‘Fandom has toxified the world’: Watchmen author Alan Moore on superheroes, Comicsgate and Trump

Enthusiasm can be a productive force for good, but our culture has rapidly become a fan-based landscape that the rest of us are merely living inAbout a decade ago, I ventured my opinion that the adult multitudes queueing for... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/26/fandom-has-toxified-the-world-watchmen-author-alan-moore-on-superheroes-comicsgate-and-trump?utm_source=press.coop

As election looms, disinformation has ‘never been worse’ | Analysis

A torrent of falsehood from home and abroad has undermined what was once a shared faith in America’s democracy. Experts fear even greater harm than in 2020. #press

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Georgia judge tosses voting machine lawsuit

A Fulton County judge determined that Georgia voting machines are secure ahead of this year’s general election in a Friday ruling after some state Republicans argued they were defective, labeling the security risks "purely hypothetical." DeKalb County Republicans argued that Dominion voting machines were faulty and requested to review... #press

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4917191-georgia-voting-machines-security/?utm_source=press.coop

Category 4 Hurricane Helene roars ashore in Florida

Helene is more then 400 miles across and is one of the largest hurricanes ever to hit the coast of Gulf of Mexico #press

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-helene-storm-florida-landfall-b2619804.html?utm_source=press.coop

Trio of sex scandals create unwelcome September surprises for GOP

A trio of sex scandals are becoming September surprises for Republicans, creating unnecessary distractions as the party seeks to win control of the White House and Congress this fall. It’s unclear if any of the controversies will trip up the GOP as former President Trump seeks to retake the presidency, Senate Republicans work... #press

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4899406-republican-sex-scandals-2022/?utm_source=press.coop

Nebraska GOP State Senator Rejects Trump Scheme to Rig Electoral College

The Trump campaign’s eleventh-hour push to rig the Electoral College by changing how Nebraska’s Second Congressional district awards its presidential vote hit a major roadblock on Monday when the key swing vote, state Sen. Mike McDonnell, announced he would not... #press

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/nebraska-gop-state-senator-mike-mcdonnell-rejects-trump-push-to-rig-electoral-college/?utm_source=press.coop

Where Joy Meets Anger: Harris and Trump Battle for Undecided Voters

The allegiances of this group of voters — roughly three million people in seven battleground states — are up for grabs, and polling shows they’re pessimistic about the country’s future. #press

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/undecided-voters.html?utm_source=press.coop

@FreddieJ is representing The Newsmast Foundation at the Press Gazette's conference on The Future of Media Technology today!

Following the brilliant journalism conference in Perugia, Italy earlier this year, he's looking forward to another chance to dig into the challenges facing the news publishing industry and how we can help meet those challenges.

If you're there, let him know!

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If you're attending #FediForum we have a surprise for you!

We've put together a Press Pack for FediForum attendees who want to know more about what we're doing and (hopefully 🤞 ) for the amazing press people attending that want to write about Channel. org and Patchwork.

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Tenet Media Shutters After Being Accused of Taking $10 Million in Covert Kremlin Funding

A contributor for Tenet Media announced on Twitter Thursday night that the company has abruptly shuttered, one day after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment that accused it of being covertly funded by employees of a Russian state-controlled media outlet. Tayler Hansen, a self-described “field... #press

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/tenet-media-closed/?utm_source=press.coop

Gus Walz wins over social media with emotion for father

An emotional Gus Walz was seen in the crowd at the DNC on Wednesday night, as his father formally accepted the nomination for vice president. Walz, standing with his mother Gwen and sister Hope, had tears streaming down his face and appeared to be sobbing openly with pride as his mother and sister silently cried... #press

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4841002-gus-walz-dnc-emotion-tim-walz/?utm_source=press.coop

🧵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

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