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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1303501
None of this is Chuck Todd’s job.
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Wait, our media?
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The www.vote.org website looks promising–the kind of thing I might push out but:
- it says “Last updated on January 31, 2020” and that makes me nervous in this dynamic context. and
- I’ve gotten pretty paranoid about entering personal info on websites–especially relating to really important stuff like, say, voting. As a result, I didn’t even explore it. I’d need gold plated assurances that it’s legit before I recommended it to any one.
If the authors think the media can play a crucial role in preserving democracy they are sadly mistaken. The media is, for the most part, owned by people who are antithetical to democracy. Their only interest in the news is using it to sell detergent and soup. At the ownership level they are all rooting for Trump. They are all Republicans who only think of you and me as consumers.
Well, the media could have played a crucial role in preserving democracy in the 2016 election, but they chose not to. So…
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“The Media Can Play A Crucial Role In Preserving Democracy Amid COVID.”
The Media can play a crucial role in preserving democracy outside of a global pandemic as well, but hey at least they are finally waking up to why the press was specifically called out for protection in the 1st amendment. Hint, it wasn’t so they could line shareholders pockets.