Best of 2018: ‘Madison, the Media, and the Mob’ Live at America’s Town Hall

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🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Jeffrey Rosen hosts a live conversation at the National Constitution Center with leading journalists—Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic; Michelle Goldberg, op-ed columnist for The New York Times; and Jonah Goldberg, senior editor of the National Review—discussing what James Madison might think of mainstream media today and the effects of social media on modern democracy and politics. The conversation explores everything from Twitter mobs and the threats posed by growing tribalism to Facebook’s proposed “Supreme Court” and the challenges presented by online content regulation. This event was presented in partnership with The Atlantic magazine and generously sponsored by the John S. Templeton Foundation as part of the NCC’s Madisonian Constitution for All Initiative. This episode originally aired on our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, where you can hear live constitutional conversations held here at the National Constitution Center and across America. Questions or comments? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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0:00.0	Hi We The People listeners. This week we're bringing you another one of our favorite live events from 2018.
0:06.0	Host Jeffrey Rosen's conversation with Michelle Goldberg of the New York Times, Jeff Goldberg of The Atlantic, and Jonah Goldberg of National Review,
0:13.7	discussing James Madison, The Media and the Mob,
0:16.7	as part of our November National Symposium, co-hosted by the Atlantic magazine.
0:21.6	This episode was originally published on our companion podcast, Live in America's
0:25.8	Town Hall, which features live constitutional conversations with leading historians, journalists,
0:31.2	scholars, and public officials held here at the National
0:33.9	Constitution Center in Philadelphia and across America. We'll be back next
0:38.1	week with a brand new episode of We The People. Happy New Year and enjoy the
0:41.6	show. Welcome to Live at America's Town Hall.
0:50.0	The podcast bringing you live constitutional conversations held here at the National
0:54.8	Constitution Center in Philadelphia and across America.
0:58.6	I'm Tenaya Taubur, Director of Town Hall Programming. Today we will hear from the Goldberg's, not the TV show characters, but a group of distinguished journalists.
1:08.0	Jeffrey Goldberg is editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
1:11.0	Michelle Goldberg is an op-ed columnist for the New York Times. and Forces for the first time for a panel on Madison, the media, and the mob, exploring what
1:25.0	Madison would make of mainstream media and social media today.
1:29.1	NCC President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen moderated this panel,
1:32.8	which was produced in partnership with the Atlantic
1:35.2	as part of our National Symposium,
1:37.2	The Constitution in Crisis,
1:39.0	What would the Founders Think?
1:40.7	Here's Jeff. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution Center.
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