Jerry Roberts – The Not So Fake News in 2020
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Date & Time
Wed, Nov 13 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Address (map)
Loreto Plaza at 3313 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Understatement of the year: we are a nation divided.
Typically, we talk about this divide in terms of geography. Red state vs. blue state…cities vs. suburbs vs. rural/farming communities.
However, the true common thread in Trump’s base vs. the rest of the world is their source of news and (mis)information. Studies have shown that MAGA loyalists get their news: 1) from FOX and 2) from Facebook, with no other form of media even registering enough of a percentage point to make the list. In the meantime, all other legitimate media has been labeled as the enemy of the state by our very own president.
We all know where FOX stands. Two weeks ago, the rare stalwart of truth on the network, Shepherd Smith, resigned unexpectedly further solidifying FOX’s role as Trump’s personal propaganda machine. Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will not police the accuracy of political ads under the guise of “freedom of speech,” which will allow Trump 2020 ads – once again – to claim whatever they want. (Recall Hillary’s pedophile ring out of Comet Ping Pong’s Pizzaria? Yep, more of those.)
Back by popular demand, we are thrilled to host Jerry Roberts on the topic of the media in the 2020 election.Harry’s Plaza Cafe, Ranchero Room (21 and older)
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A little about Jerry Roberts
Veteran prize-winning journalist, Jerry Roberts, covers politics and media in Santa Barbara and beyond via video, podcast, social media and a blog of reported commentary on the “Newsmakers with JR” platform.
As a reporter and editor, he has covered politics at every level for four decades, in print, online and electronic media. The former Managing Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, he worked for 25 years at the paper, where he also served as Political Editor, City Editor and Editorial Page Editor.
Roberts served as Editor-in-Chief of the Santa Barbara News-Press from 2002-2006, during which time the newspaper won numerous journalism awards. His fight for journalistic ethics in the newsroom is chronicled in the documentary “Citizen McCaw.”
A news analyst for KEYT-TV and KCRW-FM, he has lectured at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University and other higher education institutions. He was director of student publications at UCSB from 2007-10.
Roberts is the author of “Never Let Them See You Cry,” a biography of Senator Dianne Feinstein published in 1994 by Harper-Collins. He is a two-time cancer survivor.
