If the 2024 presidential contest proved anything, it’s that the mass media no longer drive the national conversation. They can no longer stoke fear and outrage in average voters. They can no longer prop up terrible candidates. And, like him or not, President-elect Donald Trump’s success with black, Hispanic, and Jewish voters, if exit polls are even close to correct, proves that the entire “fascist” scare was a flop.Indeed, the establishment press are less trusted than virtually any major institution in American life. It is a well-earned ignominy. It’s also a tragedy for a free nation that we have a barely functioning press. Reporters probably tell themselves they’re disliked because they’re fearless truth-tellers. But, far more likely, it’s a referendum on their deceit.
The Wall Street Journal had a similar article: "Trump’s Win Cemented It: New Media Is Leaving the Old Guard Behind - Podcasts are exploding, TikTok is a news source, and traditional media is shrinking in reach and influence." Americans no longer trust the mainstream media which is a hive mind of leftist thought and its decline is well-deserved and overdue.
Extra - Kim Strassel: "A Landslide Against the Media - News organizations tried to prop Biden and Harris up. How did that work out?"
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