ATTN NATIONAL MEDIA EXECUTIVES: Our democracy cannot be held hostage to a ratings race. If you care about our democracy, you will protect it. Full Stop. (thread)

We are in the middle of a pandemic and the President of the United States has telegraphed that he may claim victory on election night, even when millions of ballots will not have been counted.

Indisputable facts:
1. This is no normal election. A record number of Americans will be voting by mail.

2. Election “night” will be dramatically different than ever before. We need an UNPRECEDENTED plan from the media for how they will cover an unprecedented election.

That is why I am calling on national media networks to pledge to #PressPause for democracy and:
1.Make NO projections on election night
2.Announce NO election results on election night

In the coming days, I will ask election administrators, voting rights organizations, media ethicists, corporations, religious leaders, and all concerned Americans to stand with me in demanding media executives #PressPause for democracy.

In CO, nothing in our election night reporting process will change. States should post results as normal. National media shouldn't call winners/losers when millions of mail ballots are uncounted, especially as some states can't process ballots until Election Day or right before.