Summary
CNN analyst Van Jones attributed Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss to Donald Trump in the presidential election to the Democrats’ ineffective media strategy.
Jones argued that while Democrats focused on traditional campaigning, Republicans built a powerful alternative media ecosystem, leveraging podcasts, online shows, and platforms like X to reach key voter demographics, especially young men.
Trump bypassed mainstream outlets, appearing on popular programs such as Joe Rogan’s podcast, which helped him dominate swing states.
I’m not buying it. He won because the electorate specifically wants a vandal to wreck shit instead of an establishment figure who also happens to be a woman. Clearly, there are additional factors, but that’s mainly it.
Completely disagree. I know tons of conservatives that lovingly voted for trump, or voted for him “for the country.” I’ve never even met a single rebel voter.
Small sample size, but still.
The election was a popularity contest, people live in their phone bubbles, and Democrats campaigned like its the 1950s. People voted for Trump thinking he’s a hero, eyes wide open, because that’s what their information environment is.
Hotter take, but the genie is out of the bottle, and Dems are going to keep losing until they start campaigning like influencer con artists. Fight fire with fire.
If they don’t like it? Tough. They should have regulated social media when they had the chance instead of taking their money.
Ok but anyone who’s ever heard Trump say anything at all and still thinks he’s a good choice is mentally disabled.
“It’s the economy, stupid”.
I think Van Jones has a point here, but you’re not wrong either. It’s a big mess and we’re still pulling apart the knots, but for sure the Media ecosystem is part of our reality.
This campaign raised a billion dollars, and pissed it all away.
And then some $5m in debt
I’m not sure I would call it media. It’s a pretty vast, right wing conspiracy theory echo chamber. The more mainstream part of it is Fox and podcasts. It isn’t just advertising and talking on podcasts. It’s the mass conspiracy theory, misinformation, disinformation, and radicalization distributed on Facebook, telegram, Xhitter, etc. I’m even getting “they want you to eat bugs” ads on YouTube from who knows.
