If the 2024 presidential battle proved anyone, it’s that the mass media no longer travel the national conversation. They are no longer able to ignite anger and worry in regular voters. They can no longer ball up bad candidates. And, like him or not, President-elect Donald Trump’s victory with black, Hispanic and Israeli voters, if leave polls are also close to right, proves that the whole “fascist” scare was a flop.
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In fact, nearly every major American institution has less faith in the establishment press. It’s a well-earned indignity. The fact that we have a little functioning press is also a tragedy for a complimentary country. Investigators possibly tell themselves they’re disliked because they’re brave truth-tellers. But, much more plausible, it’s a vote on their deception.
There was never a resolution to the nation’s enraged Russia collusion panic or the coordinated efforts to delete and tease us on the Hunter Biden laptop history. There will be no money made for times of fearmongering about the upcoming Nazism, either.
Recall, when also, how we got here. By the time the first national conversation rolled about, the majority of the media had spent four years covering President Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline. No writer with entry to the White House, other than Fox News, thought it significant enough to let us understand that the commander in chief was hardly function. It was perhaps the most stage-managed presidency in history. This, far more than another pretentious reality test of Trump exaggeration, is why we need editors.
Communist advertising feigned a strong sense of doubt about the authenticity of the source material when the Wall Street Journal finally published a well-sourced article about Biden’s fallacy. These are the same people, ironically, who treat anonymously supplied Atlantic hit items as incontestable truth.
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Those who shared a picture of Biden scurrying endlessly were accused of spreading crime ideas themselves. When Biden’s fragile mental state was no longer be hidden, the social media quickly, and without any reason, turned their focus to elbowing out the leader and adding Vice President Kamala Harris. That’s no just bias– it’s crooked.
Then came” Kamalot”, the shameless, sycophantic, contrived strategy to persuade electors that a woefully inadequate applicant, one who had never won a major challenge, was actually a generational social skills. She spent a month without offering an authentic meeting or making an unrelated comment. The media would never have supported it in a fair, free society.
When Harris suddenly began unleashing her swirling platitude-ridden words, it became evident she was in over her nose. Once-respected organizations such as “60 Minutes” threw away what was left of their popularity, splicing one of Harris ‘ disorganized musings into a clear answer. The record of her interview has not yet been made available by CBS News. The reasoning, no question, was saving democracy.
Most quarters of the media, though, not only refuse to debate but wo n’t concede that there is a debate. There is n’t a single person on MSNBC, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, or any of the country’s major newspapers ‘ editorial pages who can generally articulate positions held by half the nation, much less concur with any of them. And, no, stacking your panels with Trump-hating former conservatives who champion every left-policy position imaginable does n’t count. The liberal converts ‘ zeal is n’t really helping anyone.
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On election day, I watched MSNBC’s Joy Reid, Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow processing the loss to Trump. These individuals were the ones who controlled media policy. Actually, a comedian would have to do a lot of the incredible crackpottery I heard. Reid, as an example, used the term “fascist” with the speed a typical person may use adjectives.
Most of the mainstream media displays a supernatural lack of self-awareness. For example, nobody on that MSNBC screen always brought up the possibility of aggressively accusing anyone who disagrees with them of being a “fascist.” Instead, they simply continued to wonder how all these Americans could support Hitler.
Even the day after Harris ‘ defeat, cable news programs were turning into group therapy and struggle groups. It almost certainly wo n’t improve before it does. The presence of Trump, in fact, promises higher ratings at these outlets.
With every debacle, the institution gets worse. There is more insufferable self-glorification. More priggishness. More smugness. A bigger unearned sense of moral superiority. It’s exceedingly doubtful much will change.
On the bright side, though, most people have stopped listening.
