The media keeps pretending we’re all gonna die if voter suppression laws aren’t undone by this time tomorrow. But in reality it’s a long game. Now that AG Merrick Garland has laid out the DOJ’s voting rights long game, we’ll see if the media keeps pretending the sky is falling.
The media also spent the week pushing the narrative that “Merrick Garland is bad and a shadowy figure,” based on nothing more than few poorly understood procedural court filings. Now that he’s come out swinging, what will the media do with that?
These decisions are based almost entirely on what they think will give them the highest ratings on any given day. It’s why the media will often do a sudden complete 180 on an story and hope that no one notices…
But can the media really go from their “Voter suppression laws have already cost us the next election and Merrick Garland is evil” narrative, straight into a “Merrick Garland is good and he’s long term going to save voting rights” narrative? That’s a big 180 even for the media.
Note that the truth plays no factor in this. It’s only a question of which narrative will get the highest ratings each day, and whether the media can get away with switching to a new ratings-friendly narrative that contradicts their previous narrative, without viewers noticing.
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