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    Open Phones with Norman Lear

    Norman Lear talked about his book, Even This I Get to Experience, and responded to viewer telephone calls and comments. He was interviewed at the 2014 Miami Book Fair International, held…

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    Even This I Get to Experience

    Norman Lear talked about his book, Even This I get to Experience. He spoke at the 2014 Miami Book Fair International, held on the campus of Miami Dade College on November 22-23.

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    Even This I Get to Experience

    Norman Lear talked about his memoir, Even This I Get to Experience, in which he discusses growing up during the Depression, the social commentary he presented in TV shows like “All in the Fa…

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    Religion and Politics

    Norman Lear talked about President Bush’s legacy, patriotism and religion in America. He discussed his creation of People for the American Way in 1981 to fight the influence of the religious…

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    Awards Dinner

    The Campaign for America’s Future held an awards dinner at their “Take Back America” conference, which was held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. Slide presentations or videos were shown as the ho…

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    Television, Cinema, and American Values

    At the Aspen Ideas Festival Mr. Anderson moderated a panel featuring television producer Norman Lear, actor and filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and author and filmmaker Nora Ephron. They talked ab…

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    Filibuster Ad Campaign

    Participating by satellite connection, Mr. Lear announced that the Foundation is launching a multimillion dollar national advertising and grassroots campaign to urge senators to preserve the…

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    University of Southern California Commencement

    Television Producer Norman Lear talked about the joy of sharing and the importance of living in the moment and making a difference with one’s life. Mr. Lear gave his remarks as the Universit…

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    Where We Stand

    Roger Rosenblatt talked about his latest book, Where We Stand: 30 Reasons for Loving Our Country, published by Harcourt. In the book, Mr. Rosenblatt cites the reasons he believes that Americ…

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    Discovering Madison Exhibit

    As part the national historic preservation effort, Mrs. Clinton spoke at Montpelier, the home of President Madison and talked about the “Discovering Madison” exhibit featured there.

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    Declaration of Independence Tour

    Television producer, Norman Lear, announced the launch of a nationwide tour of an original print of the Declaration of Independence that he had recently acquired. Others who spoke at the eve…

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    Eleanor Roosevelt Award

    Accepting the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for democratic action, Actor Warren Beatty talked about his activism on behalf of the Democratic Party, the need for campaign finance reform, centrists …

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    Television and Society

    The Skirball Cultural Center spotlight series hosted television producer Norman Lear. Mr. Lear reflected on his career in television and the making of his show All in the Family. He also tal…

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    Television Industry

    Norman Lear spoke about his television career and how television had changed since the 1950s in both the entertainment and news sectors. He also challenged the industry to look less at ratin…

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    Spirituality in Modern Society

    Norman Lear, the developer and producer of network TV shows including “All in the Family” and “Sanford and Son", spoke about spirituality and the quest for understanding a deeper meaning in …

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    Current Political Issues

    Founder of People For The American Way Norman Lear discussed his own views on politics in the United States, which included the role of religion in politics. He also discussed the connection…

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    Government Secrecy: What Does Congress Need to Know?

    Television producer Lear, the founder of People for the American Way, discussed the purpose of the organization. Ornstein served as moderator of the panel discussion. The thesis put to the p…

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    Television Syndication

    Witnesses testified on the FCC’s proposed changes to the Financial Interest in Syndication Rule, which prevents ownership of programs by television networks.

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