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JD Vance puts media focus on Springfield, Ohio
Fox News national correspondent Griff Jenkins discusses the impact of former President Trump and vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s efforts to ‘create’ focus on migrant crisis in Springfield, Ohio.
There is so much bias and bluster in cable news that it’s hard to know what to believe.
Depending on the network, the coverage can seem like bouncing between alternate galaxies.
And overall trust in the media has of course plummeted to new lows.
Most people don’t even trust the fact-checkers, so we don’t have a basic agreement on what’s true or not in this insane presidential race, a common base of information that everyone can then debate.
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That’s true even of the podcasters and social media influencers who have made such an impact in the mediasphere.
Fox News draws the most scrutiny, of course, because its audience far eclipses that of its two main cable news rivals. But there is almost no scrutiny of MSNBC as an uber-liberal organization. Maybe that’s because so many New York Times and Washington Post employees are either paid contributors or regular guests, so the leftist environment comes to seem normal.
Once in a blue moon, someone writes the “hey, that place is pretty darn liberal” piece. But another barometer is former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki, who has her own show, and Symone Sanders-Townsend, the former top aide to Vice President Kamala Harris, co-hosting a weekend show.
Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris (Getty Images)
To be fair, there are some good journalists at MSNBC. Whatever Steve Kornacki says at the big monitor, I believe him. MS also benefits from news packages by seasoned NBC reporters.
Mediaite’s Colby Hall says it’s common knowledge that “MSNBC has figured out a lucrative model designed around programming that appeals to progressive, liberal, and…
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