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Journalists at NPR, NYT, etc:
NOW is the time to talk with your editors.
You need to report accurately and fairly, even about harsh truths that one party (I& #39;m thinking of the GOP) won& #39;t like.
Fight now. It will all come too fast to fight later.
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NOW is the time to talk with your editors.
You need to report accurately and fairly, even about harsh truths that one party (I& #39;m thinking of the GOP) won& #39;t like.
Fight now. It will all come too fast to fight later.
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- Establish now which facts would lead you to report on accusations of voter fraud. They need to be very credible, backed by clear data and statistical significance.
- Establish now which election law experts and principles are quotable.
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- Establish now which election law experts and principles are quotable.
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You are going to have to make a lot of calls about what statements are amplified, what "facts" are reported.
If you make them in the heat of the moment, you& #39;ll end up defaulting to deference to position (the Secretary of State of TK state said...),
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If you make them in the heat of the moment, you& #39;ll end up defaulting to deference to position (the Secretary of State of TK state said...),
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Or the weak context, "while many experts disagree, TK said there is massive voter fraud..."
Or straightforward both-sides. "Democrats accused Republicans in TK state of falsifying a crisis. This Republican said it& #39;s the Dems who are at fault."
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Or straightforward both-sides. "Democrats accused Republicans in TK state of falsifying a crisis. This Republican said it& #39;s the Dems who are at fault."
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It will be so hard to go against institutional muscle memory in the heat of the moment.
You should discuss, now, in the semi-quiet before the storm, what will guide those decisions.
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You should discuss, now, in the semi-quiet before the storm, what will guide those decisions.
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My suggestion:
Never amplify accusations without an extremely high bar of evidence and credence. There will NOT be massive voter fraud. Don& #39;t report when someone says there is.
Don& #39;t quote Republicans making false accusations.
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Never amplify accusations without an extremely high bar of evidence and credence. There will NOT be massive voter fraud. Don& #39;t report when someone says there is.
Don& #39;t quote Republicans making false accusations.
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If there is evidence that someone is lying, just report that they are lying. Don& #39;t use "Democrats say..."
No article, no paragraph, no sentence, should be anything other than crystal clear about the integrity of our election system.
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No article, no paragraph, no sentence, should be anything other than crystal clear about the integrity of our election system.
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I already hear the reporters saying: but what if there IS massive fraud?
OK. If there is, there will be a lot of evidence and serious non-partisan people agreeing. That is a high bar. Keep that bar high!
(They& #39;re going to fuck it up so badly. Oy.)
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OK. If there is, there will be a lot of evidence and serious non-partisan people agreeing. That is a high bar. Keep that bar high!
(They& #39;re going to fuck it up so badly. Oy.)
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