Counting on Democracy

Posted by on November 8, 2002

Media Tank presents

COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY
A video screening and discussion with Danny Schechter
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Wednesday, November 13, 2002
7:00 PM
Philadelphia Ethical Society
1906 S. Rittenhouse Square
$3 Suggested Donation
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The Presidential election in 2000 set off a political controversy that has raised serious and lingering questions about the U.S. electoral system. Yet while we heard endless stories of hanging chads and butterfly ballots, the mainstream media’s reporting left most Americans wondering who really one the 2000 Presidential election and what really went on down in Jeb Bush’s Florida.

Join us for a screening of Globalvision’s new investigative film COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY, which digs deeply into some of the more shocking elements of this major event in U.S. history, including charges of racial exclusion, voting rights violations and the subverting of a recount in the most contested and controversial election in U.S. history. Directed by investigative reporter Danny Schechter, COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY is a jaw-dropping, even terrifying account of just how shallow our nation’s commitment to democracy can be.
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DANNY SCHECHTER is an Emmy-winning producer, executive director of MediaChannel, and author of The More You Watch, The Less You Know.

MEDIA TANK is a Philly nonprofit working to bring together media arts, education and activism to build a movement for media democracy.

Co-sponsored by the Asian Arts Initiative and Robin’s Book Store

For more info: 215-563-1100 * http://www.mediatank.org.