This is what happens when they lose elections. Instead of trying to convince voters to vote for them based on a better vision for the future, they just try to get rid of voters they don’t like.
The basic problem is that social media creators and companies are rewarded for having more extreme and untrue content. The goal should be to change or balance the incentives. Tech, government, media and NGOs need to collaborate on this to support fact-supported journalism.
The most difficult and important is to overhaul social media. We need federal data ownership legislation mirrored after the CPRA in California. There should be ad-free versions of every platform. Section 230 should be amended to not include content that is amplified by algorithm.
For Cable News we should revive the Fairness Doctrine which the FCC had on the books until 1985 that required that you show both sides of a political issue. It was repealed by Reagan. If there was ever a time to bring it back it��s now.
The easiest one to address is reopening local papers. There is a bill in Congress - the Local Journalism Sustainability Act from @davidcicilline and others - that would help support thousands of local publications. Congress should pass it immediately.
There are 3 problems with our media that are fueling polarization: 1. The closing of 2,000 local papers, which are typically not very partisan; 2. Cable news maximizing audience share by adopting political stances (Fox); and 3. Social media’s supercharging of conspiracy theories.
A second GOP senator calls on President Trump to resign. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says it would be "the best path forward" after the Capitol riot by Trump supporters. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has also said Trump should step down. https://t.co/TuUOR8NbEc
As a Capitol Hill staffer, it feels insane that we'll be going back to work with the same people who incited and in some cases may have helped organize a deadly fascist attack on us.
Like, I walk by these people in the hallway. What am I supposed to do with that?
11) Attached to the COVID bill is a $1.4 trillion spending package to fund the government through September 30, 2021. If the President vetoes the COVID/omnibus bill, or, if he fails to sign the bill by December 28, there is a government shutdown.