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HERE’S HOW NEWS MEDIA’S ELECTION COVERAGE CAN DEFEND AND UPLIFT DEMOCRACY Three panels with subpoints: 1) COVER ELECTIONS MAKE THREATS TO PROTECT LIKE THEY MATTER DEMOCRACY CLEAR AMERICANS FROM MORE THAN SPORTS DISINFORMATION * Prioritize issues that matter to voters' 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 * Expose candidates who foment political violence * Cover Big Lie fueled attacks on election legitimacy * Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates 3) PROTECT AMERICANS FROM DISINFORMATION * Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy * Don't platform liars or uncritically repeat election lies * Include a public figure's history of election lies when quoting them * Have a plan for managing deep fakes Follow us on Mastodon: @MAD_Democracy Guidelines at: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024

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HERE’S HOW NEWS MEDIA’S ELECTION COVERAGE CAN DEFEND AND UPLIFT DEMOCRACY Three panels with subpoints: 1) COVER ELECTIONS MAKE THREATS TO PROTECT LIKE THEY MATTER DEMOCRACY CLEAR AMERICANS FROM MORE THAN SPORTS DISINFORMATION * Prioritize issues that matter to voters' 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 * Expose candidates who foment political violence * Cover Big Lie fueled attacks on election legitimacy * Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates 3) PROTECT AMERICANS FROM DISINFORMATION * Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy * Don't platform liars or uncritically repeat election lies * Include a public figure's history of election lies when quoting them * Have a plan for managing deep fakes Follow us on Mastodon: @MAD_Democracy Guidelines at: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024
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The Media & Democracy Project (mad_democracy@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 22:40:20 JST The Media & Democracy Project

Election lies have dangerous consequences. That’s why, along with 3,000+ individuals, we’re asking newsrooms for a reset - drop the horse race coverage and prioritize substantive coverage of the issues.
Read our full release: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024

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