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   The Media & Democracy Project (mad_democracy@journa.host)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 06:27:06 JST The Media & Democracy Project

   📣We’re urging newsrooms to improve their election coverage!

   Today, the Media and Democracy Project, along with 3,258 individuals, sent an open letter to executives, publishers, and union leaders of major media orgs urging them to adopt our pro-democracy election coverage guidelines.

   Americans need press coverage that portrays the stakes of this election.

   Read our open letter, see our guidelines and who's signed, and add your name here:
   https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage

   #Media #Democracy
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     Our 18 guidelines encourage newsrooms to center fact-based reporting that shifts the focus from polls and drama to candidates’ policies, past governance, behavior and capability.

     The guidelines fall under three categories:

     1) Treat elections like they matter more than sports scores
     2) Make threats to democracy clear
     3) Protect Americans from disinformation

     Voters need substantive coverage of the issues, not dumb coverage of who's up and who's down.

     #Press #Democracy #Journalism

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