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An Evening with Bill Keller

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The Graduate Center, CUNY

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Partner:: CUNY
Location:: Elebash Recital Hall
New York, NY
Event Date:: 02.22.12
Speakers:: Peter Beinart,; Bill Keller
Tags:: new york times; editor; reporting; iran; newspapers; israel; GOP primary

Summary: Bill Keller, op-ed columnist and former executive editor of The New York Times, speaks with Prof. Peter Beinart, senior political writer for the Daily Beast who teaches Political Reporting at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

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Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart is an American journalist and Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York. He is a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and Senior Political Writer for The Daily Beast website. Beinart worked at The New Republic until 2006, for much of the time writing The New Republic's signature "TRB" column, which was reprinted in the New York Post and other major American newspapers.

From 2007 to 2009, Beinart was a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Beinart is the author of The Good Fight: Why Liberals, and Only Liberals, Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again, and The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris.

Bill Keller

Bill Keller became Op-Ed columnist and senior writer for The New York Times Magazine as well as other areas of the newspaper in September 2001. Previously, he served as managing editor from 1997 to September 2001 after having been the newspaper’s foreign editor from June 1995 to 1997. He was the chief of The Times bureau in Johannesburg from April 1992 until May 1995.

Before that, he had been a Times correspondent in Moscow from December 1986 to October 1991, the last three years as the newspaper's bureau chief. He won a Pulitzer Prize in March 1989 for his coverage of the Soviet Union.

Mr. Keller joined The New York Times in April 1984 as a domestic correspondent based in the Washington bureau. Before coming to The Times, Mr. Keller had been a reporter for The Dallas Times Herald since October 1982. From 1980 until 1982, he was a reporter for the Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report in Washington, covering lobbyists and interest groups. He was a reporter for The Portland Oregonian from July 1970 until March 1979.

Born on January 18, 1949, Mr. Keller graduated from Pomona College with a B.A. degree in 1970 and completed the Advanced Management Program at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in July 2000. He is currently a member of the board of trustees of Pomona College. Mr. Keller is married to Emma Gilbey. Ms. Gilbey is a writer and the author of a biography of Winnie Mandela. He has three children, Tom, Molly and Alice.

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01 hr 35 min 03 sec

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01.: Introduction

03 min 21 sec

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02.: Comparing Tensions with Iran to the Lead-up to the Iraq War

06 min 22 sec

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03.: Analyzing Press Coverage of Iran's Nuclear Program

03 min 21 sec

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04.: The Emotional Aspect of the Iran Conflict

05 min 21 sec

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05.: America's Influence Over Israel

03 min 24 sec

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06.: Analyzing America's Global Influence

02 min 16 sec

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07.: Comparing the Arab Spring to Past Uprisings

03 min 21 sec

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08.: Comparing Bosnia, Libya, and Syria

02 min 28 sec

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09.: The Transition from Objective Journalism to Editorial Writing

05 min 00 sec

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10.: Choosing a Topic to Write About

03 min 59 sec

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11.: Areas of Subjectivity Within the New York Times

04 min 19 sec

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12.: Determining the Appropriate Level of Subjectivity

02 min 19 sec

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13.: Defining Legitimate Viewpoints

02 min 10 sec

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14.: Analyzing Right Wing Anger Towards the Times

03 min 16 sec

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15.: Overseeing the Move to Digital

06 min 18 sec

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16.: Reasons for Implementing a Paywall

03 min 36 sec

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17.: Why the Paywall Has Worked

02 min 38 sec

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18.: The Future of Journalism

04 min 00 sec

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19.: Q & A

00 min 21 sec

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20.: Q1: The Effect of J Street on Israel Reporting

02 min 52 sec

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21.: Q2: Islamic Law in the Wake of the Arab Spring

02 min 06 sec

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22.: Q3: Obama's Chances at Re-Election

01 min 46 sec

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23.: Q4: Dealing with Non-Mainstream Views

05 min 27 sec

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24.: Q5: Concerns Over the Sale of Philadelphia Newspapers

02 min 39 sec

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25.: Q6: Personal News Sources

02 min 45 sec

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26.: Q7: Thoughts About Julian Assange

04 min 16 sec

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27.: Q8: Reporting on North Korea

03 min 21 sec

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28.: Q9: Women at the New York Times

02 min 01 sec

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How Americans Are Misinformed About Iran

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Former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller discusses the perceived threat of Iran. He suggests that one of the main sources of alarm comes from the Republican debates, which he argues "are not enlightening, and not the place for any nuance or ambiguity."
Can Israel Be Talked Out of Attacking Iran?

03 min 31 sec

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Former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller discusses the role emotion plays in Israel’s desire to attack Iran. He describes all the logical arguments to dissuade attacking Iran, but admits that emotional reactions are "almost unreachable by those sorts of arguments."
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