Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody
A Conversation on the Role of Media and the Future of Democracy
Event Details
Date
Monday, October 5, 2026
Time
4-6:30 p.m.
Location
AT&T Lounge, Pyle Center
Description
Please join us for a conversation on the importance of an independent and impartial media to a free and democratic society. Lawyer and author Ian Rosenburg will sit down with Prof. Emeritus Donald Downs to discuss Rosenberg’s latest book, Terrible Stuff Damaging Everybody and the broader responsibilities media in the United States have to informing the electorate with honest and non-partisan reporting.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email dhempson@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Monday, September 21, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.