Saturday, June 28, 2025

'You’re Being Lied To About Voter Fraud. Here’s the Truth,' a double News & Doc Emmy winner

I'm returning to the News & Doc Emmy Awards with a video that won awards in both news and documentary categories, "You’re Being Lied To About Voter Fraud. Here’s the Truth," part of which is on YouTube as I Help Run Elections in My Pennsylvania County. The Right Is Being Lied To. | NYT Opinion.

The United States is closer than ever to achieving the dream it’s been chasing since 1776: an inclusive democracy that lives up to the promise of one person, one vote. But since 2020, election deniers have sought to undermine America’s collective voice with lies about the security of our elections. In the Opinion Video above, Neil Makhija — who will help oversee elections in his county in the battleground state of Pennsylvania — argues that our votes have never been safer or more secure. In fact, someone is more likely to be struck by lightning than to impersonate someone else at a polling site.

But we can’t afford to be complacent. “To protect democracy, we can’t just play defense,” Makhija cautions. “We need to go on offense to expand voting rights and voting access.”
The video is not just well done, it's inspiring. I can see how it won. Speaking of which, here's the tweet announcing its first Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphic Design – News. Now the tweet announcing its second Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design – Documentary. I started to cover this category in 'Apollo 13: Survival' leads nominees for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary at the News & Doc Emmy Awards for Wayback Wednesday.
Apollo 13: Survival is the most nominated entry in Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design – Documentary, which has been separated from Outstanding Lighting Direction. It's followed by Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial from Netflix, Separated from MSNBC, and You're Being Lied To About Voter Fraud. Here's the Truth from The New York Times Opinion, each with two nominations, and Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story from Prime Video and This Is What a Nuclear Strike Would Feel Like from The New York Times Opinion, both with this one nomination. I don't have an opinion on this, so I'm holding off on making a prediction.
I never returned to this category until now. That's probably a good thing, as I avoided making a bad prediction. Just the same, congratulations to New York Times Opinion, Creative Director Neil Makhija, and Art Directors Jim Batt, Kim Boekbinder, Molly Crabapple!

I expect to cover more News & Doc Emmy Awards winners, but I plan on looking at a different awards show, the Critics Choice Super Awards, for tomorrow's Sunday entertainment feature. Stay tuned.

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