
The problem with the way Best Picture is picked at the Oscars
CNN
What works at the ballot box doesn't necessarily work on the red carpet. As a journalist who covers both national politics and the film industry, ranked choice voting has been great for public policy -- but it's bad for the Oscars, writes Jesse Rifkin.
This Sunday, the Academy Awards will announce the Best Picture winner picked through ranked choice voting, a practice also increasingly used for political elections. As a journalist who covers both national politics and the film industry, I believe ranked choice voting has been great for public policy -- but it's bad for the Oscars.
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