Dealing With Radicals
15th May 2019
The great pundit James Bowman recently said, “The biggest mistake conservatives make is to suppose that Democrats control the media. In fact, the power relationship is the other way around: The media control the Democrats.” His remark sheds light on the convulsions going on in the Democratic Party right now. There’s a power struggle in the media for who will set the agenda and issue orders. The resulting confusion is trickling down to Democrat politicians, who aren’t sure how and to whom they’re supposed to submit these days.
Scott Adams is fond of making this observation as well. Politicians need exposure if they’re going to win elections, and therefore their constituency isn’t really the voters but rather the media outlets upon whom they depend for that exposure (rather like doctors — they’re customers aren’t their patients but rather insurance companies and governments).
Seen any news about Joe Biden lately, even though he’s leading in the polls? No? That’s because the Media Hive have decided that he’s not a viable candidate against Trump, so they’re going to ignore him and focus on other candidates.