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DESCRIPTION: KPFA Radio presents: \n\n   An Evening with John Nichols & Robert 
 McChesney\n  “DOLLAROCRACY:  How the MONEY and MEDIA ELECTION COMPLEX is 
 DESTROYING AMERICA\n   Hosted by KRIS WELCH\n   \n $12 advance tickets: 
 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/461977 :: 800-838-3006  or Pegasus 
 Books \n (3 locations), Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s, Walden 
 Pond,  DIESEL a  Bookstore, and Modern Times  ($15 door) \nKPFA benefit    
 Information: www.kpfa.org/events    
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 no two people are more dedicated to the transformative, democratizing\n 
 power of journalism not as it is, but as it should be.”—Naomi 
 Klein\n\nIn their new book, Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election 
 Complex is Destroying America, Nichols and McChesney - two leading media 
 experts – examine the forces that have sapped elections of their meaning 
 and stolen America’s democratic potential. The 2012 election was a 
 quantum leap: it was America’s first $10 billion election campaign. While 
 U.S. elections have never been perfect, the country is now hurtling toward 
 a point where the electoral process itself ceases to function as a means 
 for citizens to effectively control leaders and to guide government 
 policies.  \n\nNichols and McChesney make a powerful case for amending the 
 constitution to address the wildly undue influence corporate money is 
 having on our elections. \nThey describe pay-to-play billionaires and the 
 crass politicians who do their bidding, corporations that have been free to 
 buy elections and activist judges who merely advance their agenda, and the 
 media conglomerates that blow off journalism while raking in billions 
 airing intellectually repugnant, morally reprehensible political 
 advertising.  This poses a terrifying challenge to the DNA\nof American 
 democracy itself.\n\nJohn Nichols is the Nation magazine’s Washington, 
 D.C. correspondent. A pioneering political blogger, he has written the 
 magazine’s “Online Beat” column since 1999. A contributing writer for 
 The Progressive and In These Times he is also the associate editor of The 
 Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a frequent 
 commentator on radio and television shows. Gore Vidal said, “Of all the 
 giant slayers now afoot in the great American desert, John Nichols’ sword 
 is the sharpest.” \n\nRobert McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor 
 in the Dept of Communication at the University of Illinois at 
 Urbana-Champagne, and the author or editor of 23 books. His work has been 
 translated into 30 languages. He is the co-founder of Free Press, a 
 national media reform organization.  Utne Reader listed him as among their 
 “50 visionaries who are changing the world.”\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/23/18743712.php
SUMMARY:John Nichols & Robert McChesney: Dollarocracy: The Money and Media Election Complex
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\n2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/23/18743712.php
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