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Graphic with highlights of our guidelines. 3 main categories plus bullets under each one. Heading: Urgent Need for Pro-Democracy 2024 Election Coverage 1) COVER ELECTIONS LIKE THEY MATTER MORE THAN SPORTS * Prioritize issues that matter to voter’s lives * Make headlines accurate and informative, not clickbait * Stop making meaningless predictions 2) MAKE THREATS TO DEMOCRACY CLEAR * Inform voters of freedoms they’ll lose if Project 2025 wins * Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates * Cover Big Lie-fueled attacks on election legitimacy 3) PROTECT AMERICANS FROM DISINFORMATION * Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy * Don't platform liars or uncritically repeat strategic MAGA election lies * Include a public figure’s history of election lies when quoting them Follow us on Twitter: @FixMediaNow and @MAD_Democracy Logo of: MediaAndDemocracyProject.org

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Graphic with highlights of our guidelines. 3 main categories plus bullets under each one. Heading: Urgent Need for Pro-Democracy 2024 Election Coverage 1) COVER ELECTIONS LIKE THEY MATTER MORE THAN SPORTS * Prioritize issues that matter to voter’s lives * Make headlines accurate and informative, not clickbait * Stop making meaningless predictions 2) MAKE THREATS TO DEMOCRACY CLEAR * Inform voters of freedoms they’ll lose if Project 2025 wins * Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates * Cover Big Lie-fueled attacks on election legitimacy 3) PROTECT AMERICANS FROM DISINFORMATION * Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy * Don't platform liars or uncritically repeat strategic MAGA election lies * Include a public figure’s history of election lies when quoting them Follow us on Twitter: @FixMediaNow and @MAD_Democracy Logo of: MediaAndDemocracyProject.org
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The Media & Democracy Project (mad_democracy@journa.host)'s status on Sunday, 18-Aug-2024 00:49:32 JST The Media & Democracy Project
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We are thrilled that experienced journalist and wise media observer Margaret Sullivan said our guidelines for better press coverage of the election are "thoughtful" and "urgently needed"
Read what she said in full here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/heres-an-urgently-needed-pre-election
Read the guidelines here:
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage
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