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MS 0058-2004-001
2004 April 13
Lecture given by former 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate Howard Dean for the Richard Howard Program in American Journalism. This took place after the Iowa caucus and Dean leaving the race. Introduction was given by John Harwood of the Wall Street Journal. Dean talks about the importance of voting especially among college students. Dean is critical of George Bush and the Iraq War saying it has lead to a distrust in Government. He cites "Loss of Hope" as a major factor in low voter turnout largely due to the conduct of the President and the Democratic parties lack of cohesion. He also talks about the media's role in the lack of hope, through corporate conglomeration of media outlets and the Fox News model's dominance leading to a lack of accountability and contrarianism in Journalism. He does talk about how this generations connection to the world as a sign of hope, ending on how hope and Democracy go hand in hand and both require regular work. The Question and Answer session begins at 00:32:45 and cover topics from the media's coverage of "The Scream" speech, government funding of special education, third party candidates, job creating, classification of controlled substances, corporations and government, national security and the Iraq War. Dean also talks about the issue of the environment and to make it a strong campaign issue it needs to be linked to the top two issues for voters: jobs and economic security. Dean leaves the stage at 01:11:59.
VHS
1h 23m 19s
[item identification], Washington College audiovisual collection, MS 0058, Archives and Special Collections, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.