Democrats who want to point the finger at President Trump’s Election Day bashing of Vice President Kamala Harris should look directly to the mainstream media, according to a scathing Wall Street Journal column.
Opinion columnist Kimberley Strassel wrote an article titled, “A Landslide Against the Media: News organizations try to support Biden and Harris. How?” He noted the discord among Democrats who want to blame others for the party’s election night defeat is “humiliating.”
“As soon as the left points the finger, let’s aim at the big, fat figures in the outfit that played the biggest role in losing this election: the US media,” Strassel wrote.
“This is not conventional wisdom, which considers that the press’s naked shilling for the Democratic candidate is a good campaign contribution. And there is no doubt that the media’s constant attacks on Donald Trump and the Republicans helped to resolve some undecided voters,” he continued. “But boosterism for Kamala Harris & Co. comes at a greater cost: A fantasy-filled narrative allows Democrats to live in a world out of touch with the state’s mood and concerns.”
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The US media played a key role in the defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris, Kimberley Strassel writes. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Strassel felt “the most damaging part of this fantasy is the four-year-old press assurance that Joe Biden was clearly a tactician,” and noted that reporters who asserted “June’s video evidence of a confused president wandering aimlessly” were edited, misleading or out of context. of the problem.
“Just when the Trump-Biden debate made Mr. Biden’s decline undeniable, the media dropped the charade,” Strassel wrote.
After Biden was ousted, the press worked to recast Harris “as a political genius and the clear savior of the Democratic Party” despite his record as a “primary loser for an unpopular vice president.”
“How do you do it?” Strassel asked.
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Democrats who want to point the finger at President-elect Trump’s Election Day thumping of Vice President Kamala Harris should look directly at the mainstream media, according to a scathing Wall Street Journal column. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
He wrote that “Biden’s failed constitution will be front-page news as Democrats face the unpleasant (but manageable) reality of the changes they need” if the press is truly competent.
“A primary will certainly produce a tested nominee, perhaps one less burdened by Biden’s record. As Harris adviser (and Obama veteran) David Plouffe complains that Team Biden is creating a ‘hole’ too ‘deep’ for his sidekick to dig, don’t forget the industry whose job is to call it political fiction, but write the novel ‘Joe Is Fine,'” wrote Strassel.
“Of course the Democrats were shocked to lose,” he added. “In a world with a working press, politicians who try to make lemonade out of inflation, crime or border chaos are welcomed as out of touch. In the Biden-Harris world, the press prints spin as gospel.”
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Kimberley Strassel wrote an article titled, “Landslide Against the Media: News organizations try to support Biden and Harris. How?” (FOX News)
Strassel said that four years of coverage that emphasized the strong economy under the Biden-Harris administration, along with claims of falling crime rates and migrant problems raised by the Republican governor led liberals to believe “climate, systemic racism, abortion and transgender rights. “They are the biggest issues facing American.
“The fantasy persists until the election. Even as Republicans point to rising voter registration, unprecedented early voting and significant demographic shifts, headlines insist that Kamala will claim victory on a wave of suburban women who favor abortion and Liz Cheney. , comedian-condemning Puerto Ricans, and fellow Whites were impressed by Tim Walz’s camo hat which was a surprise The Americans who voted for Mr. Trump have even been made out in this outlet.
A Wall Street Journal columnist said that Democrats now face a choice, because “one is the adults of the party who publicly acknowledge this defeat as a clear voter rebuke of progressive policies,” while the other side focuses on “racism, sexism and America’s love affair with ‘ fascism’ “secured the victory of President-elect Trump.
“Unsurprisingly, the media has run with this last narrative, once again providing an attractive alternative party to the blunt reality of failed ideology. Will the Democrats be lulled again? If they really want to reconnect with voters, they will at some point. have to remove what which proved to be a devastating feedback,” he wrote.
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Strassel feels podcasters such as Joe Rogan are now trusted to deliver realistic information and analysis that comes from legacy media.
“The founders gave the press the honor to be included in the First Amendment in recognition of the important role played in keeping the police honest. It is important-not only for transparency, but to provide self-deluding politicians constantly check their guts as to how the policy sits with the nation When the guardrail falls, the nation suffers, but also the party that asks to live make-. wrote Strassel.
