Bruce McFaddenFeb 17, 2023
Jay Rosen

A simple way to describe the kind of 2024 coverage we need is this...

Not the odds, but the stakes.

Meaning: less that tries to handicap the race, more that shows what is at stake in that race.

One in the first category: "DeSantis’s Challenge: When, and How, to Counterattack Trump." All about tactics.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/us/politics/desantis-trump-2024-president.html

In the second category: "DeSantis is weaponizing partisan media." The stakes, not the odds.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/02/ron-desantis-is-weaponizing-partisan-media-and-weakening-independent-sources-of-news/

#uspol #uspolitics #journalism #2024election

DeSantis’s Challenge: When, and How, to Counterattack Trump

As the former president lobs insults and calls him “Ron DeSanctimonious,” Gov. Ron DeSantis is carefully avoiding conflict. But if he runs for president as expected, a clash is inevitable.

Feb 17, 2023 at 12:47amWeb
Show threadJimboFeb 17, 2023
@jayrosen_nyu That only makes sense if the Times is a neutral player. But as we have seen over the past day, the Times has taken a strong anti-trans stance. So it makes sense that it would support a candidate who not only shares its views, but is also likely to enact its preferred legislation into law.
Show threadJay RosenFeb 17, 2023

@lawyerjsd

I don't understand that reply. I wasn't talking about which candidate the Times supports.

Picking a candidate and then supporting them in the news columns is not, I think, how it works. A lot of my readers do think that. I don't.

I was talking about two directions campaign 2024 coverage can go.

Show threadAnn BatkoFeb 17, 2023
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Show threadGrabancijašFeb 17, 2023

@jayrosen_nyu

#journalism

If you're going to ditch #impartiality, deploy #bias in deep trenches of #partisanship and #beliefs and #ideology, make sure to flag it as #opinion.

Show threadGrassroots JoeFeb 17, 2023
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Unfortunately the type of coverage we will get is determined by metrics that have less than nothing to do with what is best for the country and democracy.
Show threadCantabrigianFeb 17, 2023
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Show threadStormcrowFeb 18, 2023
@jayrosen_nyu we need wartime coverage. Americans need to eliminate the gop/maga threat, permanently.