Sharon Waxman: “The media got it wrong. Fatally wrong. And the media can’t just pivot into the next cycle of looking around the room and asking, ‘What just happened?’ as if it had nothing to do with it. The room is too small. The audience insular. The results were decisively not what was expected. And in some way, the media has forfeited its mandate as a result. I speak as a member of the media and also someone who critiques the media and who believes that the First Amendment – the free exchange of information and opinion – is the indispensable pillar of democracy.”
“But we have to step back and look at the wreckage. Our system of information failed for a second time on two major fronts: The media failed to gauge the actual mood of the American electorate, wishcasting the competent, non-felonious Kamala Harris into office. And it failed to speak persuasively to voters who rejected the collective wisdom of legacy media, after being told who Trump is, what bad acts he has already committed and what further bad acts he has promised if reelected.”
“None of it landed, it appears. Apparently we are talking to ourselves.”
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