The Media Impact Series: A Presidential Election Unlike Any Other: The Media & the 2024 Race

Political experts and strategists (Joshua Glick, Margaret Hoover, Christine Quinn, Reihan Salam, Jessica Tarlov) gather on September 25, 2024 with moderator Mark Lodato to discuss media's role in the upcoming presidential election.
Topics include:
Biggest Challenges: What makes covering the 2024 presidential campaign an uphill battle?
Unbiased Reporting: If it's possible to present stories without trying to sway undecided voters.
Age Appropriate: How to address different generations' approach to news.
Knowing Your Audience: If the media remains out of touch with "real Americans."
Legal Issues: How the rise of defamation suits has affected political reporting.
The AI Effect: Modern technology's impact on elections.
Outside Interference: The threat of other countries manipulating America's elections.
Social Media's Role: Internet trolls' ability to negatively affect campaigns.
Missing the Point: The media's avoidance of issues that are important to Americans.
Back to Basics: The possibility of Americans returning to "civil discourse."

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American media is broken. Only rich kids from certain socioeconomic bubbles get into the top journalism schools and get internships and hired by top media orgs. I’ve met these people, they mean well but they have a very sheltered view of the world