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9:00 pm
Miller Center of Public Affairs National Debate Series
"The Internet & Democracy"
The Miller Center joins MacNeil/Lehrer Productions to present this lively discussion on whether the Internet fulfills the ideals of a direct democracy or whether it generates, in the words of Google CEO Eric Schmitt, a "cesspool" of erroneous information. Debaters include Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and Andrew Keen, author, "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture.". D
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10:00 pm
Kalb Report
"Scoops and Scandals: Two Centuries of Presidents and the Press"
Moderator Marvin Kalb and an expert panel examine the history of the relationship between the press and America's presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama. Program panelists include: Historians Douglas Brinkley and Martha Joynt Kumar and Sam Donaldson of ABC News. D
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11:00 pm
49th Star: Creating Alaska
Fifty years ago, in 1955-56, a group of Alaskans meets for 75 days in Fairbanks to hammer out the structure of a new state and its branches of government. This documentary chronicles their work and charts Alaska's journey from Russian territory to America's largest state.G
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