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HERE’S HOW NEWS MEDIA’S ELECTION COVERAGE CAN DEFEND AND UPLIFT DEMOCRACY Three panels with heading and 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 Twitter: @FixMediaNow and @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 heading and 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 Twitter: @FixMediaNow and @MAD_Democracy Guidelines at: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024
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The Media & Democracy Project (mad_democracy@journa.host)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2024 01:59:27 JST The Media & Democracy Project

JOURNALISTS MAKE CHOICES!
It’s time for newsrooms to cover elections like they matter more than sports scores. With 18 recommendations ranging from substantive issues coverage to reporting on threats to our system, our new pro-democracy guidelines are a much-needed newsroom reset.
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage
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