joining margaret sullivan is dr. joan donovan, a leading public scholar and disinformation researcher specializing in media media manipulation political movements, critical internet studies, and online extremism. dr. donovan is the research director of the harvard kennedy school. shorenstein center on media, politics and public, and the director. the technology and social, social project. she is coauthor of the book memoirs the untold story of the online battles upending democracy in america. and her research can be found in several academic peer review journals. she's a columnist at mit technology review and a regular contributor to the new york times, the guardian, npr and pbs. tonight, they discussing sullivan's new book, newsroom confidential, charles kaser from the guardian called a beguiling memoir. and journalist katie couric said margaret sullivan's, perspective on our increasingly cook-off in its media ecosystem is invaluable by dealing her personal and professional experiences. and this lies an engaging mem

please turn in welcoming margaret sullivan and joan donovan. [applause] >> a while back. a good looking crowd. i want to thank the students from my course they came over from the harvard kennedy school. cheers to them. always keeping me on my toes. i came here fresh from a lecture on this information in the anatomy of media manipulation campaign, so i got aat few thins that are front of mind. >> i will have fusion mic.c. i can't figure out how.us [speaking in native tongue] i think it just slides up. >> thank you. >> wherere together now okay. so sullivan, solely. >> you can call me solely. >> i know that you know why? >> because of it in the book. >> because i'm from boston and it would be it would be a special kind of trauma not to call you by your name. >> you know, i live in your city and when i say like for a reservation whatever i might have to give my name, i will say sullivan and they will say solomon? no. it happens every time. so here in, boston it's a little different. >> you say sullivan, which one? what county? >> what parish. you got it. by way of entering a

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