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[inaudible conversations] thank you very much for being here and i particularly want to thank chairman barrasso because he allowed us to have the subcommittee hearing and for me to chai chair if this is a discn thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead ....
Thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International Partners. The Bipartisa ....
Political unrest. That we pulled together a conference, and more people than just me are doing research and papers that come from a number of different perspectives. It kind of goes back and forth. A lot of it works like scholarship would work in a university. A lot of it works a little more likean inhouse, something the congressional record service, where your donor institution calls up and said, we really need to know about this from the time. Can you tell us more . Reporter thanks for speaking with us. Barbara next for having me. Announcer you are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Join the conversation, like us on facebook. Sunday night on afterwards, physician and journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal examines the business side of health care in her book an american sickness, how healthcare became big business, and how you can take it bac ....
Of Martin Luther king jr. And robert kennedy. Her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Margaret lets get started. Welcome. Today we are talking about 1968, a year when a heck of a lot happened, including a president ial election. A year where there were a lot of social, economic, political parallels that are in some ways familiar to us now because, in part, some of the changes the early 21st Century America has experience particularly in politics were set in motion in this late period. 1960slets get started. Start with an unlikely as official News Conference or address to the american people. March 31, 1968. President Lyndon Johnson gave a televised address to the nation. His subject but was the vietnam war. By this point the vietnam had escalated into a bloody c ....
Today we are talking about 1968, a year when a heck of a lot happened, including a president ial election. A year where there were a lot of social, economic, political parallels that are in some ways familiar to us now because, in part, some of the changes the early 21st Century America has experience particularly in politics were set in motion in this late 1960s period. Lets get started. I want to start with an unlikely as official News Conference or address to the American People. March 31, 1968. President Lyndon Johnson gave a televised address to the nation. His subject but was the vietnam war. By this point the vietnam had escalated into a bloody conflict involving over half a million american soldiers. A war that had gradually started as a small engagement ....