Virtually Speaking  

Dan writes the White House Watch column for WashingtonPost.com, and is the deputy editor of the Nieman Watchdog Project. The starting point for our discussion will reflect this essay, of how the press will cover Obama, with special emphasis on people perceived, perhaps incorrectly, as partisan because of their criticism of the Bush administration.

Philadelphia Daily News reporter Will Bunch will be by to discuss his new book, Tear Down this Myth

Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, in the department that she chaired from 1988 through 2003. Her degrees include a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on analysis of the scientific, social, cultural, and economic factors that influence the development, implementation, and acceptance of federal dietary guidance policies. She is the author of Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (University of California Press, 2002) and Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (University of California Press, 2003), and is co-editor of Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Food and Nutrition (McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2004). Her latest book, What to Eat (North Point Press, a Division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux), has just been released in paperback