For The Motion
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John Hockenberry
FOR THE MOTIONJohn Hockenberryis co-host of The Takeaway, a national morning news program co-produced by WNYC Radio and Public Radio International. During his time at ABC and NBC, he earned four Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Casey Medal.
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Jim VandeHei
FOR THE MOTIONJim VandeHeiis executive editor of Politico. In the fall of 2006, VandeHei, along with co-founder John Harris, left the Washington Post to create Politico, now one of the nation’s most influential websites and newspapers. -
Michael Wolff
FOR THE MOTIONMichael Wolffis a columnist for Vanity Fair and the founder of news aggregator newser.com. His latest book is The Man Who Owns the News (2008), a biography of Rupert Murdoch.
Against The Motion
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Katrina vanden Heuvel
AGAINST THE MOTIONKatrina vanden Heuvelis editor and publisher of the Nation. She is the editor of several books including, Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover (2009) and co-editor of Taking Back America--And Taking Down The Radical Right (2004). -
David Carr
AGAINST THE MOTIONDavid Carrwrites a column for the Monday Business section of the New York Times that focuses on media issues including print, digital, film, radio and television. -
Phil Bronstein
AGAINST THE MOTIONPhil Bronsteinbegan his journalism career in his teens as a film reviewer. He joined the San Francisco Examiner as a reporter in 1980, and beginning in 1983, spent 10 years as a war correspondent where he was a 1986 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his work in the Philippines.
Moderator
John Donvan is a correspondent for ABC News Nightline. He has served as ABC White House Correspondent, along with postings in Moscow, London, Jerusalem and Amman.
