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By Moving To Podcasts, Harris And Trump Are Turning Away From Legacy Media To Spread Their Messages
NEW YORK — Among the legacy news institutions that have failed to interview Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during the general election campaign are NPR, The New York Times, PBS, and The Washington Post.
Harris selected to meet with Alex Cooper for her “Call Her Daddy” podcast and discuss Bay Area basketball with the guys on “All the Smoke.” Trump turned down “60 Minutes,” but has been on “Bussin’ With the Boys” and “Flagrant.”
During this shortened campaign, some of journalism’s typical titans are being overshadowed. Podcasts are becoming increasingly popular, and their capacity to assist candidates in a close race in targeting a certain segment of the population is a major reason for this.
By Moving To Podcasts, Harris And Trump Are Turning Away From Legacy Media To Spread Their Messages
There are certain exceptions. Harris spoke with NBC News’s Hallie Jackson on Tuesday and hosted a CNN town hall on Wednesday. But political commentator John Heilemann of Puck saw “an ancient, dying beast railing against the diminishment of its status and stature in the new world.”
“The campaigns have their structures and their media plans are very carefully thought through, even if we don’t agree with them,” said Sara Just, senior executive producer of the PBS “NewsHour.” “Obviously, we hope they will do long, probing interviews with PBS.”
Journalists consider this a crucial service. Eric Marrapodi, vice president for news programming at NPR, stated, “I believe Americans deserve to hear the candidates’ ideas challenged.”
Big media interviews used to be a mainstay for candidates.
That sounds like a campaign staff’s worst nightmare: endless opportunities for their candidates to stumble and have an unexpected story dominate the news cycle. And to what end? Most heritage news organizations no longer have the same reach as once; their audience is predominantly older.
For half a century, a “60 Minutes” interview close to the election was considered a must-see for presidential candidates. However, Trump avoided broadcast television’s most influential news show this year and has blasted how the interview with Harris was edited.
The former president has mostly remained in what he sees as friendly places with direct access to his core audience. He continues to provide interviews to Fox News Channel despite his complaints that the network isn’t loyal enough. Indeed, Fox has proven vital to the Democratic ticket, which believes that appearing on its broadcasts indicates a readiness to deal with a difficult atmosphere.
Harris’ interview with Bret Baier was so heated that it formed the basis for a “Saturday Night Live” parody. After her running partner, Tim Walz, was interviewed by Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday” earlier this month, the campaign requested and obtained a return engagement the following week.
“I was a little surprised,” Bream told Walz. “What’s that about?”
Many news channels no longer reach as many people as they once did.
In general, television networks no longer have the same audience as they once did. CNN, for example, averaged 1.24 million viewers per evening during the third quarter of 2016, when Trump initially ran, and 924,000 this year, according to Nielsen. Broadcast networks are named for their ability to reach a large audience; occasionally, candidates require this, but often they do not.
The situation is more serious for newspapers, which had 37.8 million Sunday circulation in 2016 but will fall to 20.9 million by 2022, according to the Pew Research Center. Candidates used to have arduous interviews with newspaper editorial boards in the hopes of getting an endorsement; currently, many newspapers don’t even bother making that decision.
For years, candidates have been able to tailor their messages with pinpoint accuracy — a swing state, even contested cities, for example. The media now provides additional options for micro-messaging in the same way. Harris appeared on Charlamagne Tha God’s influential radio show, aired on CNN and MSNBC, and was interviewed by MSNBC’s Al Sharpton.
Harris has appeared on “The View” and Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” allowing her to speak with those less likely to follow the news.
Podcasts enable more accurate audience targeting.
Few channels offer a better opportunity to target an audience than podcasts, which have nearly doubled in listenership since 2016.
Andy Bowers, co-founder of on-demand audio business Spooler Media, described the format as “narrowcasting at its finest.” People who listen to podcasts frequently feel tremendous attachment to their favorites, almost as if they are members of a club of people with similar characteristics and interests — and a candidate has been invited to join that club for the day.
