Anyone who has been in Talbot County any time at all knows who you are talking about when you refer to “that newspaper guy.” Steve Goldman is “that newspaper guy” – the fellow who has turned his passion for collecting into teachable moments using historical newspaper coverage to bring history alive. Steve’s two courses this semester thru Chesapeake Forum, an Academy for Lifelong Learning, do just that: “Fake News” and “Presidential Elections.” Both of Steve Goldman’s recorded courses are available for $5, go to www.chesapeakeforum.org to register.
Goldman says he started out lecturing about newspapers, but the subject was just too big. “So instead, I looked at what subjects I thought people would be interested in that I could use newspapers to present how it was reported at the time. “Basically speaking,” he concludes, “I talk about war, and I talk about social movements… topical subjects… which is where the ideas for ‘Fake News’ and ‘Presidential Elections’ came from.” “I just use the newspapers as a storytelling vehicle,” describes Goldman. “I call it the Magic Carpet Vehicle in order to take you on a trip through a time machine. And it is. You are reading what people were reading back in those days and that’s basically what I do.”
After 50 years of collecting, his humor remains. Just look at the name he came up with for this semester’s course. Not just ‘Fake News,’ but ‘Five Hundred Years of Fake News: From False Facts and Fictitious Fallacies to Forgotten Foibles and Fabulous Frauds, 1502-2019.’ Readers can find more recorded Fall Classes from Chesapeake Forum on the website www.chesapeakeforum.org or by visiting us on Facebook.
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