A pre-election reform plan for the media
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The following are just the headlines.
COVER 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.
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.
PROTECT AMERICANS FROM DISINFORMATION
Avoid euphemisms that conceal and normalize extremism.
Explain that disinformation by MAGA is a strategy. Read More