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BridgeBU members watch the 2024 presidential debate on Tuesday. People gathered in college classrooms, restaurants and bars to watch the debate. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Viewers tune into presidential debate at watch parties across Boston

Lauren Albano September 13, 2024
Bars, restaurants and college classrooms filled up across Boston to put on watch parties during the presidential debate on Tuesday night.
Kimberly Atkins, a journalist for WBUR and alumna of Boston University’s College of Communication, spoke at a virtual panel hosted by COM on Wednesday entitled “An Election Like No Other: Journalists Share Final Thoughts.” LAURYN ALLEN | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Pandemic tosses new curveballs to journalists covering election

Caroline Bowden November 4, 2020
A panel of BU alumni and journalists offered insight into the historic nature of presidential election coverage in a virtual panel Saturday entitled “An Election Like No Other: Journalists Share Final Thoughts."
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: What the fly reveals about our culture as a whole

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 18, 2020
Our memes and jokes do not have to be meaningless and empty. They can generate meaning as much as they can destroy it.
Andre Salkin

Skate On The Paradigm: Trump’s confused love affair with fascist paramilitaries

Andre Salkin October 6, 2020
Trump himself is not politically conscious enough to subscribe to fascism. Rather, his political motivations are mostly rooted in a selfish sense of opportunism, leading him to value personal loyalty over ideological preference. 
EDITORIAL: Not voting is counterintuitive to societal change

EDITORIAL: Not voting is counterintuitive to societal change

Editors October 2, 2020
Many young, leftist voters have expressed their burning disdain for the government and are protesting the upcoming election by not voting. But, it is an unproductive use of their constitutional right as a citizen.
Abbigale Shi

Mind Your Business: Vote for Biden, but remember that we are settling

Abbigale Shi October 2, 2020
Those of us who are voting for Biden, no matter what, should remember that we are still settling by doing so.
Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump in THE COMEY RULE, "Night Two". Photo Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/CBS Television Studios/SHOWTIME.

REVIEW: ‘The Comey Rule’ portrays real-life events with scary accuracy

Kyla Denisevich October 1, 2020
Two months before a high-tension presidential election, television is re-examining the Trump administration and controversy that’s since fallen out of the public eye.
EDITORIAL: Debate moderators fail without fact

EDITORIAL: Debate moderators fail without fact

Editors September 16, 2016

For any TV executives out there, there are a few markers to consider when wondering how well your primetime political special played out. Here’s one: when your host causes more conversation than the...

BURSTEIN: Ted Cruz's New York values comment divisive

BURSTEIN: Ted Cruz’s New York values comment divisive

Sarah Burstein January 19, 2016

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And by that, I mean it’s debate season. I usually love the presidential debates. Give me a nice cup of tea, some politically aware friends and a good presidential...

BENNAIM: On the need for campaign finance reform

BENNAIM: On the need for campaign finance reform

Amid Bennaim November 23, 2015

If you have been following the 2016 U.S. presidential debates, you may have heard the phrase “campaign finance reform.” This type of reform comes up pretty often and is part of the demagoguery meant...

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