{"id":6288,"date":"2012-01-13T11:34:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T15:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=6288"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:12:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:12:56","slug":"wanted-one-good-candidate-perspectives-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/01\/wanted-one-good-candidate-perspectives-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted:  one good candidate, Perspectives 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><em>Wanted:\u00a0 one good candidate\u00a0 <\/em>\u201cWhy both the Tea Party and the Occupy movement are right about the 2012 election\u201d: Matt Taibbi, contributing editor of <em>Rolling Stone <\/em>presents<em> <\/em>Perspectives 2012, The Raymond and Florence Witt Lecture Series.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Taibbi will offer a fresh look at the presidential race on Wednesday, February 1, 4 p.m., UTC University Center Auditorium.\u00a0 This lecture is free and open to everyone.<em> <\/em>\u00a0Seating will be first come, first served.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi will cover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What it\u2019s really like to cover a presidential campaign, and the truths he believes are missing in mainstream media<\/li>\n<li>What happened (and continues to happen) in the financial crisis.\u00a0 He sees it as more a white-collar crime story than the traditional story of left-right politics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taibbi founded the Buffalo-based newspaper <em>The Beast<\/em> in 2002. He left that paper a year later to work as a columnist for the New York Press, and eventually became a contributing editor for <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi won the 2008 National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary for three columns he wrote in <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>, \u201cWorse Than Bush\u201d; \u201cMy Favorite Nut Job\u201d; and \u201cObama\u2019s Moment.\u201d His <em>New York Press<\/em> column on George Bush&#8217;s prewar press conference, &#8220;Cleaning the Pool,&#8221; was included in the Best Political Writing 2003 anthology, and a year later he was named one of the 35 most influential New Yorkers under 35 by the New York Observer.<\/p>\n<p>In his first original book, <em>The Great Derangement<\/em>, Taibbi dives into the heart of the American psyche in a madcap journey that brings into focus life in the American Empire, right here, right now.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also the author of two essay collections, <em>Spanking the Donkey<\/em> and <em>Smells Like Dead Elephants<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In its 18<sup>th<\/sup> year, the Perspectives lecture series invites a speaker the UTC campus who brings \u201cinto focus and emphasizing the concept of analytical thinking by individuals.\u201d\u00a0 The Witt-Bagley Endowment fund annually provides funding for the lecture series.<\/p>\n<p>The late Raymond Witt was a Chattanooga community leader, UTC Distinguished Alumnus, University of Chattanooga Foundation member and officer and a former University <em>Echo<\/em> editor.<\/p>\n<p>Florence Witt has served on the boards of Hospice of Chattanooga, Partnership for Families Children and Adults, Girls Preparatory School, and First Centenary Church. 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