The Spectator Presents: Guy Benson
As part of The Spectator’s America 250 speaker series, Benson will discuss his experience as a professional journalist and the need for a free press in the era of America’s 250th anniversary.
The Spectator is excited to announce our next speaker as part of our America 250 Speaker Series: Guy Benson. Benson is the host of the Guy Benson Show on Fox News Radio, and serves as the political editor of Townhall and as a Fox News contributor. Benson was a media fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, as well as a visiting fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics.
The event, a fireside chat with Benson and Spectator Managing Editor Akash Abraham, followed by a Q&A, will take place on Thursday, February 12, at 7 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library. Students, faculty, staff and Lexington community members are encouraged to attend; the event is free and open to the public, but we do ask guests who wish to attend sign up for tickets here.
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