My headline pretty much says it all.
And if former President Donald Trump loses the election, the so-called "legacy media," along with insufferable CNN and MSNBC, will be the real loser. Not just because of a Trump loss but also because of the media's sock-puppet efforts to push the Democrat narrative that the former president is a "fascist," an "Adolf Hitler" wannabe, and a dictator who might very well "execute" his adversaries.
If the media has ever put its thumb on the scale in a presidential election (which it does in every election cycle), its 2024 efforts make its past efforts look like child's play.
In addition to tipping the scales against Trump, the usual media culprits have heralded the ascension of Princess Kamala to Democrat presidential nominee, with nary a primary vote, and wallowed in a hyperbolic gush-fest that continues until this day.
While Kamala Harris can do wrong, Donald Trump can do no right in the eyes of the left-wing media.
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Investigative journalist, author, and digital media entrepreneur John Solomon, who serves as Chief Executive Officer and editor-in-chief of Just the News, noted the blatant bias of the media throughout the four years of Trump's presidency.
Four years, four indictments, two assassination attempts, a Jan. 6 based impeachment and a heavy dose of bogus and biased coverage later, the American voting public seems to be clamoring for such a change.
Especially with a steady flow of revelations of stories having been suppressed, like concerns about Joe Biden’s mental acuity early in the election or the Hunter Biden laptop.
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) told Just the News on Monday:
There was a time when, in my lifetime, your lifetime, when reporters were proud to break stories and be the first one to inform their listeners. This is not what's going on. Now, the goal of the reporter seems to be to hide stories. And you know, our country cannot go on with that.
Oh, but Kamala Harris and the Democrat Party very much want the country and the media to go on that way -- and worse.
As my colleague Jennifer Oliver O'Connell reported last Thursday, the Harris-Walz campaign has already been working to manipulate the Community Notes feature on X (formerly Twitter). "The campaign uses a Discord server (like an exclusive internet chat room) to activate its thousands of volunteers to push campaign propaganda that mimics a groundswell of love and support for Harris' candidacy."
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One might imagine, with good cause, how a President Harris would work with the legacy media to manipulate reporting on her presidency.
New Poll Reveals Record Lack of Trust in the Media
An October Gallup poll revealed that a record-low 31 percent of Americans expressed a "great deal" or "fair amount" of confidence that the media reports the news “fully, accurately and fairly,” while 36 percent of respondents expressed zero confidence in the legacy media, including print media and radio coverage.
For the third consecutive year, more U.S. adults have no trust at all in the media (36%) than trust it a great deal or fair amount. Another 33% of Americans express “not very much” confidence.
As has been the case historically, partisans have different levels of confidence in the media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. Currently, 54% of Democrats, 27% of independents and 12% of Republicans say they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media. Independents’ trust matches the record low in 2022, while Democrats’ and Republicans’ are statistically similar to their historical low points.
The partisan level of confidence doesn't take a proverbial rocket scientist to figure out. The media treats Trump like he's the devil's spawn and treats Harris like she's God's gift to America, whose "campaign of joy" will make everything rainbows and lollypops.
And What About Those 'Fact-Checkers'?
Solomon nailed it.
Anchors "fact checked" candidates with inaccurate information. Headlines, town halls and stories revealed a clear bias toward Democrats and against Republicans. And reporters did one of the biggest switcharoos in American electoral history when – after months of insisting President Biden was not cognitively impaired – they had to acknowledge in the end that Old Joe was, well, old and forgetful and confused after a disastrous June debate with Trump.
Finally, veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen told Just the News that the legacy media will look back on its coverage and blatant slant of the news during the election season and say, "This is where we lost the narrative."
I think for the legacy media, this is the election we'll look back on and say this is where they lost the narrative. You know, for much of my life… there was a sense there were a couple of networks that really dominated, a couple of media outlets that really dominated coverage, and that just doesn't happen anymore.
The New York Times can say whatever they want and whatever readers they have already agreed with them, they're not having the ability to sway and control the narrative. And so I think that will be the ending result and the media overall. Right now, there's very little trust in it.
Rasmussen summed it up perfectly, so I'll leave it there.
I'm out. Until next time, that is.
