Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
“Thank you, Joe #Biden, for your leadership,” Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (#AOC) said shortly after.
“Let’s salute President #JoeBiden,” #HillaryClinton said. “He has been #democracy’s champion at home & abroad.”

As the evening switched to focus on Biden, his family was a constant presence. Sen Chris Coons quoted Biden’s mother (“You’re defined by your courage & redeemed by your loyalty”), talked about Biden’s record, & thanked #JillBiden as the crowd held aloft green signs that read, “JILL.”

The Media & Democracy Project
The Media & Democracy Project  ·  3 months ago
🧵Journalists Make Choices:

We have put together recommendations for how we think the #Press should be covering the election.

Part 1: Make Threats to Democracy Clear!

Full Guidelines here:
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage

#Journalism#Democracy#Press

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Journalist can defend democracy. Make threats to democracy clear! • Inform voters of the freedoms they will lose if the MAGA movement wins. • Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates. • Expose candidates who foment political violence. • Call out lies and bad behavior in every piece of reporting. • Prominently cover the Big Lie-fueled attack on election legitimacy and voting rights. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage! url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024 Logo: Media and Democracy Project
Journalist can defend democracy. Make threats to democracy clear! • Inform voters of the freedoms they will lose if the MAGA movement wins. • Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates. • Expose candidates who foment political violence. • Call out lies and bad behavior in every piece of reporting. • Prominently cover the Big Lie-fueled attack on election legitimacy and voting rights. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage! url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024 Logo: Media and Democracy Project
Journalist can defend democracy. Make threats to democracy clear! • Inform voters of the freedoms they will lose if the MAGA movement wins. • Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates. • Expose candidates who foment political violence. • Call out lies and bad behavior in every piece of reporting. • Prominently cover the Big Lie-fueled attack on election legitimacy and voting rights. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage! url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024 Logo: Media and Democracy Project
The Media & Democracy Project
The Media & Democracy Project  ·  3 months ago
📣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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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.

#Press#Democracy#Journalism

2/6

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
The Media & Democracy Project
The Media & Democracy Project  ·  3 months ago
We are thrilled that experienced journalist and wise media observer Margaret Sullivan said our guidelines for better press coverage of the election are "thoughtful" and "urgently needed"

Read what she said in full here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/heres-an-urgently-needed-pre-election

Read the guidelines here:
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage

#PRESS#Journalism#Democracy

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Graphic with highlights of our guidelines. 3 main categories plus bullets under each one. Heading: Urgent Need for Pro-Democracy 2024 Election Coverage 1) COVER ELECTIONS LIKE THEY MATTER MORE THAN SPORTS * Prioritize issues that matter to voter’s 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 * Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates * Cover Big Lie-fueled attacks on election legitimacy 3) PROTECT AMERICANS FROM DISINFORMATION * Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy * Don't platform liars or uncritically repeat strategic MAGA election lies * Include a public figure’s history of election lies when quoting them Follow us on Twitter: @FixMediaNow and @MAD_Democracy Logo of: MediaAndDemocracyProject.org
Graphic with highlights of our guidelines. 3 main categories plus bullets under each one. Heading: Urgent Need for Pro-Democracy 2024 Election Coverage 1) COVER ELECTIONS LIKE THEY MATTER MORE THAN SPORTS * Prioritize issues that matter to voter’s 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 * Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates * Cover Big Lie-fueled attacks on election legitimacy 3) PROTECT AMERICANS FROM DISINFORMATION * Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy * Don't platform liars or uncritically repeat strategic MAGA election lies * Include a public figure’s history of election lies when quoting them Follow us on Twitter: @FixMediaNow and @MAD_Democracy Logo of: MediaAndDemocracyProject.org
Graphic with highlights of our guidelines. 3 main categories plus bullets under each one. Heading: Urgent Need for Pro-Democracy 2024 Election Coverage 1) COVER ELECTIONS LIKE THEY MATTER MORE THAN SPORTS * Prioritize issues that matter to voter’s 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 * Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates * Cover Big Lie-fueled attacks on election legitimacy 3) PROTECT AMERICANS FROM DISINFORMATION * Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy * Don't platform liars or uncritically repeat strategic MAGA election lies * Include a public figure’s history of election lies when quoting them Follow us on Twitter: @FixMediaNow and @MAD_Democracy Logo of: MediaAndDemocracyProject.org
The Media & Democracy Project
The Media & Democracy Project  ·  3 months ago
The rights and freedoms that Americans cherish are at risk. It’s more important than ever for news executives and journalists to step up and put the public before profit, democracy before tyranny, and truth before lies. 5/5

More here:
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage

#Press#Democracy#Journalism
5/5

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.

#Press#Democracy#Journalism

2/5

The Media & Democracy Project
The Media & Democracy Project  ·  3 months ago
At the ballot box, voters deserve the opportunity to make their choices with crystal clear information about the threats to their rights and freedoms posed by anti-democracy candidates.

