The Media & Democracy Project
The Media & Democracy Project  ·  3 months ago
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.

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2/5

Treat elections like they matter more than sports scores! • Prioritize substantive coverage of the issues that matter to voters' lives. • Make headlines accurate and informative, not clickbait. • Stop making predictions and pushing polls at the expense of issues coverage. • Celebrate and uplift election workers, voters, and the election process. • Don't set aside moral judgment when covering obvious lies and bigotry. • Hold politicians to account for their positions, statements, and behavior, as well as those of their party’s leader. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage: url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024
Treat elections like they matter more than sports scores! • Prioritize substantive coverage of the issues that matter to voters' lives. • Make headlines accurate and informative, not clickbait. • Stop making predictions and pushing polls at the expense of issues coverage. • Celebrate and uplift election workers, voters, and the election process. • Don't set aside moral judgment when covering obvious lies and bigotry. • Hold politicians to account for their positions, statements, and behavior, as well as those of their party’s leader. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage: url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024
Treat elections like they matter more than sports scores! • Prioritize substantive coverage of the issues that matter to voters' lives. • Make headlines accurate and informative, not clickbait. • Stop making predictions and pushing polls at the expense of issues coverage. • Celebrate and uplift election workers, voters, and the election process. • Don't set aside moral judgment when covering obvious lies and bigotry. • Hold politicians to account for their positions, statements, and behavior, as well as those of their party’s leader. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage: url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024
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The Media & Democracy Project
The Media & Democracy Project  ·  3 months ago
As professionals dedicated to appraising facts and reporting truth, journalists have a duty to protect the American voter from disinformation.

https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage
4/5

Journalists, defend democracy! Protect Americans from disinformation! • Avoid euphemisms that conceal and normalize extremism. • Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy. • Don't platform liars or act as stenographers for strategic MAGA lies. • Include a public figure's history of coup participation when quoting them. • Inoculate Americans against a repeat of the Big Lie strategy. • Build public trust by explaining the newsroom decisions you make about elections. • Have a plan for handling deepfakes. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage: url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024 Media and Democracy Project logo
Journalists, defend democracy! Protect Americans from disinformation! • Avoid euphemisms that conceal and normalize extremism. • Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy. • Don't platform liars or act as stenographers for strategic MAGA lies. • Include a public figure's history of coup participation when quoting them. • Inoculate Americans against a repeat of the Big Lie strategy. • Build public trust by explaining the newsroom decisions you make about elections. • Have a plan for handling deepfakes. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage: url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024 Media and Democracy Project logo
Journalists, defend democracy! Protect Americans from disinformation! • Avoid euphemisms that conceal and normalize extremism. • Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy. • Don't platform liars or act as stenographers for strategic MAGA lies. • Include a public figure's history of coup participation when quoting them. • Inoculate Americans against a repeat of the Big Lie strategy. • Build public trust by explaining the newsroom decisions you make about elections. • Have a plan for handling deepfakes. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage: url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024 Media and Democracy Project logo