There is no free media in the US. There has not been a free media for at least decades. Advertisers (Big corporations and special interests) are the primary source of revenue for most media entities which heavily influences content. To be more informed, you might want to research the history of Associated Press (AP Wire), CNN, FOX News, Rupert Murdock, and the anti-CNN group. A free news media in my mind is one that adheres to high journalistic standards as seen in various degrees in prior decades. Compare anchor news reports from, say the sixties, and now. Look at the many lawsuits involving the top US media companies and ask yourself if this sort of conduct is congruent with a free media and healthy Democracy. Trump is merely calling out (Most) of the media in line with what most people feel about US media today. For reference, research non US media conducted polls that ask questions along the lines of “How believable do you find the US media”? Don’t necessarily rely on Google search as your only research effort, if you are so inclined to become more informed. On international issues, I will frequently look at BBC, Der Spiegel, Pravda(!), Japan Times, Al Jazeera, among other news outlets, in an attempt to gain a wider perspective. I often use translate.google.com because I prefer to reduce the chance of receiving “Americanized” foreign news content. May the truth set us free.
Yeah How John Bel Edwards won the Louisiana Governor's race Author: Chris McCrory Published: 1:41 PM CST November 17, 2019 "John Bel Edwards won with African American votes and African American turnout," political analyst Ron Faucheux said. "The 51% that Republicans got combined in the primary fell to 49% in the runoff, and that was largely due to increased African American turnout." Edwards spent much of his time in the closing days of the race in predominantly-black areas, trying to bring more black voters to the polls. During the last week of the campaign, Mayor LaToya Cantrell stumped for the incumbent governor. "This race really proved to be rural vs. urban, and Governor Edwards really performed so well in all of the urban areas," said pollster and analyst Greg Rigamer. The strategy worked overwhelmingly. By the time final results came in Saturday night, Edwards had secured about 99% of the African American vote, according to WWL-TV's election analysis By 9:45 p.m., WWL-TV called the election for Edwards because 93% of returns had come in, and the majority outstanding were from predominantly black districts, which had broken universally for the Democrat." https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/the-blue-wave-was-propelled-by-black-voters-survey-finds Black Voters Propelled Blue Wave, Study Finds African-Americans increasingly associate GOP with Trump, racist rhetoric Democratic wins in the 2018 midterms were driven largely by African American voters — particularly black women — who increasingly associate the GOP with President Trump’s perceived hostility toward people of color and immigrants, according to an analysis released Monday. The report by the NAACP, the racial justice nonprofit Advancement Project, and the political action group African American Research Collaborative found that across competitive elections 90 percent of black voters supported Democratic House candidates, compared to 53 percent of voters overall. It also found 91 percent of black women, 86 percent of black men and 50 percent of white voters believe Trump and the GOP are using toxic rhetoric to divide the nation. “This poll dispels the myth of black voter apathy,” said Judith Browne Dianis, Advancement Project executive director. “Clearly black voters are not only engaged, but they are central to the resistance against Trumpism.” Get-out-the-vote campaigns organized by the NAACP, the Advancement Project and other groups drove record numbers of black voters to the polls, said Jamal Watkins, NAACP vice president of engagement. Nearly twice as many African-Americans voted Nov. 6 as in the 2014 midterm cycle https://www.npr.org/2017/12/13/5705...african-americans-propel-jones-to-alabama-win 'Black Votes Matter': African-Americans Propel Jones To Alabama Win December 13, 20175:37 PM ET When Sen.-elect Doug Jones, D-Ala., addressed his cheering supporters Tuesday night in Birmingham, Ala., one of his first shout-outs went to his African-American supporters. As well it should have. Black voters made up 29 percent of the electorate in Alabama's special Senate election, according to exit polling. That percentage is slightly more than the percentage of Black voters in the state who turned out for Barack Obama in 2012. And a full 96 percent of Black voters in Alabama Tuesday supported Jones, including 98 percent of African-American women. "Black women led us to victory. Black women are the backbone of the Democratic party," Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez tweeted Wednesday morning, "and we can't take that for granted. Period."
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/...rump-state-of-the-union-address-fox-news-only Viewership drops 20 percent for Trump State of the Union address; Fox News only network to see uptick
No doubt all the lefty networks and their viewers were pretty depressed. It has been a rough week for them.