Epidemiologist Dr. Les Roberts of Johns Hopkins University will present a lecture, "100,000 Civilian Deaths in Iraq: A Story of Media Spin," on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m., in the Events Barn at Hamilton College. It is free and open to the public.
Researchers from Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad and Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore visited 1,000 randomly selected households in September 2004, and published a report estimating that at least 100,000 civilians have died because of the May 2003 invasion of Iraq. The report received front page coverage across the globe but little coverage in the U.S. media. Les Roberts, the lead author of the study (published online in the Lancet, 10/29/04), will discuss the media spin of the story and the implications for Americans.
The lecture is sponsored by the Hamilton College Speaker Fund.
