Shellenberger And Gutentag: The Dam Is Collapsing

But the picture of the media as a mirror of reality is no longer accurate and, in truth, never was. A better picture of the media is that it is a stream of propaganda coming from various political, ideological, and financial interests. The New York Times is an advertising platform that attracts readers through games, recipes, and news, but it s also the unofficial publication of the Democratic Party and the U.S. deep state.

As for old-school investigative journalism, much of it has moved to X and Substack. Today, former CBS investigative reporter Catherine Herridge published a report on IRS whistleblowers who confirmed what we had long suspected but could not prove until now: that the FBI had the Hunter Biden laptop in December 2019 and knew it “was real” immediately.

The consequence of the disruption of the media is so radical that old narratives are rapidly collapsing. Yesterday, the New York Times/Siena College revealed that the share of voters who think Trump threatened American democracy in 2020 is falling, while the share who think he was just exercising his right to contest the election is rising.

Trump and Harris are still in a close race, and pollsters say the election will be decided by which campaign can turn out voters in battleground states. Despite Harris setbacks, she may still have an advantage among likely voters nationally. The dam, as the two of us note in the podcast above, is collapsing.

via www.public.news

By golly, it’s true.