Biden is winning in states he never stepped foot in, states with no operation or ads he was trailing in recently by a large margin.
We’re in a post-campaign era. It started in 2016 and is in full bloom now. Contests are determined by media coverage and prevailing narrative.
We’re in a post-campaign era. It started in 2016 and is in full bloom now. Contests are determined by media coverage and prevailing narrative.
That’s not a critique of Biden, but we have to recognize where we are and what’s happening. People were telling me in 2016 there was no way Trump could win because there weren’t enough yard signs while he was receiving billions in free media coverage.
Bloomberg’s giant failure of a campaign is going to be a case study in this. His numbers soared with all the ads, yanked when he cratered on the debate stage. Media has always played a role, but it’s completely taken over the political process.
The media isn’t just covering what’s happening, it’s constantly changing what’s happening, molding, inspiring what’s happening. People like to believe they’re not moved by outside forces, but that relationship is extraordinarily prevalent and denying it doesn’t make it less so.
