Thread by @ZhiZhuWeb

"the both-sides dynamic remains — big time. The US doesn’t have some generic problem called “voting” or “democracy” — the problem is, specifically, that many key figures in the Republican Party are acting to erode democracy & voting rights"
~@perrybaconjr
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

"Often, the text of these articles is quite blunt about the radicalism of the GOP, but the headlines — what will be most read — are muted, with gun-shy editors blunting reporters’ work."
~@perrybaconjr

#journalism
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

"The second problem is that while this coverage is now widespread, it’s still not as pervasive as it should be... politics is still covered largely the same way it was four decades ago"

#journalism

"Third, the story of GOP radicalization and democracy erosion isn’t being covered extensively or aggressively by a big, important chunk of the media — the morning and nightly news shows of the big broadcast channels (@NBCNews , @CBS , @ABC ) and in local television news."

"about 1/3 of Americans get their political news primarily via local or national broadcast television... Honest coverage of the GOP’s radicalism might alienate viewers & ultimately hurt outlets’ bottom lines, it’s disappointing but not surprising that they've not changed course."