The Midterm elections are largely being driven by so-called “double haters” — voters who can’t stand either major political party. Their numbers have exploded in the past few years.
It’s part of a larger trend. Americans are increasingly fed up not just with the parties, but also with candidates and incumbents. In the process, the country is losing a sense of national identity. New figures prove it.
This same problem is echoing across the Western world. These democracies are losing cohesiveness. That shift weakens societies, opening up big opportunities for anti-democratic nations.
Why is this happening? In the new episode, I explain what the media won’t. We’re trapped in a cycle of negativity, driven largely by the media itself.
It’s propelled by Iran, Qatar, Russia and China. All these nations have found that the mainstream media will present their propaganda as fact, as long as it’s dressed up in the right pseudo-progressive language.
Shameless, openly antisemitic attack ads, like the one from a PAC backing far-left Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, are part of this phenomenon.
How did the media become a driver of so much bitterness and division? On the political podcast Face Forward, I was asked about how the media plummeted to its current state. What went wrong? Why don’t interviewers seem to know what they’re talking about? And how are politicians using this to gain power? I share a chunk of that interview in the new episode.
Also today, I answer your questions. Subscribers ask for the best sources to refute the geno-lie and demonstrate Israel’s unmatched steps to protect civilians in Gaza. And a subscriber points out something I should mention about El-Sayed’s opponent Mike Rogers. (Paid subscribers can submit questions via the comments or by messaging me within this newsletter.)
Plus:
Why news giants can’t be trusted to cover elections in Israel
The new models for supporting independent journalism
How to schedule one-on-one or small-group Zoom meetings with… me!
And how we can all come together to clean up the media’s mess