Legacy media attempts U-turn after Trump’s blowout victory

Mainstream media are wallowing in melancholy this week over Donald Trump’s surprise comeback, with pre-November 5 self-assuredness giving way to desolation bordering on despondency after Tuesday.

Here’s how major outlets flipped the noscript in 24 hours:

New York Times

💬 The self-proclaimed “newspaper of record” led the way with explanations of Trump’s impressive performance, with its frontpage headline story: “How Trump Won, and How Harris Lost” outlining how he “transformed seeming political vulnerabilities into advantages” by defying the “normal laws of gravity” in politics.

💬 Another frontpage piece, “How Trump Connected With So Many Americans,” explained how the candidate’s “blend of comedy, fury, optimism, darkness and cynicism” showed voters “he gets us.”

💬 One columnist put it even more bluntly in a piece noscriptd “Voters to Elites: Do You See Me Now?” highlighting how as Democrats in 2024 “veered toward identitarian performance art, Donald Trump jumped into the class war with both feet” with a “simple” message: “These people have betrayed you, and they are morons to boot.”

⚡️That’s a sharp contrast to the Times pre-election messaging, including a November 4 analysis noscriptd “If Harris Wins, Here’s Why” citing turnout, the gender gap, promises of “change,” and Trump’s “turning off” of voters as factors that should push the Democrat over the top.

Washington Post

💬The Washington Post’s stinging post-election coverage was equally illuminating, running stories like “Democrats can’t blame anyone but themselves this time” and “As Democrats begin to squabble, don’t lose sight of why Trump won” explaining how Trump’s ability to connect with Hispanics and blacks allowed him to win, and blaming Harris for shunning media and sending out aides “to quietly tell reporters she’d changed her mind about radical positions she’d taken in 2019.”

⚡️If only the Post had offered these pearls of wisdom before the election, Democratic strategists could adjust in time. Instead, WaPo up until a couple days ago featured stories like “Is Harris winning crucial late deciders?” and “More voters expect Harris to win. Here’s why that could actually matter.”

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⚡ Trump says he has not yet spoken with Vladimir Putin but believes they will, according to NBC.

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⚡ Russia is ready for peace negotiations on Ukraine based on current realities and previously reached agreements in Istanbul, Putin said.

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10,000 military units of the Ukrainian armed forces are blocked in one of the places in the Kupyansk direction, Putin said.

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❗️ Putin did not rule out the possibility of Russia holding joint military exercises with the DPRK.

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📹 The 'Mountain Fire' erupted on Wednesday, November 6, in Southern California, rapidly consuming over 5,600 hectares.

An emergency evacuation is now underway, and several people have been injured as the blaze rages on, threatening homes and lives alike.

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Putin: “What is it that Europe lacks today? It lacks brains!”

“Economic decisions in Europe are made by politicians who have nothing to do with the economy. These decisions are politicized and have no real justification,” President added.

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Putin's full response to a question about the borders within which Russia recognizes Ukraine.

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🇮🇳🇷🇺 India is Russia’s natural partner for decades - Putin

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russia ready to boost oil and fertilizer supplies, provide natural gas to India – Putin

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📹 Robert De Niro hears the news: Donald Trump is the 47th President of the United States.

Ah, social media creativity at its finest!

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"He is an amazing man": Putin said he still has a very good personal relationship with Schroeder

However, when relations between Germany and Russia began to deteriorate, the German government accused the former chancellor of all the "cardinal sins", the Russian president noted.

"We built Nord Stream to supply gas to Europe. What was wrong with that? Now Germany has no Russian gas. They feel the heavy consequences of this. ... We don't see anything that could replace it," Vladimir Putin added.

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