re: #28 Rocky-in-Connecticut

Right wing White Christians are the largest single tribe in the USA. And because of this 90% of the media is catered towards them either by direct identification (Fox News, IBD, Breitbart, etc ), overt populist sympathy (USA Today), or fear of marginalization (NYT, 95% of mainstream printed local media).

It is this demographic that has a strangehold on the framing of any story in this country.

It’s not just that. They are a large single tribe, but also historically the demographic that is ‘supposed’ to be the most important. It is also the tribe that all major media owners and editors appear to identify with.

I no longer believe that mainstream media in the US, by which I mean CNN, the NYT, and to a lesser extent all other major outlets, drive a Republican and white male-centric narrative out of fear of marginalisation. I think it is clearly evident that there is sufficient market to be had to foster a narrative about the people of colour and white liberals in the US that such media outlets would be even more successful if they chose to represent a more realistic America. But they choose not to - Sarah Kendzior, among others, has come to the same conclusion. They choose not to deliberately, and they choose not to in favour of pushing the same narrative and reinforcing the same worldview that FOX caricatures. And they do so specifically to create the narrative of white male supremacy, to create an American culture that they want, not one that actually exists or could exist.