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We've organized folks to demand a working #FCC and exposed efforts to keep it in service to conglomerates. We will work every angle possible to get out from under the yolk of a commercialized system for informing the public because we are currently systemically under-informed. 2/
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More from @MAD_Democracy

Oct 23
“Time for media to treat elections as more important than sports.”

Our piece by co-founder Brian Hansbury, calling for pro-democracy media, in @Salon today. Much more in article. Please read and retweet. Excerpts in thread: /1

salon.com/2022/10/23/med…
“…article had the potential to be an example of reporting that uplifts voting [and democracy]. But its headline undermined all that by blasting disinformation…”

Reporters, editors, headline writers, execs: this is all of us. All hands on deck for democracy. /2
We think that reporting on the big picture is essential — and failing to discuss the big picture misleads the public.

“Neutral euphemisms like "election denier" confer validity to a strategic [anti-democracy] disinformation campaign.”
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Read 9 tweets
Oct 3
🧵As @jayrosen_nyu notes, “[Journalists] have to recognize that the picture of politics on which they base their practices is shattered.”

Brave journalism is required to separate truth from lies & overcome the midterm threat to democracy.

Let's explore do's and don'ts. 1/8
The 2022 midterms aren't a traditional election, but rather a contest between those willing to uphold our democratic system and those telling lies to win at all costs.

We wrote an open letter to journalists urging pro-democracy election coverage. 2/8
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Journalists must make threats to democracy clear. Too often election coverage is about drama, a game of who's up & who's down. Even as many prepare to overturn elections they don't win, major media treats the whole of the GOP as worthy candidates. Liars are made viable. 3/8
Read 8 tweets
Jun 16
🧵 NEW: Our team analyzed all 816 guests on five Sunday Shows in 2021.

What was our main finding?

Sunday Shows do not inform the public! Most guests are politicians, few are experts, and topics are limited.

Our full research report is available at: MediaAndDemocracyProject.org/sundayshows

1/6
Why don't viewers learn anything from the Sunday Shows?

Over 50% of all guests—across all 5 shows we reviewed—are politicians, not experts.

Discussions focus on the political process instead of expert input on topics of major importance that Americans need to learn about.

2/6
Our analysis finds that in 2021, Sunday “news” Shows ignored:

-Climate
-Education
-Civil rights
-Voting rights
-Drug policy
-Judiciary
-Gun control
-Immigration
-Insurrection

Yet somehow Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson was hosted 19 times—8 more times than climate experts!

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Read 6 tweets
Jun 15
“The thesis does a media studies analysis of Section 230 coverage. …horrified by the mainstream media’s failures in covering Section 230 when it mattered the most.”

This post from @ericgoldman is clear-eyed about bothsidesism privileging lies, and /1

blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/…
and also the need for reporters to have trusted experts to rely on — not just politicians and bad-faith manipulators.

To inform the public it is not enough just to report on what several people say. Journalists MUST have some expertise they can draw on.
/2
The lesson is that we need both partisan and expert outlets.

Neutral media just isn’t up to the task of informing us about what citizens of a democracy need to know.

**this foreshadows a study we at @MAD_Democracy are releasing tomorrow- get ready!
Read 6 tweets
Apr 20
Absolutely excellent piece from @pareene here about the right wanting to destroy journalism. Their “journalism” outlets are pale shadows of news; their goal is to assert power.
@drvolts has been on this beat for a long time. Here’s some more — in thread…
Jay Rosen and @brianbeutler have repeatedly said the right wants to destroy journalism.
(follow them!)
Read 5 tweets
Apr 12
Introducing the Media and Democracy Project 📰 📺 📻:
We are a grassroots group of concerned citizens who launched an activist campaign in 2020 to demand that our media provide truth, context, and transparency in every piece of reporting. #FixMediaNow 1/ MediaAndDemocracyProject.org
We believe an informed citizenry is the bedrock of a democratic society. The information we receive from media affects and shapes our opinions, voting decisions, degree of civic engagement, and ultimately determines the health of our society. We must @FixMediaNow #FixMediaNow 2/
Robust news and democracy go together. “A popular [democratically elected] Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance…” —James Madison #FixMediaNow 3/
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