Summary
Following Trump’s 2024 election victory, the fervor of anti-Trump media and resistance movements has sharply declined.
Outlets like Drudge Report and MSNBC have seen significant viewership drops, while platforms like X (formerly Twitter) face progressive disengagement as figures like Nicolle Wallace and The Guardian pull back.
The “Resistance 2.0” appears muted compared to 2016, with fewer protests, diminished media energy, and a waning appetite for anti-Trump political books.
Critics worry this apathy could weaken opposition to Trump’s more radical second-term agenda, leaving backlash dependent on his upcoming actions.
Sorry, who’s looking to corporate media for “the resistance” ? Seems like a terribly stupid metric to judge this.
The Rs…it was interesting, when Trump was declared guilty I watched Fox and Newsmax to see if they had actually reported on it.
They WERE calling for a rebellion. They mentioned the 2nd amendment a couple of times, and the rhetoric was generally violence.
The message conservatives get is very different than what the rest of the world gets.
Yeaah, but they have a similar response whenever they learn a unisex bathroom opened in an airport. It’s entirely unsurprising people lacking two braincells to rub together would look to billionaires to call for an “uprising”.
Exactly. I think most of us have identified that the fucking corporate media can’t be trusted to be reliable. This is partially their fault for sane-washing Trump over and over again.
That said, there is resistance. Please check out the subreddit /r/SomethingIsWrong2024.
Alternative headline: “People are leaving ineffective platforms and outlets and looking for better ones.”
The idea that MSNBC is part of the resistance is laughable.
What Resistance? This what people voted for! The time to resist was at the ballot box.
As for viewership drops, of course the media is losing viewers and journalists losing subscribers (WAPO). Most of the people consuming that type of political content are liberals who obviously didn’t appreciate the medias game of normalizing Trump and right wing rhetoric.
You expect Liberals to just sit there and watch as panelist blame “Wokeness”, “DEI” and Dems being too establishment for Trump winning? No, Liberals know that’s bullshit, they know Joe Biden’s domestic track record, and his pro working class stances.
The only ones buying that are far left chaos agents (a majority of this sub), and far right MAGAs (a majority of Twitter).
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Cable news making outraged noises was never about saving you, it was about attracting your attention to monetize it
Succinctly put.
corporate news: o noes! our revenue-per-click is dropping! Quickly, put some left-baiting headlines up! Go! go! go!
Institutions will not save democracy. Democracy is accountable to only the people.
They are worried that people aren’t buying their charade anymore. The duopoly is not working and that leaves a power vaccuum for an actual workers movement that can threaten them. People aren’t outraged at Trump because they are outraged at the system, at the economy, at the crimes we commit and thats dangerous.
This time I want Republicans to get everything they want. Either:
A) my worldviews and beliefs are completely wrong and the
NazisMAGAs really will create a utopian paradise, or B) everything will go to shit and I can finally stop hearing them pine for the fascist hellscape they don’t think they’re creatingEverything went to shit during Trump’s first term. People decided to conveniently forget all of that and re-elect him. It’s bizarre.
I predict everything goes to shit but all the
born again nazisMAGA idiots still somehow think it’s not their lord king tRumps fault cause transgender kids are still around maybe or because sleepy joe and obama just did so much damage the country couldn’t be saved despite tRumps dream team of pedophiles and worm riddled brain guy.
What can we fucking do? Literally nothing.
The best we’ve got is keeping our local governments functioning, because the federal government is about to come crashing down. Hopefully California will nope out of this dumpster fire of a country.
People didn’t learn how bad Trump could be because there were extraordinary measures to stop him. This time around, as long as it doesn’t end voting or kill people, I think we should just let every ridiculous thing pass to show people “why” Trump is bad.
🙄 Jesus give us a break, it’s not even January, and we literally just had to endure like 2 fucking years of ridiculous campaigning. It’s fine for people to tune out a little bit for now.
Honestly the realest response, I’m young, but this is by far the most exhausting election I’ve seen
