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I feel like i should be selling sham wow. [laughter] jonah it is great to be here. I used to do these every summer, then i started going on three state killing sprees instead. So it was a long, generous introduction, but as those of you who have heard me speak before no, if it is not brought up, how always feel compelled to do it myself when the l. A. Times picked me up as a columnist, Barbra Streisand publicly canceled her subscription in protest. It does not get better for me then not in my li...

Of this interfaith lecture series. I am especially pleased that diane winston, who holds the in media and religion at berkeleys Annenberg School is here with us. I do not know how many of you know about religion but to hold likeight chair, that is the noble prize in journalism education, so i am really glad that she is here. I will tell you more about diane in a moment, but first as i traditionally do, we will discuss the discussion. An underlying theme we have been having, the background for al...

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The noble prize in journalism education, so i am really glad that she is here. I will tell you more about diane in a moment, but first as i traditionally do, we will discuss the discussion. An underlying theme we have been having, the background for all of the discussions in the amphitheater, has been, how the news business, and the Civic Society can do its part. To give us the information and the values and the perspective that we need, as a Democratic Society to find our way. I was thinking of...

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Recognizing those who have promoted Free Expression in areas of speech, the press, religious liberty, and arts and entertainment. Recipients included apple ceo tim cook, u. S. Representative and civil rights leader john lewis, abc for the spares dash before the first reporter Martha Raddatz and Playboy Enterprises founder hugh hefner. This is just over one hour. Good evening, fellow champions of the First Amendment, and welcome to the newseum Second Annual Free Expression awards dinner. We are h...

Were honored to have you celebrate with us tonight the awards for the six men and women. Now standard speaker protocol calls for me to make a joke at this point. To relax the room, bring us together and go on to more serious subjects. David bradley is the genius at this, the problem, i dont know any jokes about the First Amendment. Unless i go all George Carlin on you. And we have to keep this dinner pg. So i did what a modern person would do. I googled, i mean, i asked alexa, i mean, i asked si...

We are honored to have you with us tonight. Standard speaker protocol calls for me to make a joke at this point. [laughter] to relax the room, bring us together and let me move on to more serious subjects. David bradley, a wonderful support here tonight, is genius of this. The problem is, i dont know any jokes about the First Amendment unless i go all George Carlin on you. [laughter] and we have to keep this dinner pg. So i did what a modern person would do, i googled. I mean i asked alexa, i me...

We are honored to have you with us tonight. Standard speaker protocol calls for me to make a joke at this point. [laughter] to relax the room, bring us together and let me move on to more serious subjects. David bradley, a wonderful support here tonight, is genius of this. The problem is, i dont know any jokes about the First Amendment unless i go all George Carlin on you. [laughter] and we have to keep this dinner pg. So i did what a modern person would do, i googled. I mean i asked alexa, i me...

Series of these interfaith lecture series here in the hall of philosophy. Im especially pleased that diane winston, who holds the night chair in media and religion at the school, is here with us. I dont know how many of you know about journalism education, but to hold a night chair, that is like the nobel prize in journalism education, so we are glad diane is here. I will talk more about her in just a moment in her topic, but i will spend just a moment, as i traditionally do, setting up this dis...