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In reply to the discussion: Jimmy Carter Brilliantly Explains How The Establishment Gave Us Trump [View all]sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)But two additional points
(1) you're totally right that the NYT has been discredited with the GOP base. But the NYT is still a huge influencer of the country, because they are a huge influencer of the urban and highly educated. So yes, each media outlet has their own group they best reach.
(2) persuading the country can actually be done through the real media. If the NYT and WaPo and LATimes hammer a story long enough, it eventually filters into the big for-profit infotainment media -- CNN, NBC, etc. If the infotainment outlets hit it for long enough, it filters into the outlets you're discussing -- filters into local papers and even into the right leaning (non propaganda) outlets like WSJ and national review. Forget about Fox, Limbaugh, Breitbart - they are propanganda with an agenda to tell lies that benefit GOP donors.