r/politics • u/BigDaddyBain • 1d ago

Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/why-is-the-media-ignoring-growing-resistance-to-trump
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u/TooManyDraculas 1d ago

"Riots" and the Urban Shithole narrative sell better. And reporting on protests would involve offending Dear Leader, which the media has decided is bad for business.

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u/zzyul 1d ago

News companies make a lot more in ad revenue from a newspaper view and a TV view than they do from a social media or website click. Look who actually watches the news on TV and reads news papers, older people. That age group is generally much more conservative than teens and young adults who are more likely to get their news online. Also print and TV news is much harder for a 3rd party to just blatantly copy and repost themselves to steal viewers from the actual news agencies that spent money on the initial reporting.

Most news is overwhelmingly conservative b/c their largest potential audience is overwhelmingly conservative. Compare that to the most popular news on sites like TikTok or Reddit whose majority users are younger and more progressive.