. >> eric burns, author and former host of a "fox news watch", recounts deliberately false and error prone stories that existed in the history of american journalism. mr. burns profile of the authors and their motivations that range from mark tweens of this discovery of a 100 year old petrified man en benjamin franklin's fabricated report of the trial of miss polly baker. in this event hosted by bronson noble in new york city is 45 minutes. >> thank you all for coming. like most authors to sell less than john grisham, i had told, khalil of -- i had hoped more privileged, i think that word of my intention linked out because my intention is to begin this evening by reading to you what is in my opinion one of the more mundane, more predictable and less insightful paragraphs in this entire book. [laughter] so i guess i asked for a few empty seats. here is the paragraph: most journalists behave like most other people in most other occupations. they do their jobs well or better than well, they realize that others depend on them and are stimulated by the need to meet their responsibilities.

[applause] >> eric burns is the former host of "fox news watch," the author of several books, including inif a miss scribblers ." >> joseph sohm explores themes of dempsey, through his photography collection, "visions of america," it spans 30 years of his career and spans all 50 states. this talk was hosted by the closeup foundation in washington, d.c. >> hi everybody. i got to see when rose asked a question of who's been here before and so i want to say to those of who are veterans of the closeup program, one welcome back and to shows of you who are new, welcome aboard. i'm sure all of you know or you wouldn't be here that closeup remains the gold standard for civic education programs in washington, d.c., so congratulations for participating. i'm going to introduce you to a gentleman who, like me, has been associated with coastup for many, many years. now, joe sohm has been called many things, some of which are repeatable here, even though we are a camera in the room. but you know, a photographer is the continuing he's referred to the most and that begins to tell the story, but it does