Media Industry's Response to Democracy Teetering on the Edge of Failure?

Laws are being written to allow a legislature to override a state39s Electoral College votes in a Presidential election just because the legislators don39t like the actual validated vote totals In other words some state legislators are writing into law the scenario that the losing candidate in last year39s election attempted to orchestrate amp8230 just think if the former Vice President had followed through with the candidate39s wishes earlier this year and had attempted to invalidate the actual voting resultsThe insurrection on January 6th was a close callIt should never have a chance to actually happen But the implications of the recent Georgia legislature votes set out a course of action that could easily result in the ability to work around the Electoral College and put a nail in the American coffinHowever there is something that could be done Media writ large could do something about the disappearance of shared truthsThe quotmediaquot today consists of among other things television movies newspapers cable TV streaming video magazines the internet newsletters political parties speeches books Zooming and more A truly diverse cacophony of formats noises arguments and pronouncements with no current shared American truthIt39s all just politics today Wearing a mask is a political decision In our lack of a shared truth it seems to beAnother quotfairness doctrinequot can39t happenSo could the collective American media somehow cooperate in order to label truth true And falsity dangerous amp8230 and not just because it39s untrueThis is just thinking out loud but could the various and sundry media associations cooperate and agree on a quottruthquot for the American people Okay this is a reach but the danger demands action beyond lone voicesJust think If the various collective mediarelated associations could cooperate and verify truth amp8230 it39s a pipe dream I know But maybe worth a try Just imagine if the 4As the advertising agencies American Society of News Editors MPA The Association of Magazine Media CTIA the Wireless Association The Motion Picture Association of America the ANPA American Newspaper Publishers Association the Association of Public Television Stations the Digital Media Institute The Directors Guild of America NAB National Association of Broadcasters NCTA The Internet ampamp Television Association NTCA The Rural Broadband Association The Internet Association The Radio Television Digital News Association The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press WHCA The White House Correspondents Association etc all of the associations maybe even one for the growing number of vMVPDsIt39s a long shot but I39ll be reaching out to all of the above and more asking for a simple commitment to the factsStay tuned amp8230Random NotesThe Federal Confusion Commission is deadlocked at 2 vs 2 over the idea of Network Neutrality amp8230 so the states led by California have moved ahead with the attempt to define neutrality for internet users amp8230 up to maybe 51 versions giving a shout out to DC too This is an interesting waste of time for all concernedOf course the idea of truth isn39t fungible amp8230 so how do you get Fox News On America News Network Newsmax and other online networks to join Well that39s America39s real conundrum amp8230 but I think we39ve got to start somewhereClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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