Why Political Media Reporting Is Less Accurate Now Than Every Before
If you've followed political media for as long as I have, it's blatantly obvious that mainstream media outlets are struggling to accurately report the interworkings of most Republican campaigns. Just this week, Puck News - a publication that purportedly gives its readers the inside scoop - reported that DeSantis is mulling the option of not running until 2028. As someone with legitimate inside sources, I can tell you first hand this simply isn't true. Puck News relied on a political consultant that was passed over by the DeSantis team for a job and had an axe to grind. One call to the DeSantis team confirmed my suspicions.
There are multiple reporters from mainstream outlets that I have a great deal of respect for. As a matter of fact, you should follow good journalists like Josh Dawsey, Catie Edmondson, Meridith McGraw, Alayna Treene, and others. But a growing number are simply ideologues who conservative candidates are learning they cannot trust. As Republicans interact with mainstream media outlets less and less, all of us should be wary of the reporting from these publications. The dynamic is a reminder that mainstream media outlets have earned every bit of skepticism shown them by Republicans.
Why anyone on the Right ever talks to those people is beyond me. We all know the only reason they talk to Republicans is to figure out how to spin what they say in a negative way. Every time. Every time. There is never, ever, any attempt at actual fairness always leaving out key pieces of information to full inform readers/viewers while highlighting pieces of information that put Republicans in a negative light. Retractions or corrections are never as prominently announced and never get as much coverage as the salacious coverage. It is planned. It is calculated, and it is intentional. Republicans are naïve an foolish if they talk to them, in my opinion.
It's a sad state of affairs. So many people really don't know what's going on and they believe the outright lies our president and others are saying. My family members included.