VRMNC Speaker Luncheon – March 26

PRESENTATION:  on “How to Interpret the News” by Dr. Eric Gorham (Club Member)

SPEAKER:  Our March speaker will be Dr. Eric Gorham, Professor Emeritus at Quest University, and a new member of the VRMNC.

The event will take place on Thursday, March 26, at the Oak Bay Rec Centre, doors opening at 11:30 am.

About the talk:
Eric’s talk will look at biases in the news media.  It will be an analysis of the media going well beyond simple “liberal/conservative” stereotypes; he will argue that there are biases more insidious than ideology that afflict the media.  These biases have helped lead to the decline of traditional news media (the so-called “mainstream media”) and the rise of a new kind of news culture (social media, blogging, etc.).  Eric will also discuss where to find a variety of reliable news sources and political ideas and will give hints as to how to critically examine political news stories from both mainstream and non-traditional sources.

More about Eric…
Eric Gorham is Professor Emeritus at Quest University, where he was a founding faculty member and taught political science from 2007 until 2022. Eric has also been a faculty member at Loyola University New Orleans and has taught at Concordia University in Montreal.

TICKETS: Click + sign then click Get Tickets. When complete you will receive two emails, 1) payment receipt from PayPal, and 2) ticket from software. If you do not get these two emails you have not completed your ticket.  Sales cutoff is March 22 at 6pm.
(NOTE: The new price for lunch, reflecting increased charges from the Rec Centre, is $42.50 per head.)

WAITLIST: Contact Hugh Stephens (principal@tpconnections.com, 250-813-0339) if the event is sold out.