The 2024 presidential election did a lot of separating the men from the boys. We already knew that Kamala Harris and the Democrats would do nothing but deliver more of the same, more of Joe Biden's disastrous policies. But it also did something else. While the curtain may have been parted a bit before the election on just who and what the media were, Donald Trump himself was responsible for yanking that curtain aside the rest of the way. The media may not realize it yet, but things are shaping up to be very different for them in 2025.
A friend’s brother caught up in the LA fire just texted him: “𝕏 is the only reliable source of news about the fires because you can search for specific streets, etc. for updates. Actual news sites don’t have any idea about anything.”
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 8, 2025
𝕏 has largely replaced the media.
On Tuesday, longtime left-wing website "The Huffington Post" announced it would be laying off roughly 22 percent of its newsroom staff. That is from a newsroom that consists of about 132 people. HuffPost editor-in-chief Danielle Belton stated that the website would be slashing about 30 jobs "in the coming weeks." Belton added that the reason for the cuts was “growing challenges to our business.”
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In a memo to HuffPost employees, Belton wrote,
“I write with painful news, HuffPost is undergoing a substantial round of job eliminations due to ongoing and growing challenges to our business. I recognize that this is an upsetting way to start the year, and we will be sure to share more details as swiftly and clearly as possible, as I believe it is important to be transparent and share information as we have it. In the coming days, we will make more information available about the job eliminations and HuffPost’s plans for 2025 and beyond."
The Huffington Post is just the latest left-leaning news outlet to announce job cuts after Trump's reelection. A week after the election, CNN announced it would be cutting hundreds of jobs, including some of its high-salaried on-air talent, after dismal election night ratings. Earlier this week, "The Washington Post" also announced nearly 100 layoffs, which amounted to around four percent of their staff.
Remember when ABC paid a settlement for telling an outright lie about Trump and a bunch of people in the media responded by saying, “How are we supposed to work if we can’t do that?”
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) January 9, 2025
The shake-up of left-leaning news outlets is one of their own making. Mainstream legacy media, along with left-leaning sites like HuffPost, promised the destruction of Donald Trump from the moment he came down the escalator in 2015. They pushed the Russia Hoax, they pushed the January 6 hoax, and they have run cover for an incompetent, dementia-ridden Joe Biden until it became impossible for them to do so after the June 2024 presidential debate. They all but stated Kamala Harris would win the election. A good chunk of the American people who hadn't been tuning in before that debate realized that they had been lied to about a lot of things.
Donald Trump introduced many Americans to alternative media sources during the campaign. He took his message to websites and podcasts that wouldn't twist his words, and it paid off. As such, there have been calls for incoming White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to move the biased mainstream media dinosaurs to the back of the room to make way for new alternative media that are fair, tell the whole story, and are willing to invest in the future of honest journalism. One of those investments was announced this week when Salem Media Group, RedState's parent company, announced that Brad Parscale would be coming on board as Chief Strategy Officer.
Of course, those on the left want outlets like HuffPost, but the majority of Americans have sent a clear message to liberal news outlets. They no longer trust them.
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If you want to understand why the American people no longer trust the media or the Left, look no further than their collusion to cover up Biden's cognitive collapse. https://t.co/dedcXR4rR3
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) January 9, 2025
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