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 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.