or clickbait, but rather on peoples increasing reliance on reading news gathered from foreign newspapers. News was the li
It doesnt happen that often the Founding Fathers papers will be published when we are all dead. The fact that this group of people so marvelously put together 22 fabulous volumes and really tell a story of the founding of the country in a way that is incredibly important and one that i recommend to all because you know, the guys got together and wrote the constitution pretty quickly given the fact that bill clinton said the constitution should be called lets make a deal. We in the press went there which made it a lot easier and then theyve got this piece of paper and come out and basically sell it and they solved it quite variously with different people selling Different Things and contradicting each other. I read the executive sections of the federalist papers and the way madison and hamilton started out is quite stark. Here they are. Theyve written this thing and sold it to the public or at least to the router fires and now they have a country to figure out. That is left to this grou
Government and decide how it should function. This is an hour and a half recorded at the American Historical Association annual meeting held this year in washington. Hi, everybody, im Cokey Roberts and im here in my history hat as a writer of history and student of current history, but it is a thrill to have this panel on First Federal congress. It is such an incredibly important subject and one that these folks have mined asid uously for many, many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that ive ever seen. Among other things, its complete, which you know, doesnt happen that often. I mean, the Founding Fathers papers will be you know, being published when were all dead. And so this fact that this group of people so marvelously put together 22 fabulous volumes and really tell the story of the founding of the country in a way that is incredibly important and one that i recommend to all, because you know, the
Next on American History tv, journalist Cokie Roberts mod races s moderates a discussion on the First Federal congress at the american historical Associations Annual meeting. The panel talks about the nations founders including James Madison and George Washington who met from 1789 to 1791 to determine the structure of the new federal government and decide how it should function. This is an hour and a half, recorded at the American Historical Association annual meeting held this year in washington. Hi, everybody. Im Cokie Roberts and i am here in my history hat as a writer of history and a student of current history, but it is a thrill to have this panel on the First Federal congress because it is such an incredibly important subject and one that these folks have mined assiduously for many, many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that i have ever seen. Among other things, its complete which, you know, do