The Limits of Elite Media – by Ben Domenech – The Transom
The latest poll from the Washington Post and ABC News sent shockwaves through America s media commentariat over the weekend, with numbers that are absolutely dire for President Biden. This poll is just brutal , announced former Democratic spokesperson turned ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos. He s correct: with approval ratings at just 36 percent, and lagging far behind Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis in potential general election matchups, the voting numbers are terrible. But the personal ratings are somehow even worse than that 68 percent of those polled, including 48 percent of Democrats, believe Biden is too old for another term. And just 32 percent think he has the mental acuity to serve as president including 69 percent of Independents.
The numbers jarred Stephanopoulos and commentators across the spectrum. But they re also a wake-up call for the media about their limitations in selling certain ideas to the American public, well after they ve seen enough evidence to the contrary.
Ben Domenech.
The American public believing their lying eyes. Who woulda thunk it?