The current situation is quite clear: conventional American media, including CNN, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, along with European media such as the BBC and the Guardian, almost completely block out Donald Trump’s voice. If there is any news about Trump, it is almost always presented from a negative perspective, with headlines like "Trump said, …" followed by unfavorable remarks. Furthermore, so-called “fact-checking” during the American election has become biased, with many such media outlets performing fact-checks that are essentially one-sided against Trump. American media have essentially turned into propaganda tools for the Democratic Party. This is a mild way of putting it, as they also act as judges. It is easy to recall the traditional media's past public outcries against Trump, i.e., considering him to be a criminal, Nazi, offender, etc., which all sound rather un-American.
Such a change is shocking and completely deviates from the moral standards previously upheld by traditional American media, making the state now almost resemble a dictatorship in the third world.
Yet, some also pointed out that Trump has verbally abused others too. However, news about this is now absent in the conventional media, which tends to support the Democratic Party and now largely ignores Trump’s statements. As a result, his voice is effectively muted.
Whether Trump can win the presidential election in such a one-sided media environment is questionable. If he does manage to win, it would confirm that the conventional media's relevance has indeed come to an end, demonstrating that they are essentially inconsequential. In any case, in the context of a U.S. presidential election, the traditional media represents only half of the American public and a fraction of the intellectual community. Yet, it is this very segment that believes it is entirely right.
In fact, today's traditional media in the U.S. predominantly highlights figures from the intellectual elite, such as university professors, legal experts, statisticians, economists, and columnists. These individuals are well-educated, well-connected, and often hold significant personal prestige, giving the impression that they represent America. Meanwhile, ordinary Americans like truck drivers, farmers, factory workers, construction laborers, as well as homemakers, nurses, and supermarket employees, have largely no presence in the mainstream media coverage. In the face of the intellectual elite’s "rational folly”, these everyday individuals seem insignificant. At least, this is the version of America that traditional media presents to us today.
The U.S. is an overly critical society, and I have always believed this to be true. Unfortunately, it seems that American universities have forgotten to remind their students of this.
