Republicans value cheerleading, even if cheerleading horserace coverage not helpful, thus Republican pollsters flooded raw averages w/ Republican-biased polls to prove their loyalty, then Mainstream Media demanded Republicans would beat that biased average: to prove their loyalty

(2) Much more important to me Mainstream Media committed to Republican narrative that voters cared about inflation & “crime”, and faithfully reported endless stories about how important inflation & “crime” was to “red wave” …

This Republican/Mainstream Media narrative is not just wrong, but misinforms US: it implies that crime was terrible & growing (it is near historic lows & down from Trump-era bump) and that Republicans had policies that reduced crime (unregulated guns increase crime) …

The Republican/Mainstream Media narrative on inflation disregarded how successfully we had come through global pandemic, including strong employment & wage growth that cut into much of inflation …

(3) By going all in on Republican narrative the Mainstream Media completely minimized two powerful issues: abortion & democracy. Not only is abortion rights critical question of women’s healthcare access that affects all of US: elections directly affect policy …