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"We at the Media and Democracy Project have created 18 election coverage guidelines that draw inspiration from the work being done by journalism nonprofits and respected media critics. The guidelines propose three key principles: treating elections like they matter more than sports scores, clearly communicating threats to democracy, and protecting the public from disinformation. "
Read our column here:
https://mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/newsrooms-must-become-partisans-for
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Newsrooms Must Become Partisans For Democracy
National news desks need to forcefully denounce fascist lies while standing up for democratic values.Brian Hansbury (The Media and Democracy Project Blog)
When will people stop believing high minded #billionaire rhetoric?
#Google is, in fact, evil despite *saying* "Don't be evil."
#WaPo is, in fact, draped in #democracy killing darkness despite saying "democracy dies in darkness."
You are not, in fact, "in good hands" with Allstate. You're in cold, methodical, deny your coverage for any excuse hands.
#Facebook does not, in fact, "bring the world closer together." It isolates people while bringing them closer to advertisers and extremist content.
X does not, in fact, allow you to "Blaze your glory" whatever that #AdderalAddledNazi owner was thinking the motto meant when he thought it up in an amphetamine haze.
Pro tip: Every #corporation shares the same motto: "Maximize shareholder profit by any and all means."
Shipley held a contentious meeting on Monday with scores of #opinion section staffers, who posed tough questions to the #editorial page chief, including appeals for #Bezos to address them.
As recently as last week, according to a person present, Shipley said he sought to talk Bezos out of his decision. Shipley added, “I failed.”
“I believe we face a very real threat of #autocracy in the candidacy of Donald #Trump,” Hoffman added in his letter to #Editorial Page Editor #DavidShipley, which was obtained by NPR. “I find it untenable & unconscionable that we have lost our voice."
Hoffman says he intends to remain at the paper, saying he "refuses to give up on The Post, where I have spent 42 years.
“For decades, the #WashingtonPost's editorials have been a beacon of light, signaling hope to dissidents, political prisoners & the voiceless,” Hoffman wrote in a letter Monday explaining his decision to leave the editorial board. “When victims of repression were harassed, exiled, imprisoned & murdered, we made sure the whole world knew the truth.
The other writer is David Hoffman, who accepted a #PulitzerPrize for #editorial writing on Thurs, the day before #Bezos’ decision…. Pulitzer judges recognized him “for a compelling & well-researched series on new #technologies & the tactics #authoritarian regimes use to repress #dissent in the digital age, & how they can be fought.”
The #WashingtonPost has been rocked by a tidal wave of cancellations of digital #subscriptions & a series of #resignations from columnists, as the paper grapples w/the fallout of owner #Bezos’s decision to block an #endorsement of #KamalaHarris.
>200k people had canceled their digital subscriptions by midday Monday…. The figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5M subscribers, which includes print as well.
#FourthEstate #democracy #journalism
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post-bezos-endorsement-president-cancellations-resignations
The number of cancellations continued to grow Monday afternoon.
A corporate spokesperson declined to comment, citing The #WashingtonPost Co.'s status as a privately held company.
“It’s a colossal number,” former Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli told NPR. “The problem is, people don’t know why the decision was made. We basically know the decision was made but we don’t know what led to it.”
The guardrails of #Democracy #Failed. Now It’s Down to Us.
With government guardrails compromised, #JamelleBouie urges that only #American #voters can #protect #democracy and prevent Trump’s #authoritarian #ambitions from eroding the nation’s foundational values by #voting for #KamalaHarris.
— Though he couldn't say that explicitly, It is the New York Times afterall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/opinion/trump-milley-kelly-esper-generals.html
^^^ Is a brilliant talk, tying together the issues of #climatechange #privacy, and #democracy.
@aral if you are going to be in Poland for a while, I would love to talk, or listen to another one of your talks. I live in Katowice.
I have lots of questions.
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'Yes, I was in a cult': J6 rioter backing Harris after admitting being 'all in with MAGA'
As part of interviews with three Donald Trump supporters who headed off to Washington, D.C. to attend the post-election "Stop the Steal" rally, one woman called it the biggest mistake of her life and has become a full-throated supporter of... Kamala Harris...
