And I don't care that this has anything to do with Trump/Biden, Dem/Rep... too many people aren't mentally equipped to handle what's passed off as news in this country.

America rebalances its post-Trump news diet


Nearly halfway through President Biden's first 100 days, data shows that Americans are learning to wean themselves off of news — and especially politics.

Why it matters: The departure of former President Trump's once-ubiquitous presence in the news cycle has reoriented the country's attention.

Driving the news: Nearly every big news site saw its traffic decline in February, compared to a tumultuous January that included the Capitol insurrection and Biden's inauguration.

Publishers' traffic was down across the board, and many major sites saw traffic dip more than 20%, according to data from traffic analytics company SimilarWeb.
Politics consumption dropped most dramatically, tumbling 28%.
Between the lines: Interest in the presidency, specifically, has taken a steep plunge.

There were three times as many stories written about about Trump in February of 2017 than about Biden last month, according to data from NewsWhip.
Biden was discussed on cable news for an estimated 1,836 minutes last month, according to the Stanford Cable TV News Analyzer. In February of Trump's first year, he commanded an estimated 4,669 minutes on cable news.
Other stories — including GameStop stock and developments on the coronavirus vaccines — have driven higher interest than they could in a Trump-centric world.

Interest in finance and business coverage declined from January to February, but not nearly as steeply as political coverage, and February's consumption trends were still higher than the average over the last three years.
What's next: These dynamics could change if Trump inserts himself back in the news cycle. Nearly 7 million people watched President Trump's speech at CPAC last Sunday, nearly rivaling the number of people that tuned into the Golden Globes later that evening.

Many of the pro-Trump sites that built massive audiences feeding false claims of a stolen election over the last few months are coming out of the Trump era with new and bigger audiences.
Newsmax's February traffic was lower than January's, but it was still up 179% compared to the daily average from the previous 3 years.
OANN jumped 157% and Gateway Pundit saw a 70% increase, per SimilarWeb. Data from Comscore shows similar trends.
The bottom line: News consumers have become desensitized to the level of drama they had come to expect from politics over the past four years.

https://www.axios.com/politics-media-tru...77d3d.html

No need to go fishing while watching the Titanic sink.

The media crusade to destroy Trump, which began the day after he was elected, is obviously over.  Now the MSM mission is to try and make Biden appear to be something more than a vegetable who can't even make public appearances where he has to do more than read a 2 minute statement.

(03-08-2021, 12:10 PM)Hightop77 Wrote: The media crusade to destroy Trump, which began the day after he was elected, is obviously over.  Now the MSM mission is to try and make Biden appear to be something more than a vegetable who can't even make public appearances where he has to do more than read a 2 minute statement.

Biden cannot be trusted to hold a press conference, he has not had one yet. I have not heard much clammoring from the msm about it though. Imagine that that.

(03-08-2021, 12:34 PM)jmesser1982 Wrote:

(03-08-2021, 12:10 PM)Hightop77 Wrote: The media crusade to destroy Trump, which began the day after he was elected, is obviously over.  Now the MSM mission is to try and make Biden appear to be something more than a vegetable who can't even make public appearances where he has to do more than read a 2 minute statement.

Biden cannot be trusted to hold a press conference, he has not had one yet. I have not heard much clammoring from the msm about it though. Imagine that that.

He's been in DC forever they already know he's an idiot. That's no secret. They also know or suspect he's enfeebled now on top of being not so bright. How many ice cream questions can they ask? As long as he mostly does the bidding of his progressive controllers they're happy. Remember he's the figurehead of their home team so they aren't going to make many waves.

(03-08-2021, 12:34 PM)jmesser1982 Wrote:

(03-08-2021, 12:10 PM)Hightop77 Wrote: The media crusade to destroy Trump, which began the day after he was elected, is obviously over.  Now the MSM mission is to try and make Biden appear to be something more than a vegetable who can't even make public appearances where he has to do more than read a 2 minute statement.

Biden cannot be trusted to hold a press conference, he has not had one yet. I have not heard much clammoring from the msm about it though. Imagine that that.

The idea is to make Biden disappear for the most part.  That is why they report almost nothing about him.  Remember Trump's first few months in office?  Media reporting was 90% about how Trump colluded with Russia to beat Hillary Clinton illegally.  Did not matter in the least none of that was true, the goal was destroy Trump.  Now the goal is shelter and protect Biden and pretend he is leading the country.

The media certainly did seem to have a real issue with Trump. His years really got them pulled into playing politics, as opposed to covering politics.

On that, I agree with Hightop. Very different tone now that "their guy" won.

(03-08-2021, 12:34 PM)jmesser1982 Wrote:

(03-08-2021, 12:10 PM)Hightop77 Wrote: The media crusade to destroy Trump, which began the day after he was elected, is obviously over.  Now the MSM mission is to try and make Biden appear to be something more than a vegetable who can't even make public appearances where he has to do more than read a 2 minute statement.

Biden cannot be trusted to hold a press conference, he has not had one yet. I have not heard much clammoring from the msm about it though. Imagine that that.

Come on, man!  He is too busy.

Laughed this morning when the local news started a story this way:

This is not a Political Story

The price of gas is likely to go over $3.00 this Summer

Followed by its the fault of the refineries shutting down in Texas for a week. wink wink

(03-08-2021, 06:14 PM)maize Wrote:

Swear he is saying Hitler My Man .

Great we will have less informed voters

(03-08-2021, 10:43 PM)Soupcity Kid Wrote: Great we will have less informed voters

Thats precisely why they're doing it, because the media is in on the plan.

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(03-08-2021, 10:43 PM)Soupcity Kid Wrote: Great we will have less informed voters

We have lots of people who are watching/reading 'news' every day and are uninformed.

After a 4 year *DAILY* drama show from the msm, apparently now it's nappy time.