(1) I see a lot of people saying "political reporters are rooting for Trump." I don't think that's true, but what's going on isn't that different. Here's what I think is going on (based on some people I know in that general area)...
(2) First of all, there is a lot of pressure not to have teh liberal bias. So you've got to be at least a little tougher on Ds than Rs. Then there's the "I was just doing my job stuff"...(2/X)
(3) "My job" for some reason includes doing a lot of vibes-based pieces, which by their very nature favor Republicans. I honestly don't know why doing vibes-based pieces is part of their job, but it's what they believe...
(4) There's also a lot of hostility towards their Ivy grad friend group that has a lot of resistance libs in it. The hostility is twofold....
(5) One is an understandable annoyance at ill-informed resistance lib claptrap. The other is a general contempt for anyone who cares too much. They're being emotional, they're being partisan!.....
(6) Finally, there is the belief that if Trump is elected, nothing bad will happen to them. This I do not understand at all and I won't attempt to speculate....
(7) So to sum up, while they don't want Trump to win (and will vote for Biden if they're not against voting), doing my job + liberal friends are annoying + it will all be fine for me results in political reporting that strongly favors Trump.
I'm trying to bring "teh" back for a new generation of social media users.
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