Discussion Group

Can the News Be Fixed?

Did the internet break the news or did it simply exacerbate pre-existing problems? How have the changing economics of the news industry altered the way that news is produced and consumed? Is it really even possible for ordinary citizens to be generally well-informed about current events?

Wednesdays | 12.00-1.30pm | Elm Library

Feb 7 | John Sommerville, “How the News Makes Us Dumb”
Feb 14 | Jimmy Wales and Orit Kopel, “The Internet Broke the News Industry (and Can Fix it Too)”
Feb 21 | Maria Konnikova, “How Headlines Changes the Way We Think” & Tim Harford, “Facts vs. Feelings”

This reading group is open to all Yale students, undergraduate and graduate. Space is limited; sign up using the form below. For more information please contact Peter Wicks.

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

Ben Hecht