It's a destabilizing threat to democracy. In 'Tomorrow Now,' the chapter on politics talks about media toxicity - the outbirth of opposition research where nobody can ever be clean.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Toxic media and opposition research threaten democracy by making it impossible to be clean.
- In plain terms
- Media toxicity makes it hard for politicians to stay clean.
- What can you take from it?
- Toxic media threatens democratic norms.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can democracy survive toxic media?
- How do you stay clean in politics?
Another view
It oversimplifies the relationship between media and clean governance.
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