“You’re talking to a specific audience with a specific bent and frame of mind,” explained Tom Bettag, a journalism professor at the University of Maryland. “That’s very helpful to somebody who is trying to avoid saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.”
Alex Cooper interviewed Harris on “Call Her Daddy,” the most popular women’s podcast. They talked about abortion, and one of Cooper’s questions was like a grooved pitch: “What do you think of Trump saying he will be a protector of women?”
On the “Flagrant” podcast, hosts inquired about Trump’s children and his feelings during the assassination attempt. The host, Akaash Singh, interrupted Trump to commend him on how he reared his children.
“I think I like this interview,” Trump said. His appearance on the podcast, one of several efforts he has undertaken to reach out to young guys, has received nearly 5.5 million views on YouTube alone.
During these discussions, issues arise, which are frequently combined with personal experiences. In “All the Smoke,” the hosts start by asking Harris about her blind date when she met her spouse.
Do not write off legacy outlets yet.
Certainly, not everyone is writing obituaries for traditional journalists and their campaign coverage. “I don’t view it as a big break that takes away from legacy media,” said Rick Klein, ABC’s Washington bureau head. ABC’s opportunity to question the candidates came in the most public settings, with the network hosting a single debate between Harris and Trump.
By Moving To Podcasts, Harris And Trump Are Turning Away From Legacy Media To Spread Their Messages
According to Zelf, a social video analytics business, six of the top ten sources of campaign news with the most TikTok views in the last 60 days were legacy news institutions. They included ABC News, CNN, NBC News, MSNBC, Univision, and the Daily Mail.
“I don’t think journalists should worry too much about access journalism,” said Mark Lukasiewicz, head of Hofstra University’s School of Communication and former NBC News producer. “We should do journalism.”
David Halbfinger, political editor of The New York Times, warned against taking too many inferences from an unusually brief campaign due to Harris’ late entry into the contest. The Times has aggressively covered the campaign with trend articles, investigations, and spot news coverage.
“It’s hard to know what the lessons will be,” Halbfinger remarked. “For a long time, candidates tried to avoid the news media. The mainstream media does its job, so I’m unsure how effective that method is. However, it will eventually make an intriguing case study.
SOURCE | AP
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Democrats Now Leaderless After Trump Presidential Win
Democrats spent billions of dollars with the legacy media to try and create fear among American voters that Donald Trump posed an imminent threat to democracy; in the end, voters didn’t care. They chose to believe their own eyes and not the rhetoric.
Following Kamala Harris’ decisive loss, the Democrats are now entering a second Trump presidency without a clear leader, a clear plan, or an accord on the reasons for their significant miscalculations in the 2024 election.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and former Democratic primary candidate, had warned Harris before Election Day that she was focusing too much on flipping Republican votes and not enough on pocketbook issues. He issued a statement excoriating party leadership.
“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” he said. “First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well.
While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.”
Trump’s promises to impose tariffs on both allies and foes and his threats to American businesses contemplating the relocation of jobs offshore were alluring to union workers.
Alexandra Rojas, the executive director of the far-left Justice Democrats, told AP that the party’s leadership must “accept responsibility for that a second”Donald Trump presidency was once again feasible under their supervision.”
Rojas charged that the Democratic Party is los”ng legitimacy among the everyday people and marginalized communities, who are continuously used as stepping stones to win elections. She also acknowledged that “there are no easy answers for where we as a coun”ry and movement go from here.”
The data indicates that Democrats have” substantial work to do.
Faiz Shakir, the Democratic strategist who oversaw Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, is concerned that Sanders’s Democratic Party will fail to engage in the necessary introspection after this catastrophic defeat.
He asserted that “a healthy party is challenging itself to conduct”that type of autopsy and hear what we did wrong.” “I am not even aware that such a process will occur. He asks, “Will the Democratic Party’s well-paid consultant and big-money interParty learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?”
