Summary
A new AP poll reveals widespread political fatigue among Americans, with two-thirds limiting political media consumption post-Trump’s election.
Viewership on CNN and MSNBC has plummeted, with declines of 35-54%, as many Democrats and independents step away from politics.
In contrast, Fox News has seen a 12% ratings surge, dominating cable news.
The trend mirrors post-election slumps in previous cycles, though the erosion is sharper this year.
Some suggest focusing less on Trump and more on broader issues to re-engage disenchanted audiences.
What’s the point when it’s all owned by billionaires anyway? It’s not like you’re gonna get the straight story without any corporate shenanigans. They won’t talk about anything actually important, or details about issues. It’s feels over reals from the media from here on out.
I remember watching my roommate, in the early 90s, and he was absolutely GLUED to some news outlet - pretty sure it was local news. I kind of laughed as I walked through the room. He followed me into kitchen - it had switched to the commercial break - and he was kind of wound up a bit for whatever reason. He demanded to know what was so funny. I chuckled and said “none of this is real news”. He huffed and puffed a bit and so I said I’d watch it with him and explain what I meant and that he should not really take offense - the mirth was not really aimed at him, but the situation. He was game for whatever reason.
And the rest of the show was the usual filler you can write off right away as not news: sports scores, local incidents of crime, celebrity gossip, the direction of the Dow. There was nothing that was going to have any impact whatsoever on either of us, with the possible exception of the weather, I suppose.
And at this point, I had not even read Chomsky, so I probably had less grounding on this.
Anyway, I don’t think it’s gotten any better. It’s always been bad, but I think algorithms can make it far, far worse.
They may try to turn off the TV yet what they elected will come with full force at them beginning in January.
I don’t know if it is exhaustion for me. It is more of lack of trust given how in the tank for Trump every major outlet was.
Does anyone on Lemmy have cable TV?
Tuning out of networks that are controlled by the government? Yeah, click.
I don’t want to repeat 2016. The media goes hyperbolic over every stupid speech or tweet this man makes. 90% of it doesn’t get done. The 10% that does… Will suck. And I can’t do anything about that at this point, enough of the country voted for him because of inflation that he got into to power because they don’t understand how government and inflation works.
I’m not going to raise my blood pressure over news that is just outrage porn this time. Shit is going to get worse, and I can’t do anything about it as a federal worker other than do my job and wait it out.
Then try to help rebuild the institution I work for after it is hollowed out by the incompetent political appointees made my the incoming admin once the political pendulum swing again in on the axis of low information capricious swing voters in this country.
He’s gonna get all that stuff passed to deregulate all his chum’s businesses. I’m pretty sure those private prison work camps (concentration camps, if you will) will happen. The US corporations are going to lose their Chinese slave labor pretty soon, and they can slap a Made in USA label on it.
Hopefully it’s just status quo and it’s the end of both parties. I haven’t decided if I’ll flee or stay to pop some reds in the civil war.
