Barbara McQuade - "Attack from Within: How Misinformation is Sabotaging America" - Jill Wine-Banks
Barbara McQuade will discuss Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America. She will be joined in conversation by Jill Wine-Banks. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.
Presented in partnership with The Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture.
At Regenstein Library (JRL 122)
About the Book: Attach from Within is an urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practical solutions that can be pursued to strengthen the public, media, and truth-based politics. An MSNBC legal expert and former US Attorney, McQuade breaks down the ways disinformation has become a tool to drive voters to extremes, disempower our legal structures, and consolidate power in the hands of the few.
About the Author: Barbara McQuade is a professor from practice at the University of Michigan Law School, her alma mater, where she teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, and data privacy. She is also a legal expert for NBC News and MSNBC, and a co-host of the podcast #SistersInLaw. From 2010 to 2017, McQuade served as U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Ms. McQuade was appointed by President Barack Obama, and was the first woman to serve in her position. Earlier in her career, she worked as a sports writer and copy editor, a judicial law clerk, an associate in private practice, and an assistant U.S. attorney. She and her husband, Dan Hurley, have four children and live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
About the Interlocutor: Jill Wine-Banks is the author of a memoir, The Watergate Girl, and an MSNBC Legal Analyst. She also appears on PBS, Canadian and Australian television and radio, Sirius XM, NPR and other radio shows and podcasts. She co-hosts Intergenerational Politics Podcast.
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