"Not the odds but the stakes."
That's my shorthand for what we most need from election coverage in 2024. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for our democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes.
Dan Rather on the horse race:
"A horse race confers an equivalence upon all candidates. The only detail that matters is who is going to win — not all that might be lost. To view America through that lens today is an exercise in the absurd."
https://steady.substack.com/p/the-danger-of-horse-race-politics
#uspol #journalism
Jay Rosen /
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