This November, the U.S. will have the most significant presidential election in memory. The process and the outcome are creating the greatest challenge to the American experiment in representative democracy since the 19th century, if not since the country's founding. The results will radically affect countless aspects of life for decades to come. What can we expect and what should we demand of journalism? This question is even more charged in a landscape dominated by social media, conspiracy theories gone viral, a global pandemic and an administration that disregards facts and science (complete with an abetting media complex supporting this mythmaking). With attacks on the press greater than ever, and the necessity of journalistic excellence at the heart of what is needed, what can be done?
This panel event, moderated by Lauren Walsh, brings together Karen Attiah of The Washington Post, Courtney Radsch of Committee to Protect Journalists, and Chip Somodevilla of Getty Images to address these questions on journalism and the election. There has never been a more important time to think critically about the media and its role in contemporary politics.
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