“Will they comprehend the political alienation and pain that tens of millions of Americans are currently experiencing?” Do they have any suggestions for how we can confront the Oligarchy, which is gaining economic and political influence at an accelerated pace? It is unlikely, he said.
Source: AP
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Kamala Concession Speech Trends on Google
One day after former President Donald Trump’s historic re-election, Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the presidential race and vowed to maintain unity. Her concession speech trended on Google with over 5 million searches.
“I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign, but I do concede this election.” She stated, “In our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution of the United States.”
Kamala Harris acknowledged that there was no viable strategy for obtaining the presidency even though her speech was not what she intended.
In the center of Washington, DC, Harris delivered a speech at her alma mater, Howard University. Harris expressed her gratitude to the hundreds of campaign workers and volunteers who worked assiduously on her campaign and to the tens of millions of voters who cast their votes for her.
Kamala Harris also stated that the country should unite for a peaceful power transfer despite the agony of losing.
She said, “We must acknowledge the outcomes of this election.” “I conversed with President-elect Trump earlier today and congratulated him on his victory.”
I also informed him that we would assist him and his team during his transition and participate in a peaceful transfer of power.
In the interim, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a caustic statement regarding the presidential election results, accusing the Democratic Party of having “abandoned” working-class voters. It’s unsurprising that “a Democratic Party that has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.”
Sanders, who secured re-election last night, stated that the party’s white working-class voters were the first to quit and that it now appears that Latino and Black workers are following suit. “The American people are enraged and desire change despite the Democratic leadership’s defense of the status quo,” he stated. “And they’re right.”
Trump and Vance were also congratulated on their electoral victory by former President Obama, who ardently campaigned for Harris in the final stretch before Election Day. This was announced in a statement published today.
“This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound disagreements with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues,” according to him. “But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won’t always win out, and being willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power.”
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Despite All the Odds Donald Trump Elected 47th President
On Wednesday, Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, a remarkable turnaround for a former president who refused to concede defeat four years ago.
Trump achieved the 270 electoral votes required to secure the presidency with a victory in Wisconsin. On Wednesday afternoon, he emerged victorious in Michigan, conquering the “blue wall” with Pennsylvania.
On Wednesday afternoon, Vice President Kamala Harris contacted President-Elect Trump to congratulate her and acknowledge his victory in the election. Shortly thereafter, Vice President Biden conversed with Trump to extend his congratulations and invitation to the White House.
Foreign leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also phoned Trump.
“I would like to express my gratitude to the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected as your 47th and 45th president,” Trump addressed a crowd of enthusiastic supporters in Florida before officially confirming their victory.
“Today, you demonstrated unprecedented attendance to secure a victory, and we have endured an immense amount of hardship together,” Trump said. This was truly exceptional, and we will repay you,” he added.
Upon his return to office, Trump will collaborate with a Senate that is now under Republican control, while the House’s governance remains uncertain.
Elon Musk’s Tesla, banks, cryptocurrencies, and the U.S. stock market all surged Wednesday as investors anticipated a smooth election and Trump’s return to the White House.
Trump has pledged to implement an agenda that prioritizes the substantial revamping of the federal government during his second term.
When Trump assumes office on January 20, he will face various challenges, such as global crises testing America’s influence abroad and heightened political polarization.
Trump has pledged to revolutionize nearly every facet of the American government. This encompasses the intention to initiate the most extensive deportation operation in the nation’s history, once more pursue a zero-sum approach to foreign policy, and increase the use of tariffs.
Upon his arrival in Washington in 2017, Trump was unfamiliar with the mechanisms of federal authority. Congress, the judiciary, and senior staff members who acted as guardrails impeded his agenda.
This time, Trump has declared that he will surround himself with allies who will execute his agenda without question and arrive with hundreds of proposed executive orders, legislative proposals, and in-depth policy papers.
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