Tuesday, July 13, 2004 2:08 PM
WHAT: Los Angeles Press Club invites to a Q & A with David Brock, Founder of MediaMatters.org. Co-sponsored by PR Newswire.
WHO: David Brock originally gained notoriety as the closeted gay conservative who wrote the “Troopergate” story about Bill Clinton and a scathing book about Anita Hill. Since then, Brock authored Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative, a New York Times best-seller about his training as a political conservative. His next book, The Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy, will soon be released by Crown. Brock is also featured extensively in the soon-to-be-released documentary, “The Hunting of the President.”
Brock is President and CEO of Media Matters for America – www.mediamatters.org -billed as “a Web-based, not-for-profit progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media” in real time. The media watchdog monitors CNN, and other mainstream news organizations, as well as conservative radio talk shows and outlets.
WHERE: Los Angeles Press Club’s seminar room, 6464 Sunset Blvd, 8th floor.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 13th. 6:30 p.m. – cocktails and networking. Program starts at 7:30 p.m. Press club members $5, non-members $20, members joining that evening free. Drinks and snacks included.
RSVP: to info@lapressclub.org or call 323-469-8180.
