Yeah, he was the most disconnected and couldn't reign in the narrative the media pursued that would make any Trump voter a racist. Not sure if there will be any changes or self reflection by the news media as fallout but that's really on them to decide if they wish to regain the trust of Americans who didn't come out to vote or stuck with Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-lands...-election-7146410b?mod=hp_opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s A Landslide Against the Media News organizations tried to prop Biden and Harris up. How did that work out? By Kimberley A. Strassel Nov. 7, 2024 at 5:27 pm ET The recriminations are flying, as Barack Obama’s and Joe Biden’s forces go to war over who’s more to blame for Democrats’ humiliating defeat Tuesday. So long as the left is pointing fingers, let it direct a big, fat digit at the outfit that played the biggest role in losing it this election: the U.S. media. That isn’t the conventional wisdom, which holds that the press’s naked shilling for Democratic candidates amounts to an in-kind campaign contribution. And no doubt the media’s ceaseless attacks on Donald Trump and Republicans did help round up some undecided voters. Yet the boosterism for Kamala Harris & Co. came at a far bigger cost: A narrative full of fantasy enabled Democrats to live in a world disconnected from the mood and worries of the country. Among the most damaging of these fantasies was the four-year press assurance that Joe Biden was sharp as a tack. Even video evidence in June of a confused president wandering aimlessly at the Group of Seven was met with claims that the footage was “edited,” “lacking context,” “misleading.” Only when the Trump-Biden debate made Mr. Biden’s decline undeniable did the media drop the charade. Then it immediately turned to recast Ms. Harris—a presidential primary loser turned unpopular vice president—as a political genius and the obvious savior of the Democratic Party. How’d that work out? In a world with a competent press, Mr. Biden’s failing constitution would have been front-page news in time for Democrats to confront the unpleasant (yet manageable) reality of needed change. A primary would have produced a tested nominee, likely one less encumbered by the Biden record. As Harris adviser (and Obama veteran) David Plouffe complains that Team Biden created a “hole” too “deep” for his sidekick to dig out of, don’t forget the industry whose job it is to call out political fiction, but instead wrote the “Joe Is Fine” novel. Of course Democrats are shocked that they lost. In a world with a functioning press, the politician who tries to make lemonade out of inflation, crime or border chaos, is slapped as out of touch. In Biden-Harris world, the press printed their spin as gospel. Four years of headlines insisted Americans live in one of the “strongest economies” ever. Crime rates were falling. Red-state governors engaged in “stunts” to magnify the migrant problem. The biggest issues facing our country were climate, systemic racism, abortion and transgender rights. The fantasies were maintained right up to the election. Even as Republicans pointed to surging voter registration, unprecedented early votes and notable demographic shifts, the headlines insisted that Kamala would claim victory on a wave of abortion-and-Liz Cheney-loving suburban women, comedian-condemning Puerto Ricans, and white dudes impressed by Tim Walz’s camo hat. No wonder Tuesday was a surprise. The America that voted for Mr. Trump has never even made an appearance in these outlets. Democrats now face a choice. On one side are party grown-ups who are publicly acknowledging this defeat as a sharp voter rebuke of progressive policies. They are admitting that lawfare was a mistake, that the party is culturally out of touch, that lunatic interest groups are running the asylum. They worry about a growing political realignment that threatens the party’s future. That we are hearing these voices is an improvement over the past eight years. Yet on the other side are the progressive architects of the mess, already rationalizing away the night as a function of racism, sexism and America’s supposed love affair with “fascism.” They mark the loss down to “tactical” errors—the failure to court pro-Palestinian voters, a misallocation of door-knockers, poor timing in ad buys. The party just needs better “messaging” of its “historic achievements.” No surprise, the media is already running with this latter narrative, again providing the party a soothing alternative to the blunt reality of its ideological fail. Will Democrats be lulled again? If they really want to reconnect with voters, they will at some point have to break with what is proving to be a debilitating feedback loop. The media itself was put on sharp notice this cycle, pushed aside by podcasters and influencers whom voters now trust more to provide reality. Nearly 50 million people have listened to Joe Rogan’s interview of Mr. Trump, as it provided a more accurate assessment of the GOP nominee’s positions and the concerns of the country than “news” articles about the “authoritarian” intent on destroying the climate, abortion rights, democracy—choose your obsession. The Founders accorded the press the honor of inclusion in the First Amendment in recognition of the vital role it plays in keeping pols honest. The industry is meant to ride herd on government—on both sides—in the interest of the people. That job is essential—not only for transparency, but to provide self-deluding politicians constant gut checks as to how their policies sit with the nation. When that guardrail falls, the nation suffers, but so too does the party that gets to live the make-believe.
