This write-up dovetails rather nicely with the “Instapundit’s” recent column in which he points out the bubble that popped is referred to as “preference falsification” and has been a widely used control technique in totalitarian societies.
That "one network executive" is among many who keep missing the point - this is not about Trump, per se; it's about a dysfunctional class of professional politicians who made someone like Trump possible if not necessary. In a healthy republic, there would be no room for such a candidate and such a candidate would not run. There would be no reason to run because things were well-functioning. But they're not well-functioning. DC is broken and people like that network exec keep insisting it's not.
You're right that the media has lost a lot of credibility, but so has virtually every other traditional institution in the world due to broader social trends and the cultural fragmentation of the Internet era. It's not because institutions are all rotten. And anyway, in this case "the liberal media" (and it's reductive to speak of it as monolithic) was right. Trump is a threat to democracy, judged purely by his own statements, not the media hype around them.
It's just that voters prioritized economic issues, and Democrats failed to provide a compelling alternative to Trump's positions. "The liberal media" needs to take voters' verdict to heart without condescension, while still calling out Trump's authoritarian tendencies.
Yes they shot themselves in the foot etc Big time
They seeded who they are day 1
We won
This write-up dovetails rather nicely with the “Instapundit’s” recent column in which he points out the bubble that popped is referred to as “preference falsification” and has been a widely used control technique in totalitarian societies.
See: https://instapundit.substack.com/p/the-clock-strikes-thirteen
I agree wholeheartedly. I 🙏 President Trump can stay safe and save our country
That "one network executive" is among many who keep missing the point - this is not about Trump, per se; it's about a dysfunctional class of professional politicians who made someone like Trump possible if not necessary. In a healthy republic, there would be no room for such a candidate and such a candidate would not run. There would be no reason to run because things were well-functioning. But they're not well-functioning. DC is broken and people like that network exec keep insisting it's not.
You're right that the media has lost a lot of credibility, but so has virtually every other traditional institution in the world due to broader social trends and the cultural fragmentation of the Internet era. It's not because institutions are all rotten. And anyway, in this case "the liberal media" (and it's reductive to speak of it as monolithic) was right. Trump is a threat to democracy, judged purely by his own statements, not the media hype around them.
It's just that voters prioritized economic issues, and Democrats failed to provide a compelling alternative to Trump's positions. "The liberal media" needs to take voters' verdict to heart without condescension, while still calling out Trump's authoritarian tendencies.