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🧵We had an amazing time at #CJDDemocracySummit yesterday for the launch of the inspiring @C4JDHowardU. Here is a thread of some of the greatest insights from speakers and panel discussions. Congratulations to @nhannahjones and her amazing team. 1/
Counter to the emerging national media narrative that election liars were soundly defeated and barriers to the ballot box were overcome, @SIfill_ warned that the threat is not over. Until there is legislation preventing racial gerrymanders, they will not be stopped. 2/
We'll also point out the extremely obvious here that while it is true that @katiehobbs got roughly 1.28 million votes, lying extremist Kari Lake got roughly 1.26 million votes. Moving forward it will be absurd and dangerous for mainstream, corporate media to downplay threats. 3/
I have some video highlights from yesterday's marvelous #CJDDemocracySummit that I'd like to share with you. I think they will be worth your time. I am most interested in how the journalism industry is failing to raise the alarm about white Christian authoritarianism. 1/X
Spend 4 minutes with @nhannahjones on the need to "grapple with how our profession has failed, sometimes with intention, sometimes because of blind spots, and sometimes through a misperception of our role... to stand for a multiracial democracy": 2/X
Spend 1 minute with Steven Levitsky describing what has happened to the Republican Party and why: 3/X
"What has passed for objectivity in our industry has been reverence for power...truth is not partisan."
Great speech by @nhannahjones this morning at the inaugural Democracy Summit.
Great speech by @nhannahjones this morning at the inaugural Democracy Summit.
Now, we've got Steven Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die, describing the electoral road to authoritarianism, and the characteristics of political parties that are edging toward autocracy.
"We believe this is a reaction to multiracial democracy."
"We believe this is a reaction to multiracial democracy."
"Either the United States will be a multiracial democracy in the 21st century, or it won't be a democracy." — Steven Levitsky
I’m excited to be at @HowardU for this launch & conference on democracy & journalism. Gorgeous campus, brisk fall day, wee robots out front, a chance to meet new people & see old friends. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Here’s a “democracy toolkit” for journalists:
democracytoolkit.press
Fascists, dictators, autocrats, & demagogues see a free press as enemies to be co-opted, muzzled, jailed, or murdered, preventing the immune system of democracy from debunking viral lies & revealing corruption.
democracytoolkit.press
Fascists, dictators, autocrats, & demagogues see a free press as enemies to be co-opted, muzzled, jailed, or murdered, preventing the immune system of democracy from debunking viral lies & revealing corruption.
We must understand that when it comes to democracy and equality, neutrality is an abdication of duty, says @nhannahjones, who says a culture of balance & covering “both sides” impedes the ability of journalists to inform the public of threats to those ideals. #DemocracySummjt