"Yes, I was in a cult..I got caught up in all the lies.”
https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-cult-2669490142/
#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris
'Yes, I was in a cult': J6 rioter backing Harris after admitting being 'all in with MAGA'
As part of interviews with three Donald Trump supporters who headed off to Washington, D.C. to attend the post-election "Stop the Steal" rally, one woman called it the biggest mistake of her life and has become a full-throated supporter of Vice Presi…Tom Boggioni (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)
The Washington Post Snuck In an Endorsement After All—From Its Humor Writer
“I would be a little embarrassed that it has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to make our presidential endorsement,” Petri wrote. “I will spare you the suspense: I am endorsing Kamala Harris for president, because I like elections and want to keep having them.” ...
The Post’s readership, she argued, deserves and expects “that we are saying what we really think...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-washington-post-snuck-in-an-endorsement-after-allfrom-its-humor-writer/
The Washington Post Snuck In an Endorsement After All—From Its Humor Writer
The contentious race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Alexandra Petri wrote, is “not an election for sitting out.”Lily Mae Lazarus (The Daily Beast)
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" #DonaldTrump has described at length the dangerous and disturbing actions he says he will take if he wins the presidency.
...These statements are so outrageous and outlandish, so openly in conflict with the norms and values of #American #democracy that many find them hard to regard as anything but empty bluster.
We have two words for American voters: Believe him."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/25/opinion/what-trump-says.html
#Trump #Fascism #GOP #Politics #USPol #USA #News #Press #Media #Election2024 #Vote #VoteBlue
Opinion | What Donald Trump Would Do, in His Own Words
The former president’s most disturbing statements are not bluster. They are a road map to what he will do if elected again.The Editorial Board (The New York Times)
"“The basic principles of democracy stand in the way of their desires; hence—democracy must go! Anyone who is not a member of their inner gang has to do what he’s told. They permit no civil liberties, no equality before the law.' 'Fascism treats women as mere breeders. "Children, kitchen, and the church," was the Nazi slogan for women,' the pamphlet said."
#KamalaHarris #Kalamazoo, #Michigan rally speech
After thanking #MichelleObama, Harris launched into her stump speech highlighting her achievements as California’s attorney general.
When some of the crowd chant “lock him up”, she interrupts: “The courts are going to handle that - we’re going to handle November”.
#USpol #Election2024 #ProsecutorVsFelon #democracy #law #accountability #responsibility #respect #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
Link to #MichelleObama’s speech at VP #KamalaHarris rally in #Kalamazoo, #Michigan.
#USpol #Election2024 #ProsecutorVsFelon #democracy #law #accountability #responsibility #respect #freedom #WomensRights #WomensHealth #ReproductiveRights #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Im_dNaO7L4
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How can higher ed make democracy better?
Check it out! 👇
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/10/how-can-higher-education-make-democracy-better/
#U.s.Politics #Government #Education #Democracy #Nationnworld
How can higher ed make democracy better?
A Kennedy School panel of specialists on public policy and civic engagement says it’s a combination of knowledge — and skills.Christina Pazzanese (Harvard Gazette)
If you had any doubts about what the billionaire #oligarchs who own #CorporateMedia want in this election, you should doubt no more. They want to enable a #fascist takeover so they can establish the #oligarchy they have always wanted. #Bezos is an #oligarch who cares more about his own power and his ability to pay little to no taxes than about #democracy in America.
#WashingtonPost breathed its last today, but it contracted a terminal disease when this oligarch bought it.
Both sides support rule by the #US #Oligarchy and agree on far more than they disagree on.
Granted, one side is clearly much worse than the other, but #Democracy long ago left the building.
Neither side is really committed to doing anything that will actually improve the lives of the average #American very much.
#America will remain the plaything and playground of the ultra-rich.
The publisher for the Washington Post says the storied paper will not endorse a candidate for president for the first time in 36 years, and that it does not intend to endorse candidates in future races. The move has prompted outcry from employees of the Post, including its former Executive Editor Martin Baron, as well as others in the media industry. “This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty,” Baron tells @npr. Read more:
The #EU is now trying to find means of its own to bolster enforcement & reinforce its curbs on #Russia.
Tom Keatinge, of think tank the Royal United Services Institute, said European policy makers had been preparing "autonomous European #sanctions considering the possibility of a #Trump presidency" but would have to bolster enforcement.
#geopolitics #Authoritarianism #StrongMen #dictatorship #totalitarianism
#ForeignPolicy #Security #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
#Europe seeks to underpin #Russia #sanctions, fearing that a return of #Trump could undermine Western efforts to isolate Moscow….
The talks among #EU ofcls & envoys are centred on several initiatives to ensure that European sanctions would remain in place longer term, bolstering them through tighter enforcement, even if Washington changes tack.
