It’s been every week since Donald Trump’s landslide reelection and a few Democrats are utilizing phrases like “realignment,” “self-reflection” and “regret.” It appears most on the shedding facet are rethinking their far-left insurance policies on immigration and all the social agenda.
Let’s wait and see as a result of for the left these are issues held as near-religious doctrines.
One group apparently having no regrets, regret and even self- reflection are the media, which overwhelmingly favored Kamala Harris for president.
They will’t grasp that not everybody has the identical worldview as theirs.
This angle is why their TV scores, readership, and credibility proceed to say no. It’s the solely enterprise that refuses to confess the individuals who reside within the huge purple territory between New York and California are price understanding and ought to be fed a balanced information eating regimen.
CNN’s Brian Stelter could have put it finest: “Trump’s return to power raises serious questions about the media’s credibility.”
If preliminary media reactions to Trump’s sweeping victory are usually not sufficient to assist them perceive their bias drawback, what’s?
CBS Information reporter John Dickerson shed tears throughout a post-election look on Stephen Colbert’s present, saying he would battle not to consider his boys when describing election outcomes to younger Individuals. Colbert claimed a majority of voters “don’t care” about democracy.
Inform that to the near-record quantity who solid ballots.
The reliably liberal girls on “The View” referred to as Trump’s victory “pathetic and disturbing,” labels which were utilized by some to them.
On MSNBC (which some conservative critics have referred to as MSDNC for its promotion of all issues Democrat), Pleasure Reid blamed white girls for Kamala Harris’ loss in North Carolina.
What occurred to the gender hole touted by the media?
CNN commentator Van Jones stated lots of people had been “hurting” due to the election outcomes and that African American girls know one thing about “being talked down to.”
The media have been speaking all the way down to Center America for years, implying they’re ignorant for not embracing the agenda of the far left.
Additionally on CNN got here this laugher from “PBS News Hour” White Home correspondent Laura Barron-Lopez, who stated one cause Harris misplaced is that, not like Trump, she didn’t have a “media ecosystem” to assist her.
Based on numbers compiled by the Media Analysis Middle, protection of Harris was 78% constructive and solely 22% destructive, whereas the numbers for Trump had been the reverse, 15% constructive and 85% destructive. Speak about a media ecosystem!
There may be a lot extra that’s vile, disgusting, scatological, and crude, however you get the image.
The polls had been unsuitable once more, and there have been none extra errors than the Des Moines Register ballot. That ballot, always touted by the media as dependable, claimed Harris was forward of Trump by three factors simply days earlier than the election.
Trump received Iowa for a 3rd time. The margin was 14 factors for Trump.
Pollster J. Ann Selzer, who was described as “renowned” by the newspaper, stated she could be reviewing her knowledge to find out how she received it unsuitable. One hopes she shares the outcomes with the remainder of us.
In a memo to his employees, Condé Nast chief Roger Lynch pledged to “uphold the principles of independent journalism.”
Given the media’s slanted reporting for Harris and in opposition to Trump, the notion that journalists replicate ideological independence of their work will probably be a tough promote for many Individuals who’ve misplaced religion within the establishment.
Few Democrats are suggesting it was their insurance policies most voters rejected and must be modified. If Democrats stay on the street of denial, the 2024 outcomes are more likely to be repeated in future elections.
Cal Thomas is a veteran political commentator, columnist, and creator.
