Elements are beginning to be questioned as a result of the impact of technology, such as the excess and speed of information that makes it difficult to distinguish facts from fiction and enables the drowning out of news of crucial public interest in the electoral process, which the public is entitled to receive, with strategic, misleading dis-information. The famous quote of James Madison in support of freedom of speech that “knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives” is questioned in relation to digital technology and democracy. High expectations on the benefits of the use of technology to strengthen democracies are now countered by increasing concerns about the threats they pose: “Algocracy”, “Dictadata”, “Weapons of Math Destruction”, are just some of the many terms used to describe this threat. Hence the important role of quality-, analysis-based journalism, which is also suffering from these developments but remains crucial to citizens’ understanding of democratic electoral processes.