<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">SUNDAY SALONS<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">No. 5<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jonathan Green in conversation with Ben Eltham</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u>Fake News, Fake Democracy</u><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">4:00-6:00pm</a> Sunday 4 June<br></span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Neapoli Wine Bar<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Russell Place, Melbourne</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The emergence of falsified yet convincing news seems inevitable in a fast-paced social media environment, where attention spans and attention to detail are challenged at every moment. While propaganda is as old as politics, the legitimacy of news stories is now being called into question by those in power – far too often, to serve their own interests. What is the future for a democracy premised on the open exchange of information? And how can political power be called to account?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jonathan Green</strong> is Editor of Meanjin. In a 30-year career he has worked as a senior writer and editor at several Australian newspapers, including 15 years at <em style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Age</em>. He was the editor of <em style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Crikey</em> for three years and the founding editor of ABC’s online opinion site, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Drum</em>. He is also a broadcaster and presenter of Radio National’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sunday Extra</em> programme.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Book your tickets:</span></div><div><a href="https://sundaysalon.blog/2017/04/30/salon-5-jonathan-green-fake-democracy/">https://sundaysalon.blog/2017/04/30/salon-5-jonathan-green-fake-democracy/</a></div><div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sunday Salons are curated by Esther Anatolitis with Ben Eltham and Tasneem Chopra. Each two-hour session is an in-conversation followed by group discussion, with plenty of time for a glass of wine. <br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">SUNDAY SALONS WINTER 2017 SEASON<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1. George Megalogenis: Australian values<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2. Judy Yates: Housing crisis<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3. Frank Bongiornio: Australian history now<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4. Michael Bachelard: Media culture, culture war<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">5. Jonathan Green: Fake news, fake democracy<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">6. Jessica Alice: Writing a feminist Melbourne<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">7. Jade Lillie: Artistic practice, cultural activism<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://sundaysalon.blog/">https://sundaysalon.blog/</a><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/welcometosundaysalons/">https://www.facebook.com/welcometosundaysalons/</a><br></span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#SundaySalons </span></div><br>AWAY FROM MY DESK - SENT BY MOBILE DEVICE<div><br></div><div>ESTHER ANATOLITIS</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118);">@_esther </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://estheranatolitis.net">estheranatolitis.net</a> </span></div></div></div></body></html>