‘An existential battle’: how Trump’s win is shifting the US media landscape
‘An existential battle’: how Trump’s win is shifting the US media landscape
Some outlets recalibrate coverage as they navigate threats of president-elect and interests faced by corporate owners
Summary
MSNBC, CNN, and major newspapers like The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times are softening their once critical stances, citing fear of retribution, business pressures, and audience polarization.
This shift has drawn backlash, with critics warning that neutrality risks undermining journalistic integrity in the face of Trump’s autocratic tendencies.
Meanwhile, Fox News is thriving, reaching record ratings.
As the media faces dwindling resources and public trust, experts argue it must choose between challenging authoritarianism or losing credibility entirely.
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Democracy died after being hooded, taken to a black site, suffocated and left in the darkness so that a few billionaire could keep being assholes.
Bold of you to assume that whatever you have over there ever qualified as democracy.
Am not American.
"Democracy dies in darkness"
That is?/was the washinton post tagline.
Just a simple observation on how Jeff bezos sold whatever he may have claimed to be a soul and whatever was left of any semblance of democracy to appease the god-king-emperor.
Sorry for assuming
Washington Post, but yeah.
Thanks fixed.