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

#Press#Democracy#Journalism

3/5

Journalists, defend democracy. Make threats to democracy clear! • Inform voters of the freedoms they will lose if the MAGA movement wins. • Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates. • Expose candidates who foment political violence. • Call out lies and bad behavior in every piece of reporting. • Prominently cover the Big Lie-fueled attack on election legitimacy and voting rights. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage: url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024
Journalists, defend democracy. Make threats to democracy clear! • Inform voters of the freedoms they will lose if the MAGA movement wins. • Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates. • Expose candidates who foment political violence. • Call out lies and bad behavior in every piece of reporting. • Prominently cover the Big Lie-fueled attack on election legitimacy and voting rights. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage: url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024
Journalists, defend democracy. Make threats to democracy clear! • Inform voters of the freedoms they will lose if the MAGA movement wins. • Abandon false equivalence between traditional and fascistic candidates. • Expose candidates who foment political violence. • Call out lies and bad behavior in every piece of reporting. • Prominently cover the Big Lie-fueled attack on election legitimacy and voting rights. We're demanding that newsrooms improve their 2024 election coverage: url: tiny.cc/prodemocracy2024
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.

#Press#Democracy#Journalism

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
The Media & Democracy Project
The Media & Democracy Project  ·  3 months ago
📣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
1/5

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Project2025, the controversial playbook & #policy agenda for a #RightWing presidential admin, has lost its director & faced scathing criticism from both Democratic groups & Trump. But Project 2025’s plan to train an #army of #PoliticalAppointees who could battle against the so-called [mythical] deep state govt bureaucracy on behalf of a future #Trump admin remains on track.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
One centerpiece of that program is dozens of never-before-published videos created for #Project2025’s #PresidentialAdministrationAcademy. The vast majority of these videos — 23 in all, totaling >14 hrs of content — were provided to #ProPublica & #Documented by a person who had access to them.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Inside #Project2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate #ClimateChange references”; only talk to #conservative #media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover [ #criminal activity]. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second #Trump admin would operate.

#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Project2025, the controversial playbook & #policy agenda for a #RightWing presidential admin, has lost its director & faced scathing criticism from both Democratic groups & Trump. But Project 2025’s plan to train an #army of #PoliticalAppointees who could battle against the so-called [mythical] deep state govt bureaucracy on behalf of a future #Trump admin remains on track.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Inside #Project2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate #ClimateChange references”; only talk to #conservative #media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover [ #criminal activity]. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second #Trump admin would operate.

#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

News, Opinions & Views
News, Opinions & Views  ·  3 months ago
Daily Beast:
George Takei: Enough of Trump’s Cruel Chaos. We Must Vote Harris

The promise and positivity Kamala Harris and Tim Walz exude stand in marked contrast to the doom and carnage of Donald Trump's MAGA movement.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-takei-enough-of-trumps-cruel-chaos-we-must-vote-harris?ref=home?ref=home

#News#Politics#Democracy#Democrats#Harris#KamalaHarris#TimWalz

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Harris is beating #Trump by transcending him
The sudden & radical shift in the trajectory of the 2024 campaign owes to more than the replacement of President Joe #Biden w/MVP #KamalaHarris as the #Democratic candidate. To a degree that’s still not fully appreciated, #Harris has embraced an entirely new strategy: She’s not just pushing back against Donald Trump’s #politics of #cultural #division. She’s bidding to #transcend it.

#democracy #freedom #joy#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/11/harris-walz-transcending-trump-2024/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Whether or not #Biden’s reform plan can pass, it is important that he has planted a flag in opposition to #SCOTUS — a marker for the next generation of #Democrats to work from. And VP #KamalaHarris …has already said that she will pick up the standard if elected in November.

“There is a clear crisis of confidence facing the #SupremeCourt as its fairness has been called into question after numerous #ethics scandals & decision after decision overturning longstanding #precedent,” Harris said…

#law

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
“These popular reforms will help to restore confidence in the court, strengthen our #democracy & ensure no one is above the #law.”[#Harris cont]
Critics of the #Biden reform plan say that it is an attack on judicial independence,but that’s not right.…the current #SCOTUS—the crown jewel of a #conservative movement that spent 50yrs & millions…trying to shape the court in its favor—is not…independent of the ideological movement & #political party that trained its members & shaped its jurisprudence
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
In just the last term, the Roberts court has rewritten the #14thAmendment to keep Donald #Trump on the presidential ballot as well as radically expanded presidential #power in direct contravention of the history, text & structure of the #Constitution.

We have, in other words, a #corrupt & #lawless court that, led by its #conservative majority, has put itself above the constitutional system as the exclusive arbiter of constitutional meaning.

#law#SCOTUS#ActivistCourt#CourtReform

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
The #Constitution means whatever the #JohnRoberts court says it means, even when that meaning conflicts w/the basic principles of American #democracy.

It is against this backdrop of institutional #dysfunction & #judicial arrogance that President #Biden, fresh from his decision to leave the campaign trail in favor of his vice president, introduced his three-point package of #SupremeCourt reforms.

#law#SCOTUS#PartisanCourt#ActivistCourt#ExtremistCourt#CorruptCourt#DarkMoney#CourtReform