Salve Regina's Pell Center Names ‘The Fracturing of America’s Public Narrative’ 2019 Story of Year
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Salve Regina's Pell Center Names ‘The Fracturing of America’s Public Narrative’ 2019 Story of Year
The topic is being explored in-depth in this week’s episode of the nationally syndicated PBS television series and podcast, “Story in the Public Square.”
“The Fracturing of America’s Public Narrative”
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIn the aftermath of the Second World War, and at the height of newspaper circulation in the United States, there were three nightly outlets for national broadcast news.
Three respected, elder journalists who shaped the public’s consciousness even while they did their best to remain dispassionate.
Show co-hosts Jim Ludes, Pell Center executive director, and G. Wayne Miller agreed that the 2019 story of the year is not a single story, but a greater phenomenon.
The two hosts dive into the issue when they interview Michael Kennedy, professor at Brown University’s Watson Institute who is the author of “Globalizing Knowledge: Intellectuals, Universities, and Publics in Transformation,” in this week’s episode.
“Today, we get our television news from entertainment companies, while many of us spend more time engaging with news on social media. As a result, there is no longer a national narrative to help guide policymakers. In addition, an agreed-upon set of facts has become increasingly more difficult to establish. Look no further than the president’s impeachment defense, which relies upon a set of talking points the President’s own former-Senior advisor on Russia warned—in sworn testimony before Congress—was nothing more than Russian disinformation,” said Ludes.
Since 2103, The Pell Center has announced the “Story of the Year,” identifying a public narrative that has had the biggest impact on public affairs in the previous 12 months.