Dan Gillmor

Topics in the latest edition of my "Cornerstone of democracy" newsletter -- a compendium of the best of political reporting/commentary (and more) -- include:

-- A swing state's complexity
-- Home invasion
-- Polls: pox on civic life
-- The Times' sad decline

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https://cornerstone.ghost.io/essentials-september-28-29-2024/

Essentials, September 28-29, 2024

A compendium of the best reporting and commentary surrounding the pivotal 2024 elections in the United States. You won't find horse race coverage here, or the standard "both sides" BS that passes so often for political journalism. What you will find are links, with brief commentary, to work that I

The cornerstone of democracy...
Sep 30, 2024 at 2:57pmFedica
Show threadShmockSep 30, 2024

@dangillmor I subscribed a couple of weeks ago, and I gotta say, you have presented really good stuff, well sourced and linked.

Tha k you for what you do.

Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️Sep 30, 2024

"Our top #media organizations can't be bothered to do the serious work of covering #politics, preferring horse races, false balance, and #trivia. If they ever say the just don't have the resources to do things in depth, laugh in their faces. Their budget for # polls is, seemingly, infinite."
- @dangillmor

https://cornerstone.ghost.io/essentials-september-28-29-2024/

#Journalism #Press #News #NotTheOddsButTheStakes #FalseEquivalence #BothSides #US #USNews #UnitedStates #FourthEstate

Essentials, September 28-29, 2024

A compendium of the best reporting and commentary surrounding the pivotal 2024 elections in the United States. You won't find horse race coverage here, or the standard "both sides" BS that passes so often for political journalism. What you will find are links, with brief commentary, to work that I

The cornerstone of democracy...