"Not the odds, but the stakes."
That's my shortand for the organizing principle we most need from journalists covering the 2024 election. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for our democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes.
Today the New York Times published an example of stakes reporting:
"Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government...."
I appreciate how the image the pops up (once I click on the post) with the link shows that it is a #GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html?unlocked_article_code=xIs5r1zxAGDN77xg08Q6JavrMvRWiHM1qkcSOpZuSM1w3HhnuTEvnoDYE8wxn8-T7BDriP-s9Gg0ju8GI4YLZbUZiMPR7q-Lv4m3WQcUnACBLKks9mdNNoYvIqVyaoBle2ia-SVbVu7FOCVqPz6UZqNpq6sMh5ENSeofvlR0Gf54_6vKhTlltjsnziTYJr1VSxV7HEYWidqMbZGbe9q7hRdIuxrTwv0dGVo1JcTwioLTq8koLvh5XayNTbD6UX_sJF1DIrE6MsB1Jp_H-r4ZtAqL-0hwruzhprU_9aLnsdEUgIw-T1tWEARDQY2VvJLc6ZjCoPA2WncaHE_rMnk&smid=url-share
I wish more news orgs would do this.
It would be nice if more people posting a #GiftLink would also use #hashtags to indicate they're providing a #GiftArticle. That way Mastodon users could search for articles they can read w/out a subscription.
(I pay for several newspapers and recommend subscribing if you can afford it.)
I'll also use the #Hastag #NoPaywall on articles from #News sites that do not have a paywall (when I remember (I don't always remember)).
The search function on Mastodon is still limited to hash-tagged words (at least on my server and on most others as far as I can tell), so I try to use useful hashtags as much as possible. Otherwise, people can't find your posts.
Jay Rosen
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