Author Gore Vidal at National Press Club

WAP2000092705 - 27 SEPTEMBER 2000 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Author Gore Vidal, left, confers with Shawn Bullard of the National Press Club, middle, and Marcus Raskin of the Institute for Policy Studies at the National Press Club in Washington, DC September 27. Vidal spoke about the media's role in a democracy, one of the subjects in his new book "The Golden Age." rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg UPI.