Election Lies Are Fueling Voter Suppression. Plus, Newsrooms Brace for Election Night

选举谎言助长了选民压制。 另外,新闻编辑室为选举之夜做好准备

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2024-09-28

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Uproar over 11th-hour election rule changes in Georgia has put the state back in the national spotlight. Plus, what to expect in the aftermath of election night.

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  • The election borrowed.

  • Georgia now has voted to require that poll workers count ballots by hand this year.

  • On this week's show, we track efforts across the country to make voting harder.

  • From WNYC in New York, this IS ON THE media.

  • I'm Michael Lowinger.

  • And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

  • News outlets are bracing for waves of disinformation on election night and beyond.

  • The challenge for news organizations is going to be reaching people like my mom, who are very smart but who may just be getting their facts from different places than the traditional mainstream media.

  • Plus, the intensified role of music and celebrity in this year's campaign, a cacophony.

  • Of music that surrounds each candidate.

  • One of the sources is the fan group itself.

  • If we see democracy as the responsiveness of our candidates to the needs of the people, this is at least a pathway.

  • It's all coming up after this.

  • From WNYC in New York, this is ON THE media.

  • I'm Brooke Gladstone.

  • And I'm Micah Loenger.

  • Voting machine maker smartmatic has reached a settlement in its defamation case against Newsmax.

  • The deal came as jury selection began.

  • For a trial in Delaware.

  • Smartmatic had argued the cable channel's hosts.