Nov 4, 2024
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Mark Lukasiewicz, dean of The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, talked to Newsday about concerns of disinformation facing television and cable networks as they prepare for their Election Day coverage.
“Virtually all the mainstream media outlets, and the major networks for sure, have developed and resourced units that specialize in spotting” disinformation, he said. “They’re certainly applying the resources to combat that and to prevent their own channels from disseminating false information and I give them credit for that."
However, “the fact set for one group of people is completely different from the fact set of another group,” Dean Lukasiewicz explained, because of fast-growing social media platforms like TikTok — with 170 million users in the United States alone.
Dean Lukasiewicz also spoke to the Associated Press for the story, “By moving to podcasts, Harris and Trump are turning away from legacy media to spread their messages.”
Dean Lukasiewicz is a veteran producer, journalist, and media executive. Before joining Hofstra, he was SVP of specials at NBC News.
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Jase Bernhardt, associate professor of geology, environment, and sustainability, spoke to Newsday* about the Town of Islip’s spending to improve flood-zones. “For those that are near the coastline and are vulnerable to coastline flooding, it’s only going to get worse. Our landscape is our best defense.”
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Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies, broke down all the key New York races. He appeared on The Point with Marcia Kramer on WCBS-TV 10/20; News 12 on both 10/16 and 10/17, and WCBS-FM on 10/20. He also spoke with Fox 5, which syndicated to several outlets including Yahoo!news. Levy also contributed to a Newsday article about property tax relief. “There is no chance that it [STAR credit] would be anything but increased because it has now become something that people count on,” he said.
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Professor of Constitutional Law James Sample was an in-studio guest on MSNBC’s Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace on October 16, 2024. The segment, which also featured elections lawyer Marc Elias, examined voter access and the measures some high level members of the GOP are taking in advance of Election Day, so they can contest the result if Vice President Kamala Harris wins.
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Jase Bernhardt, associate professor of geology, environment, and sustainability, spoke to Newsday* about the Town of Islip’s spending to improve flood-zones. “For those that are near the coastline and are vulnerable to coastline flooding, it’s only going to get worse. Our landscape is our best defense.”
1 min
Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies, broke down all the key New York races. He appeared on The Point with Marcia Kramer on WCBS-TV 10/20; News 12 on both 10/16 and 10/17, and WCBS-FM on 10/20. He also spoke with Fox 5, which syndicated to several outlets including Yahoo!news. Levy also contributed to a Newsday article about property tax relief. “There is no chance that it [STAR credit] would be anything but increased because it has now become something that people count on,” he said.
1 min
Professor of Constitutional Law James Sample was an in-studio guest on MSNBC’s Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace on October 16, 2024. The segment, which also featured elections lawyer Marc Elias, examined voter access and the measures some high level members of the GOP are taking in advance of Election Day, so they can contest the result if Vice President Kamala Harris wins.
