I wonder if being in the opposition to the sitting president helps MSNBC and CNN much? I would bet it is partly the reason, and also partially why Fox did so well during Obama.
Yeah, I was gonna say that if I remember correctly, Fox was pretty dominant circa 2010/2011 and MSNBC were perceived as nothing more than cheerleaders for Obama. Same thing is probably happening here. It's natural.
Ironically enough I'd say whichever party in power is the one whose side becomes less involved and informed in politics; because they trust "their side" to handle things, whereas those who lost want to tune in to figure out exactly how they're gonna get screwed over and why they should be mad about it.
Yeah, I remember distinctly that during the 2012 campaign a big thing the Democrats were worried about was "Are our 2008 voters going to turn out again?" like complacency becomes an issue.
I just remember how MSNBC was treated like a literal joke during the Obama years, there were so many "thrill up my leg" jokes. Similar to Fox News now I imagine, I mean I can't even stand Fox News now because they praise Trump for like the same stuff that they were bashing Obama for.
At this point I only trust financial news, Bloomberg is my favorite. Financial news has more of a reason to stay objective than news networks that don't deal with reporting on money do, so I find their news to be more fact-based just because it needs to be.
