Bard Center for the Study of Hate Presents
How Journalists Should Write about Hate Groups and Hate Group Members
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Online Event
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
A Bard Center for the Study of Hate Webinar
3 PM NY l 9 PM ViennaThe Bard Center for the Study of Hate (BCSH) hosts a discussion with Bill Morlin, a journalist long admired for his reporting on white supremacy, who will speak on “how journalists should write about hate groups and hate group members.”
Ken Stern, of BCSH, notes that "In my opinion, most journalists who cover hate groups, their leaders, or their members do a poor job. For example, when David Duke was running for elective office in Louisiana, he’d frequently be asked questions about his past as a Klan leader, which he would charmingly deflect. Some 1990s militia leaders explained their hate and planning for violence as, 'we’re only defending the Constitution,' and few journalists knew how to expose exactly what they meant . (Militia leaders claimed that the Constitution didn’t include Amendments after the Bill of Rights, and thus didn’t free the slaves or allow women to vote).
Writing about hate and hate groups takes special journalistic skill. Bill Morlin's powerful writing always treats the haters as real people but also clearly demonstrates the menace and danger of their ideas and organizing.
This is an online event. Register via Zoom.
For more information, call 718-503-4441, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://bard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HwtkheTrRwWdFzriCxSuxw.
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Online Event