Lamestream Media Trying to Figure Out What Went Wrong https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024...trying-to-figure-out-what-went-wrong-n3796897
state media throwing in the towel Defeated left-wing MSNBC anchors Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski reveal they met with Trump: ‘Time to do something different’ https://nypost.com/2024/11/18/us-ne...rump-at-mar-a-lago-to-restart-communications/
shake up at State Media Inc. MSNBC staffers ‘in a panic’ as NBC-parent Comcast plans to spin off channel — and possibly change its name https://nypost.com/2024/11/20/media...pin-off-channel-and-possibly-change-its-name/
Joe Rogan says the ‘greatest media psy-op in history’ was waged against Trump: ‘They’ve distorted who he is’ https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/us-ne...-media-psy-op-in-history-waged-against-trump/
LOL @ distorted who he is. All you have to do is watch him speak. He's a pathological liar. That's all you need to know about him.
lefty media eating their lefty media children ‘Morning Joe’ hosts tear into NYT, other liberal media for caring about Hunter Biden pardon: ‘Hysterically imbalanced’ https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/us-ne...y-imbalanced-coverage-of-hunter-biden-pardon/
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: Biden pardon sounded like Trump Truth Social post https://thehill.com/homenews/media/...s-joe-biden-hunter-biden-pardon-truth-social/
https://nypost.com/2024/12/05/opinion/hey-politico-what-the-heck-makes-the-post-far-right/ Hey, Politico — what the heck makes The Post ‘far right’? By Post Editorial Board Published Dec. 5, 2024, 8:45 p.m. ET Really, Politico? The “far-right New York Post”? In a Wednesday news report, the site’s Jason Beeferman snarks about how “the influential, far-right New York Post” seems interested in Rep. Ritchie Torres’ likely run for governor. We’ll take the “influential,” of course: Our last pick for president is headed to the White House; our last choice for mayor sits in Gracie Mansion. But what in heck makes us “far right”? Yes, we’re right of center for New York City; we mostly endorse Republicans and support Israel; our news coverage includes plenty of shocking stories about President Biden’s failures at the border, etc. But absolutely nothing puts us outside the mainstream of American public opinion, and a professional in the biz certainly ought to know that. It may be a passing phrase, but it’s part of a pattern — an effort to marginalize any press that disagrees with the liberal media majority. Dismissing us as “far right” is part and parcel to being targeted by the partisan “disinformation” censorship machine (The World Federation of Advertisers and GARM went after our ad revenue), getting blocked on Facebook for raising the lab-leak theory (now endorsed by the federal government) and seeing our 100% accurate 2020 Hunter Biden laptop coverage suppressed. Maybe Beeferman just meant to be cute: He wrote about Torres being “eager to trash the far-left flank of his party,” so invoking the “far-right” Post made for a giggle. But the problem comes from a journalistic and Democratic Party elite that would rather silence critics than debate them, who want to label opinions they disagree with as radical. It’s the first step to groupthink. We’re not far-right, we’re common sense. Politico just doesn’t want to admit it.
Krugman retires from writing opinions Paul Krugman retires as Times columnist After nearly 25 years as an Opinion columnist, Paul is signing off. Read more in this note from Kathleen Kingsbury. https://www.nytco.com/press/paul-krugman-retires-as-times-columnist/ related: Krugman ten months ago: "As anyone who has recently spent time with Biden (and I have) can tell you, he is in full possession of his faculties — completely lucid and with excellent grasp of detail."
https://www.foxnews.com/media/georg...-forced-pay-15-million-settle-defamation-suit ABC News and their top anchor George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with Donald Trump in his defamation suit, which will result in the news network paying the president-elect $15 million. The settlement was publicly filed on Saturday, revealing that the two parties have come to an agreement and avoided a costly trial. According to the settlement, ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a "Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past." Additionally, the network will pay $1 million in Trump's attorney fees. Stephanopoulos and ABC News will issue statements of "regret" as an editor's note at the bottom of a March 10, 2024, online article, about comments made earlier this year that prompted Trump to file a defamation lawsuit. "ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024," the statement reads.
