Craig,
Three weeks ago, I wrote you to vent my anger about the way many in the media are covering this critical presidential campaign. I kept seeing the lurking ghost of 2016: lousy media coverage that normalizes Donald Trump and treats him as a regular candidate.
Today, I’m still steamed. Just look at the subsequent debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, where Trump once again refused to acknowledge he lost the last election and said he had no regrets about January 6. He went on to hurl dozens of lies at Harris. The ABC News moderators fact-checked about four. That was a good start, but it showed that fierce and forceful journalism is needed to combat Trump’s unrelenting campaign of propaganda and disinformation—which still has a good chance of returning him to the White House.
One thing that has changed, though, is that THE DEADLINE HAS FINALLY COME for the $50,000 digital matching gift you’ve been hearing about. This email is my last-chance reminder: I’m asking this one last time for your help so Mother Jones can keep producing the fearless, kickass, truth-telling reporting that Americans need in this all-important election season.
The virus of Trumpism is a greater danger than ever today. And much of the media still does not know how to deal with this threat. But with your support, Mother Jones can lead the way in showing the mainstream press how to cover Trump during this final sprint to Election Day and not make the same mistakes they did in 2016. Eight years ago, the allure of gaining profitable ratings from Trump’s rallies was catnip for the media—and provided him a gold mine of free media. They normalized a figure who was not normal. And there’s still too much horse-race journalism that casts Trump as a regular candidate doing regular things and that does not report on him as purveyor of disinformation who imperils American democracy.
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