Rob Flaherty, who led the Harris campaign's digital efforts, acknowledged that establishment media is biased toward Democrats.
A Gallup poll found in October that Americans' trust in establishment media to report current events “fully, accurately, and fairly” will fall to an all-time low by 2024. is.
“When it comes to our colleagues in mainstream news organizations, there's no value in speaking to the New York Times or the Washington Post in the general election because they're already on our side,” Flaherty said. . admitted Go to Semafor on Monday.
“People are turning to alternative media sources and turning away from political news because they don't trust our organizations,” Flaherty added. “They don't trust the elites, they don't trust the media, they don't trust all of this.”
“One of the most important moments of the campaign was when the Harris campaign allowed Vice President Kamala Harris to sit in on an interview with a Fox News anchor,” Flaherty said. Brett Baier.
Flaherty said the interview has grown. Fundraising and social engagement, highlighting the typical political persuasion of CNN, MSNBC, CBS News, NBC News, and ABC News consumer.
Establishment media are often accused of bias, leading many to seek alternative news sources. The new sources appear to be conservative or alternative news sites, podcasts, and social media personalities, including X, now owned by free speech believer Elon Musk.
One reason establishment media appears to be biased is its history of spreading misinformation.
A cataloged list of media hoaxes includes:
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. He is the author of The Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
