How the ‘so-called liberal media’ fell for bogus ‘right-wing narratives’ with the midterms: journalist

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Long before Donald Trump’s presidency and the MAGA movement, Republicans were accusing the mainstream media of having a liberal bias and being unfair to conservatives. But in reality, right-wing talking points and right-wing narratives have no problem making their presence felt in the mainstream media. Even liberal-leaning MSNBC has its share of conservative hosts and guests, albeit conservatives with a decidedly anti-Trump perspective.

Michael Tomasky, in article published by The New Republic on November 9, is critical of mainstream media coverage of the 2022 midterms — arguing that many reporters were quick to echo right-wing narratives and claims that the election results did not bear out. Countless pundits predicted that the midterms would bring a major red wave like the red waves of 1994 and 2010, but that didn’t happen. On the morning of November 9, it remained to been seen whether Democrats or Republicans would be in charge of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate in 2023.

“First of all,” Tomasky writes, “let’s stipulate that expectation of a red wave this election was entirely warranted. I was prepared for the worst myself. Recent history and Joe Biden’s bad approval numbers suggested a big Republican night. It didn’t come close to happening. So: why?”

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Tomasky continues, “My answer: because the mainstream media, the so-called ‘liberal’ media, goes out of its way during every campaign to emphasize news of Dems in disarray. Twenty polls show the Dobbs decision matters to voters. But look, here comes one outlier that shows Dobbs not registering! That’s news! Let’s play up that one! I’ve watched a lot of elections in my life, and I’ve seen this happen time after time after time…. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of headlines over these last four weeks screaming that everything was moving toward Republicans.”

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