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Summary

Following Trump’s 2024 election victory, the fervor of anti-Trump media and resistance movements has sharply declined.

Outlets like Drudge Report and MSNBC have seen significant viewership drops, while platforms like X (formerly Twitter) face progressive disengagement as figures like Nicolle Wallace and The Guardian pull back.

The “Resistance 2.0” appears muted compared to 2016, with fewer protests, diminished media energy, and a waning appetite for anti-Trump political books.

Critics worry this apathy could weaken opposition to Trump’s more radical second-term agenda, leaving backlash dependent on his upcoming actions.

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    1021·
    1 day ago

    Sorry, who’s looking to corporate media for “the resistance” ? Seems like a terribly stupid metric to judge this.

    • chakan2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      30·
      1 day ago

      The Rs…it was interesting, when Trump was declared guilty I watched Fox and Newsmax to see if they had actually reported on it.

      They WERE calling for a rebellion. They mentioned the 2nd amendment a couple of times, and the rhetoric was generally violence.

      The message conservatives get is very different than what the rest of the world gets.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
        7·
        23 hours ago

        Yeaah, but they have a similar response whenever they learn a unisex bathroom opened in an airport. It’s entirely unsurprising people lacking two braincells to rub together would look to billionaires to call for an “uprising”.

    • Alteon@lemmy.world
      18·
      24 hours ago

      Exactly. I think most of us have identified that the fucking corporate media can’t be trusted to be reliable. This is partially their fault for sane-washing Trump over and over again.

      That said, there is resistance. Please check out the subreddit /r/SomethingIsWrong2024.