We have confirmed that we will be joined by Eric Burns at noon on tomorrow's Northern Alliance Radio Network show. Last week, he had some difficulties with his phone, but assures that this week there will not be a communications breakdown.
Mr. Burns (excellent) is the host of Fox News Watch (which can be seen locally on Saturdays at 5:30pm on Fox News) and the author of the recently released Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism:
Infamous Scribblers is a perceptive and witty exploration of the most volatile period in the history of the American press. News correspondent and renowned media historian Eric Burns tells of Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton and Sam Adams--the leading journalists among the Founding Fathers; of George Washington and John Adams, the leading disdainers of journalists; and Thomas Jefferson, the leading manipulator of journalists. These men and the writers who abused and praised them in print (there was, at the time, no job description of "journalist") included the incendiary James Franklin, Ben's brother and one of the first muckrakers; the high minded Thomas Paine; the hatchet man James Callender, and a rebellious crowd of propagandists, pamphleteers, and publishers.
He also has penned a book called, The Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol. And there is a rumor that he started his media career right here in the Twin Cities many years ago.
Tune in on Saturday to catch Eric Burns and the new NARN schedule. Ed, Mitch, and King will now kick things off at 9am and we'll carry it home from 11am to 1pm.
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