#geopolitics #Authoritarianism #StrongMen #dictatorship #totalitarianism
#ForeignPolicy #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europe-seeks-underpin-russia-sanctions-fearing-trump-overhaul-2024-10-25/
"Should a #Trump presidency reverse #US sanctions on #Russia, Europeans will need to be much more muscular in ... enforcement action & will no longer be able to hide behind Uncle Sam," he said.
…European countries were wrongfooted during Trump's last presidency, when the #UnitedStates reversed an international deal w/ #Iran over its #nuclear program & unilaterally reinstated #sanctions, leaving #Europe out on a limb.
#geopolitics #Security #ForeignPolicy #democracy #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
ICYMI, during the #CNNTownHall Vice President #KamalaHarris answered a voter's question about what her major #policy goals requiring Congressional action would be if elected #POTUS.
#democracy #USpol #Election2024 #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oz36l2neKE
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#KamalaHarris speaking to reporters in #Philadelphia. She should do more of this non scripted speaking, it displays her intelligence & firm grasp of the issues like the #economy, #immigration & #WomensRights completely independent of a speech on a teleprompter.
#democracy #constitution #USpol #Election2024 #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg5flNd50vg
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Reminder: #KamalaHarris & #TimWalz published their #economic policy plan here:
A Plan to Lower Costs & Create an #Opportunity #Economy
https://kamalaharris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Policy_Book_Economic-Opportunity.pdf
#Justice Department warns Elon #Musk's PAC that $1M #voter giveaway could be illegal
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/doj-warns-musk-1m-petition-giveaway-illegal-rcna176911
He thinks he can buy #democracy 😬
#news #usa #election #president #doj #cybercrime #fail #politics
DOJ warns Musk's PAC that $1M petition giveaways could be illegal
Elon Musk's America PAC has been giving away $1 million daily, an effort it debuted in conjunction with Musk's push to register swing-state voters.David Ingram (NBC News)
An *excellent* short video explaining why US #elections are highly secure, why voter fraud really doesn't exist, and how some people are using it as an excuse to seize and reinforce their power and push an extremist agenda (no paywall).
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/opinion/election-fraud-voting-security.html
@KamalaHarrisWin
@womensvoices
@womenforharris
@swifties4kamala
#VoterFraud #StopProject2024 #Democracy #Election2024 #VoteBlue
The NYT has added 9 audio clips from Mike Schmidt’s interview w/ #JohnKelly.
The #Trump campaign’s response to the article & Kelly’s statements is laughable; Trump says the stories are long “debunked” which isn’t true, it was that Kelly hadn’t gone on record so it couldn’t be verified. Obviously, now he is on the record.
Clip 1: Kelly on Trump & #Fascism
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#Election #USpol #democracy #Vote #HarrisWalz2024
In the interviews, #JohnKelly expanded on his previously expressed concerns & stressed that voters, in his view, should consider fitness & #character when selecting a president, even more than a candidate’s stances on the issues.
“In many cases, I would agree w/some of [#Trump’s] policies,” he said, STRESSING that as a fmr MILITARY officer he was not endorsing any #candidate. “But again, it’s a very dangerous thing to have the wrong person elected…”
#JohnKelly was #HomelandSecurity secy under #Trump before moving to the WH in July 2017. He worked to carry out Trump’s agenda for nearly 1½ yrs. It was a tumultuous period in which he drew internal criticism over his own performance & grew disenchanted & distressed by #conduct on the part of the #president that he considered at times to be #inappropriate & reflecting no understanding of the #Constitution.
How many things has he sold that have become worthless. He's a con man
How many laws has he broken and been convicted of?
He's a criminal
How many women has he attacked?
He's a sexual predator
How many people has he called to destroy our democracy?
He's a traitor
And I don't even have to say his name.
New: Dark money and charity organizations led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds have been spreading propaganda and laying the groundwork for presidential #election challenges.
A collaboration between Lighthouse Reports, the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, the Texas Observer, palabra, and Puente News Collaborative. https://www.texasobserver.org/border-911-misinformation-invasion-trump-profit/
#News #corruption #democracy #election2024 #politics #USpol
Border 911: The Misinformation Network Profiting Off the ‘Invasion’ Narrative
Dark money and charity organizations led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds have been spreading propaganda and laying the groundwork for presidential election challenges.Jack Sapoch (The Texas Observer)
#KamalaHarris also said that Americans should not #despair. Everyone in a #democracy has the ability to make a decision about the future through their votes. “Let’s not feel powerless,” she said. “That’s not in our nature.”
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