Democratic Party s War On Populism Led To Its Self-Destruction

It s obvious for everyone to see that the media s sudden criticism of Biden is not motivated by honesty, but rather a desire to, once again, prevent Trump from taking office. As former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson wrote in Semafor, I worry that too many journalists didn t try to get the story because they did not want to be accused of helping elect Trump. I get that.

The media, the deep state establishment, and America s globalized oligarchical elites in 2012 had two presidential candidates they approved of in Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Today, they actively disapprove of both candidates. We are thus in an extraordinary situation where Trump could win an electoral college landslide and the Republicans could win both houses of Congress or at least significantly increase their representation.

The media had already lost the trust of Republicans with its war on Trump since 2016. Now, it may lose the trust of many Democrats, who constitute the mainstream media s core audience. The media colluded with Democratic Party elites and the White House to conceal the signs of Biden s aging, telling voters not to believe their own eyes. Only once the polls definitively showed that this tactic had failed, and Biden had his disastrous debate for all to see, did Democrats and their media allies confess that Biden may be unfit for the presidency.

Two of the most powerful political institutions in society, the Democratic Party and the news media, are imploding. What went wrong for America s liberal Democratic and media establishment? And what are the implications for what happens next?

via www.public.news

Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag.