BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260808T084314EDT-5670jM9emr@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260808T124314Z DESCRIPTION:In the wake of both the Canadian and the US elections\,\nMedia@ 91˿Ƶ is pleased to present a special event which aims to\nprovide a spac e for public exchange concerning the role of media in\nboth elections. Eac h speaker will center her or his presentation on\nthe role of media during the U.S. and Canadian election campaigns\nand in the post-election period .\nNdimyake Mwakalyelye\, a television reporter for Voice of America\nTV w ill be discussing the U.S. elections\; Manon Cornellier\,\npolitical repor ter for Le Devoir\, will talk about both the\nFrancophone and Anglophone C anadian press\; John Ibbitson\, Globe and\nMail Columnist\, will deal with both the U.S. and the Canadian\nelections. Each panelist will develop her or his own angle of\nanalysis.\nFocusing on specific features of media co verage of the Canadian\nand the US elections\, the panel will take up the question of\nwhether the media did their job during and right after the\ne lections.\nAs Media@91˿Ƶ Acting Director Will Straw says\, “ With\nFaceb ook\, partisan cable news networks\, political blogs and\ntraditional news papers fighting for a role in the political\nprocess\, the question of the media’s role in elections has become\nmore complicated and urgent than ev er.”\n \n \n DTSTART:20081118T223000Z DTEND:20081118T223000Z LOCATION:Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 3450 rue McTavish SUMMARY:The Canadian and U.S. Elections: Did the Media Do Their Job? URL:/channels/event/canadian-and-us-elections-did-medi a-do-their-job-102729 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR