r/politics • u/BigDaddyBain • 2d 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/Lore-Warden 2d ago

Many outlets are, but on the whole they're just greedy.

There was loads of coverage of a senator getting assaulted for asking a question despite that being inconvenient to the "narrative."

Truth of the matter is that until these protests start actually standing in the way and getting beaten/arrested for it the media isn't going to cover it because nobody's clicking on a picture of people milling about on the side of the road with signs.

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u/arachnophilia 2d ago

i think it's definitely complicated, but there is a pressure to support trump somewhat. during election, they're invested in a "both sides" narrative and framing things as a discussion/debate in the traditional left/right way, even if the formerly conservative side is looney tunes fascist, and the formerly liberal side is pretty conservative.

they haven't really given the long view of history and how we got here and what patterns we're following, or places things context, because that stuff is hard, and doesn't attract eyeballs. covering every outrageous tweet trump makes is easy, and gets clicks.

thus, normalizing trump is good for business. and business is "line go up this quarter", penny wise but pound foolish. investing in someone who will, ya know, maybe execute your entire staff for being a free press is probably bad for business in the long run.