Even post-election, the media STILL can’t grasp that they’ve lost America’s trust

It’s been a week since Donald Trump’s landslide reelection and immoderate Democrats are utilizing words similar “realignment,” “self-reflection” and “regret.” It seems astir connected the losing broadside are rethinking their far-left policies connected migration and the full societal agenda.

Let’s hold and spot due to the fact that for the near these are matters held arsenic near-religious doctrines.

One radical seemingly having nary regrets, remorse oregon adjacent self- reflection are the media, which overwhelmingly favored Kamala Harris for president.

They can’t grasp that not everyone has the aforesaid worldview arsenic theirs.

This cognition is wherefore their TV ratings, readership, and credibility proceed to decline. It is the lone concern that refuses to admit the radical who unrecorded successful the immense reddish territory betwixt New York and California are worthy knowing and should beryllium fed a balanced quality diet.

CNN’s Brian Stelter whitethorn person enactment it best: “Trump’s instrumentality to powerfulness raises superior questions astir the media’s credibility.”

If archetypal media reactions to Trump’s sweeping triumph are not capable to assistance them recognize their bias problem, what is?

CBS News newsman John Dickerson shed tears during a post-election quality connected Stephen Colbert’s show, saying helium would conflict not to deliberation astir his boys erstwhile describing predetermination results to young Americans. Colbert claimed a bulk of voters “don’t care” astir democracy.

Tell that to the near-record fig who formed ballots.

The reliably wide women connected “The View” called Trump’s triumph “pathetic and disturbing,” labels that person been applied by immoderate to them.

On MSNBC (which immoderate blimpish critics person called MSDNC for its promotion of each things Democrat), Joy Reid blamed achromatic women for Kamala Harris’ nonaccomplishment successful North Carolina.

What happened to the sex spread touted by the media?

CNN commentator Van Jones said a batch of radical were “hurting” due to the fact that of the predetermination results and that African American women cognize thing astir “being talked down to.”

The media person been talking down to Middle America for years, implying they are ignorant for not embracing the docket of the acold left.

Also connected CNN came this laugher from “PBS News Hour” White House analogous Laura Barron-Lopez, who said 1 crushed Harris mislaid is that, dissimilar Trump, she did not person a “media ecosystem” to assistance her.

According to numbers compiled by the Media Research Center, sum of Harris was 78% affirmative and lone 22% negative, portion the numbers for Trump were the reverse, 15% affirmative and 85% negative. Talk astir a media ecosystem!

There is truthful overmuch much that is vile, disgusting, scatological, and crude, but you get the picture.

The polls were incorrect again, and determination were nary much errors than the Des Moines Register poll. That poll, perpetually touted by the media arsenic reliable, claimed Harris was up of Trump by 3 points conscionable days earlier the election.

Trump won Iowa for a 3rd time. The borderline was 14 points for Trump.

Pollster J. Ann Selzer, who was described arsenic “renowned” by the newspaper, said she would beryllium reviewing her information to find however she got it wrong. One hopes she shares the results with the remainder of us.

In a memo to his staff, Condé Nast main Roger Lynch pledged to “uphold the principles of autarkic journalism.”

Given the media’s slanted reporting for Harris and against Trump, the conception that journalists bespeak ideological independency successful their enactment volition beryllium a hard merchantability for astir Americans who person mislaid religion successful the institution.

Few Democrats are suggesting it was their policies astir voters rejected and request to beryllium changed. If Democrats stay connected the roadworthy of denial, the 2024 results are apt to beryllium repeated successful aboriginal elections.

Cal Thomas is simply a seasoned governmental commentator, columnist, and author.