Opinion: Yes, There Was A Media Scandal In 2024. No, It Wasn’t About Joe Biden.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : WASHINGTON — Early on in Donald Trump’s first term, a favorite riposte from right-wing accounts on social media to real and perceived cultural excesses from “The Left” was simply: “This is how we got Trump.”Eight
47% : They downplayed or flat-out ignored the fundamental violence he had committed against our democracy in their coverage in return for the possibility of an interview or even just anonymous quotes from top advisers.(Because, really, what kind of reporter are you if you can’t publish a few hours ahead of time whether Trump is going to call Gov. Ron DeSantis “Meatball Ron” or “Fat Ron” in his rally speech?)Just as one example: Trump, unlike every other modern presidential nominee, refused to take a traveling press pool with him.
38% : I recall listening to a podcast interview with one who was asked how Trump had explained his behavior on Jan. 6, and the reporter replied that the topic had not come up.
15% : The political press corps began normalizing the hell out of Donald Trump.
14% : Donald Trump assaulted the Constitution he had sworn to defend after he lost reelection in 2020.

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