A bipartisan coalition with support from Hollywood power players and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation is working to prepare U.S. voters for a possible deepfake onslaught as the campaign year goes into high gear. With federal agencies and social media companies barely talking to each other about AI-driven misinformation threats, “this is a disaster waiting to happen — no one’s doing the public inoculation,” warned Miles Taylor, chief policy officer of The Future US, which is coordinating the campaign.
Content from at least 30 channels in the network drew nearly 120 million views and 730,000 subscribers since last year.
The Voter Funnel study examines the competitive political landscape in Kentucky, while the American Conversation study explores what is impacting America’s political conversations and what will motivate Americans to vote in 2024.
Two on-air figures who stepped back from TV station roles to run for governor have both lost their elections. Mark Ronchetti, who resigned as chief meteorologist at KRQE Albuquerque, N.M., last year to run for New Mexico governor, lost the election to the Democratic incumbent, Michelle Lujan Grisham. And Kari Lake, who spent 22 years on the air at KSAZ Phoenix, has lost the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs.
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When America fell asleep watching the election returns Tuessday night, Dave McCormick led Dr. Mehmet Oz 31.2% to 31.1% in the race to become the Republican nominee in the election for the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Pat Toomey. What a difference a day makes. Late Wednesday, those results had flipped, with Oz registering 31.2% and McCormick 31.1%.
The social network has contacted academics to create a group to advise it on thorny election-related decisions, a move that would allow it to shift some of its political decision-making to an advisory body.
With election night less than a week away, television stations across the country are reminding viewers to tune in, no matter the platform, for local, state and national results. Here’s a look at how some are teasing their coverage.
WCAU And WWSI Sponsor White House Exhibit
Tomorrow, Sept. 7th, marks the beginning of the final stretch for political advertising. That’s the first day of Lowest Unit Charge Season, the 60-day period before the Nov. 6th general election. During that time (which also occurs in the 45 days before a primary election), broadcast stations may charge no more than their lowest rate for each particular class of ad time purchased for a “use” by a legally qualified candidate.
