AG Report 11.14.2024

The post-election press coverage has demonstrated a stark refusal to learn from past mistakes. Pundits on places like MSNBC and The View attributed minority support for Trump to sexism and racism despite all available evidence. The dominant narrative among left-wing media commentators became that the main problem was simply that voters have access to other independent sources. That framing allowed those individuals to skip any introspection about the popularity of their views and instead assume it is simply a structural problem. By blaming the voters and the existence of alternative media, they don’t have to look at themselves. 

The most ironic complaints came from individuals employed by major corporations that fund their activism, yet they lament the lack of funding for independent left-wing media. These critics fail to recognize that the mainstream media, already predominantly aligned with left-wing ideologies, naturally makes it less appealing for investors to back independent leftist outlets. Meanwhile, the surge in independent right-wing media thrives by offering an alternative viewpoint to the mainstream narrative, filling a gap left by the dominant left-leaning mainstream press.

The actual audiences of several of the large cable news channels are catching on and realizing that they were often being fed what they wanted to hear instead of the truth. CNN and MSNBC have both seen a major decline in their audience post-election.

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