David RothschildMainstream Media’s coverage of 2022 was even more absurdly pro-Republican than 2016 (1) I had no problem reading the same polls as Mainstream Media and seeing Democrats likely to beat raw average and compete for 51 seats …
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 …
VAWeisman@DavMicRot They also disregarded the fact that Drumpf's agreement in 2019 with Putin/MBS to reduce oil production caused the insane gas prices.
His corporate welfare during the pandemic allowed corporations to pocket funds for employee retention & lock in prices inflated by supply chain problems during the pandemic. Rather than dropping prices back to pre-pandemic levels once the supply chains opened up, they continue to raise prices purely for profit & to fund stock buybacks/dividend payouts.