Fix Media Now: A RadPod Interview with the Media and Democracy Project
‘We need to demand pro-democracy reporting’
“Whatever your first priority is, media and media reform better be 1-A, not even your second priority, but a contingent priority. Without coverage of worker’s rights, without coverage of climate, extensive coverage of what all Americans are feeling, not just what Trump supporters in a diner are feeling, we can’t get a full picture of solutions and we need to demand pro-democracy media that gives us context, truth, and transparency in every piece of reporting.”—Brian Hansbury, Media and Democracy Project, Ep91 RadPod
RadPod’s latest interview with the Media and Democracy Project offers so many solutions on how to find trusted news and how we can avoid getting snookered by fake sites, as well as how we can proactively demand better coverage in advance of the November election.
Please have a listen to MAD’s Brian Hansbury:
Below, you can find more information on what they do, the petitions that they currently have to not only demand better election coverage but to force the FCC to hold a hearing into Fox and the Murdoch’s 2020 election lies. In addition, they offer a local journalism directory to help source reliable news orgs in your area, and in the links below, you can learn how to follow my favorite MAD wing — Fix Media Now — the agitating division that makes good trouble:
MAD is a non-partisan, all-volunteer, grassroots civic membership organization fighting for a more informative and pro-democracy media operating in the public interest.
Learn more at: mediaanddemocracyproject.org.
Sign MAD's open letter demanding pro-democracy election coverage: https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage
Sign MAD's open letter to the FCC demanding a hearing into Fox and the Murdoch's 2020 election lies:
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/sign-on-letter
Follow MAD:
His interview is very inspiring, informative, and helpful in our ongoing fight to force truth in reporting.
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