As this election cycle has come to a close, the mainstream media has experienced a massive crash in ratings, leading some commentators to conclude that the American people have lost their trust in these news outlets. During a broadcast on the independent platform 2Way, several pundits on “The Morning Meeting” forum highlighted the collapse in ratings.
“This is out just a little while ago, the ratings for MSNBC,” conservative commentator Sean Spicer began. “Morning Joe down 39.6, Andrea Mitchell down 39.7, Ari Melber down 49.6, Joy Reid down 54.6, all in the last week. Lawrence O’Donnell down 60.6, Stephanie Ruhle, the big winner, down 67 percent in ratings.” Spicer concluded from the data, “They lost the trust of the American people.”
He continued, “I mean, Chris Wallace, this morning announced that he’s leaving CNN to go to a platform. The thing is, you know, my view, I get, I’ve been asked, probably by about 10 to 12 reporters in the last 48 to 72 hours, how did we miss this again?” Spicer pointed out, “And I said we didn’t. You did. And I mean, and I say this respectfully, but I was just like, look, here are the guests that we’ve had on.”
Spicer maintained that independent media who looked at the election honestly wasn’t so egregiously incorrect as many outlets in the mainstream press were. “We didn’t miss this. You did. And the idea that you’re still thinking that we missed it, you know, seven days out for an election, shows you how bad they are, what they do. And so I think that you’re, there’s a lack of trust that exists,” he said.
The commentator noted that people are turning elsewhere for their news as it is apparent that much of the mainstream media isn’t trustworthy. “There are people who are going great, I’ll tune you out, and I’ll go find somewhere else.” He also pointed out that their show is seeing notable success amid the mainstream decline. “When you look at the numbers, this show keeps growing every day because people, I think, are saying I can find out more in it, honestly, what’s happening on this platform than anywhere else,” he said.
Spicer disputed the claim that “journalism is dying,” explaining the booming success of decentralized media that has played a substantial role in educating the public in recent years. “Every time someone says journalism is dying, I go over to Substack. Look at these different shows. I mean, there’s a proliferation of media. It’s in a different form, but it is growing and flourishing, just not in a traditional way,” he said.
Journalist Mark Halperin weighed in , “The very same executives and producers, anchors and correspondence and writers who covered and participated in the cover-up of the Biden decline, and then after the decline had to be exposed and acknowledged, never acknowledged their role in it. All those people are covering the Trump administration, they also covered the campaign. I don’t understand how they think that they can cover the Trump campaign fairly, or Trump administration fairly, or be seen as covering the Trump administration fairly.” He added, “If they don’t acknowledge their role in the conspiracy and their failure to acknowledge it…. just doesn’t make any sense to me.”
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