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Democracy requires a well-informed electorate. Media shapes democracy. Corporate media alone cannot well serve this role.

We are a non-partisan, all-volunteer, grassroots civic membership organization fighting for a more informative and pro-democracy media operating in the public interest.

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By Press Watch / Dan @froomkin

New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it

https://presswatchers.org/2024/05/new-york-times-editor-joe-kahn-says-defending-democracy-is-a-partisan-act-and-he-wont-do-it/

Please comment!

See also our Election Coverage Guidelines and we'd love to hear comments on those, too.

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@froomkin

We have recommendations for how to cover the election from a pro-democracy standpoint:

https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage#guidelines

https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage

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Jay Rosen and Greg Sargent: Ronna McDaniel fiasco may "finally" be an opportunity to get the press to stop sanitizing MAGA— IF we put enough pressure on them to do so.

Why NBC Is Suddenly in Full Meltdown Over Ronna McDaniel Hiring Fiasco
https://newrepublic.com/article/180118/nbc-meltdown-ronna-mcdaniel-hiring-fiasco


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    MAD_democracy ,
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    @breadandcircuses @mastodonmigration @NatureMC @notjustbikes @notwhatwethink @pvonhellermannn

    We would add
    Stories of Black America
    @stories-of-black-america-thecu

    Proof News
    @proofnews

    Colorado Sun @coloradosun

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    I am pleased to report that I have answered a question posed by Justice Alito during oral arguments yesterday: A daily YouTube newspaper would weigh about 350,000 pounds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/27/heres-how-much-youtube-newspaper-would-weigh-justice-alito/

    MAD_democracy ,
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    @pbump Here's a gift link so everyone can see your analysis of this pressing question.
    https://wapo.st/3P05SbM

    MAD_democracy , to random
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    Members of neo-Nazi groups attended Republican-affiliated conference headlined by Trump https://forward.com/fast-forward/585828/cpac-neo-nazi-groups-trump/

    MAD_democracy , to random
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    Mark Jacob asks an important question:

    Is the New York Times neutral on the future of democracy?
    https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/is-the-new-york-times-neutral-on?r=1oifl0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

    @markjacob

    Perhaps, if the Times still had a Public Editor, we would have a better answer to the question.

    https://mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/media-and-democracy-project-asks

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    We asked the @nytimes.com and its publisher A.G. Sulzberger
    to reinstate the position of Public Editor.

    With fascism at our doorstep, now is the time to lead the way on journalistic ethics. Read about our push for accountability at the Times:
    https://open.substack.com/pub/mediaanddemocracyproject/p/media-and-democracy-project-asks

    MAD_democracy OP ,
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    The Times continues to provide examples of why a Public Editor is so badly needed.

    Media creates Biden "fitness" crisis
    And lets Trump off easy. Here's how...

    https://popular.info/p/manufacturing-a-political-crisis

    by Judd Legum
    @juddlegum

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    Noting that Republican senator James Lankford has stated that he was threatened by a right-wing media personality if Lankford tried to move a border bill before the election, Heather Cox Richardson says,

    "It is not a normal part of our political system to have members of Congress deciding what laws to support on the basis of threats."


    /1

    https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-7-2024

    MAD_democracy ,
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    @wdlindsy

    The power of cartoons.

    credit to Kevin Necessary and David Pepper:
    https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/cartoon-tuesday-3e8?utm_source=profile

    Teri_Kanefield , to random
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    My thinking on what must happen to save democracy has evolved.

    Fact: The United States has been a backsliding democracy for some time.

    Fact: We are in an information disruption.

    Because democracy requires facts and an educated population, the question is whether enough people will develop the media literacy needed in this new age of information quickly enough.

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    MAD_democracy ,
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    Thank you @Teri_Kanefield for these thoughts and spurring this discussion.

    Teri and @franktaber
    @tawtovo
    @jeffjarvis @marie_k
    @VCP @steve_zeke @DaveMWilburn
    @Nonya_Bidniss @MaierAmsden

    We'd be very happy to hear ideas of how a group like ours we can help tackle these problems concretely.

    Clearly, it will take years but for obvious reasons we'd like to focus on the next 10 months—longer-term ideas are welcome, too.

    We will start with Teri's essay and reading list.

    https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org

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