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March 21, 2015
Panel Discussion on Government and Corruption
BookTV.org, 1 hr 2 min
http://www.c-span.org/video/?324981-1/panel-discussion-government-corrup...
Authors Zephyr Teachout, Brandon Garrett, and Charles Lewis participated in a panel discussion on government and corruption. Zephyr Teachout is the author of Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United. Brandon Garret is the author of Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations. Charles Lewis is the author of 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity.
This event was part of the 21st annual Virginia Festival of the Book, held on March 18-23, 2015, in Charlottesville.
Original: Panel Discussion on Government and Corruption, 1 hr