You can see that the media have started to be mad at the voters, if you look through all of the noise.
There’s a growing gap between the hair-on-fire pronouncements of the press and the things that people tell pollsters they’re concerned about, which are mainly issues that Favor the Republicans
Stories, segments, columns, and tweets can all show the frustration of voters who are not sufficiently concerned about the looming dangers that the mainstream media views.
What about abortion rights? What about the election deniers? What about Jan. 6,? What? What do you think about Donald Trump?What about the threat to democracy?
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FILE – President Biden talks with journalists after he ate at Primanti Bros.’ restaurant in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, October 20, 2022.
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Not to mention, what about President Biden’s record of accomplishments? Why isn’t that helping??
I’m not saying it’s unfair for journalists and commentators to raise any of these things. But they also have to recognize that many voters aren’t Their agenda requires that you buy – and that the media folks have been trapped in something of a bubble.
With 44% in a recent New York Times poll naming inflation or the economy as their top issue – and abortion at just 5% – it’s clear why the election is breaking in the GOP’s direction. This is not unusual for a midterm election when resentment towards the party in power could cause a substantial loss of seats. To become the next speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy needs only a net gain in five. Mitch McConnell only needsA pickup of one seat is necessary to retake the post as majority leader.
Steve Krakauer cites a Monmouth Poll in his Fourth Watch newsletter.
“Just 8 per cent of Americans feel their views on that day have been changed because the committee held hearings. This is exactly the same as in August, but up from 6percent in June. 44 percent said they doubt the committee could hold a fair hearing. This is an 8 percent increase since August. But most importantly, just 36 percent of Americans say Donald Trump is ‘directly responsible’ for what happened that day, a percentage that has been progressively DecliningSince the hearings started. Acela Media is now more out of touch than ever.
During a hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate January 6th Attack on U.S. Capitol, a video of former President Trump was displayed on a screen.
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Example: Tom Nichols, Atlantic tweeted: “The United States faces the greatest danger Its constitutional system since at least the 1950s, if not the *18*50s, and millions of people are like: Yeah, but gas, man.”
Sure, there’s been a grudging recognition that Republicans have the momentum. But that’s accompanied by a sense of disbelief.
One example: The House Jan. 6th committee made big news by subpoenaing Donald Trump at its final hearing. However, MSNBC and CNN went to war when MSNBC and CNN officially approved the subpoena. But nothing had changed. Most voters aren’t hanging on every procedural development (and everyone knows Trump’s not showing up anyway).
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On Biden’s legislative record, it’s true that he has pushed through a whole lot of bipartisan legislation: on infrastructure, on gun safety, on computer chips, on helping ailing veterans. And that’s pushed his approval rating up to the mid-40s. However, a lot of his rhetoric seems abstract given rising grocery and gas prices. Few Democrats ask for his support.
On the economy, the president is naturally talking up what he thinks has gone right, saying yesterday that he’d help create 10 million new jobs and playing down the chances of a recession. However, this can appear to be a lackluster concern about inflation. He once dismissed it as “transitory”.
Former President Trump speaks at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) at Hilton Anatole, August 6, 2022 in Dallas, Texas.
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Trump remains clickbait gold to news outlets whose traffic has soared since his presidency. On yesterday’s Washington Post home page, the most popular story was Bob Woodward’s essay on why he’s releasing an audio book of Trump tapes (he now finds the former president an “unparalleled danger”). No. 4. A column by Liz Cheney, ripping Trump’s acolytes at “Meet the Press.”
Jonathan Capehart spent most of the interview with Biden on MSNBC inviting Trump and MAGA Republicans to attack democracy. None of the media critics paid a lick of attention.
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It’s not that journalists and commentators are openly berating voters for not seeing the light. There’s just a sense of befuddlement that they are not sufficiently exercised at the clear and present danger to democracy: How can this be happening? Don’t you people realize what’s at stake?
A sign reading “Vote Here” is visible at a Michigan precinct.
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Keep in mind that most Republicans believe Trump’s totally unproven argument that The election was illegal and it’s the other side that’s telling the Big Lie.
An NBC News pollOver the weekend, 80% of Democrats as well as Republicans stated that they believe that the political opposition is a threat to America’s stability and will need to be stopped.
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It’s really no mystery: A whole lot of voters will be casting midterm ballots based on inflation and fear of crime. The media mindset is somewhere elseWhether you think it’s fair or not, this does make the situation seem increasingly out of touch.
