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John,

During the 2016 election, Donald Trump was repeatedly gifted primetime news and front page print coverage. Journalists and reporters prioritized horserace analysis and reality show-type sensationalism over debunking his lies, denouncing his vitriol, or even simply acknowledging the threat his authoritarian policies would have on our democracy.

Sign the petition: Tell mainstream media to stop normalizing authoritarians.

The coverage catapulted him from a fringe right-wing extremist to a fringe right-wing extremist with access to our nuclear codes and state secrets. It took years of advocacy and activism to remove Trump from office. But now, as his legal troubles grow and the Republican Party seeks a sure thing, we're watching too many journalists make the same damaging decisions in their coverage of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis wants to be president, and he is using his governorship to inherit, capitalize on, and politicize Donald Trump's hate. He has spearheaded efforts to ban voter drop boxes and set up new roadblocks for vote by mail, gave motorists legal protection if they mow down protesters, pushed authoritarian legislation to silence dissent on and offline, targeted state employees who disagree with him, banned reporters from events unless he could count on positive coverage, and more.

 

 

Mainstream media has largely avoided explicitly naming the danger DeSantis poses to our democracy, instead focusing once again on both-sides coverage and human interest profiles. Journalists covering DeSantis need to make it clear that he is an ideologue with a strong and growing track record of authoritarianism who, just like Trump, uses his position of power to punish his enemies and reward his allies in furtherance of his political goals and without any regard to democratic process.

Trump and MAGA Republicans have taken authoritarianism mainstream. DeSantis aims to enshrine it permanently. Our democracy depends on journalists providing accurate, unvarnished coverage of how radical and authoritarian DeSantis is. 

Sign the petition: Tell mainstream media to stop normalizing authoritarians.

Cliff

 
 
 
 

Cliff Schecter

President, Blue Amp Action

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We cannot sugarcoat the current situation. Right-wing authoritarianism, defeated by a worldwide coalition during WWII, was only in hibernation. Over the past decade it has infected democratic societies--including ours. It is as simple as it is terrifying: What we do now will define the future of our country and world. 

We at Blue Amp Action are dedicated to liberal, open societies, where reason and science are applied to solve our problems; where civil rights--including voting rights!--are protected for all. We fight for these values every day. Speaking up on our platforms, raising the voices and the political prospects of liberal pols and pundits. 

And savvy grassroots activists like you know, just like we do, that we can’t stop watching the people we help elect: after the elections, we have to keep organizing support for the policies we like and pushing back against the ones we don’t.

When the public tunes out between elections and the only people our elected officials hear from are the paid lobbyists of wealthy corporations, our government stops being accountable to the needs of ordinary families.

Democracy never sleeps, and neither can we.

So we ask that you support our work, so we can continue to engage in this fight every moment of every day. So our kids grow up in democracy, not dystopia.

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