As election 2024 wound down, I noticed an intriguing shift in how most people in my social media feeds and real life were getting their election news and information. Most were commenting and posting from what some still call “new media.” Like the historic election itself, this shift is both exciting and encouraging.
It seems the normies have finally had enough of legacy media’s lies and obfuscations. It’s no longer the most trusted source of election (or any) information for Americans. And it’s about time.
This platform is the top source of news on Earth! https://t.co/YhmSY9K6x8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 5, 2024
In truth, “digital media” is now a more accurate name for media outlets like PJMedia. We, and many others, have been around for twenty years or more and have proven ourselves. We no longer deserve the derisive moniker “new” given to us by the haughty legacy media, which liked to sneer that we’d never last. Wrong again, leftists. Digital media is here to stay and grow, unlike them.
This growth is evident in the University of Chicago’s AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Researchperiodic State of the Facts poll conducted with the USAFacts.org team. The poll aimed to understand how Americans feel about government facts and where their information comes from. The results show the same shift I was seeing in real-time.
The AP-NORC/USAFacts poll was conducted from July 29 through August 8, 2024, just as election 2024 was heating up. The 1,019 adult respondents were asked questions to determine where they got their election information, how they determined the validity of the information, and which sources they trusted and to what degree. […]
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