Happy New Year, NewsBusters readers. Now it is 2022, and the nation has big plans. Given the bad polling for Democrats, as well as Joe Biden’s record low approval ratings, a looming abortion ruling from the Supreme Court, it could be a very depressing year for the left.
Let’s preview how the media will react to it all.
2022 Midterms
The odds of Democrats holding on to a small majority in Congress and a split 50/50 in the Senate are slim. If the worst happens for the left on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, be sure to have your browser tuned to NewsBusters.org because we’ve seen this all before. In November 2014, Republicans won the House with their biggest majority since 1930. Additionally, they added nine Senate seats. This is the highest number of Senate seats for any party since 1980.
On election night 2014, NBC veteran Tom Brokaw denied reality, insisting, “I don’t think that this was a big, ideological election.” The ex-NBC Nightly NewsAnchor grumbled and insisted that the GOP needed to reach a compromise. Obama? “Will [voters]They fall in love with Republicans who they elected to office. All that depends on the way the Republicans gain control of both the Senate and Congress.
That same evening on election night 2014, Chuck Todd also denied reality: “It’s a good Republican night, but it’s not a wave.” Eventually, it got so bad that night Todd finally saw what was happening: “I think we’re bordering on calling this a wave election. You have an historic number in the House of Representatives.”
Sinking Joe Biden
In 2021, Joe Biden became very unpopular. Biden ended the year in the low 40s. You may not have known just how bad it was for much of 2021 because the press hid his polling. This is what I wrote about in October
The last three months have been nightmarish for Joe Biden’s presidency. In August, his popularity started to plummet, dropping precipitously so that, by late October, some polls had him dipping into the high 30s as Afghanistan, inflation and an inability to accomplish his domestic agenda have altered a once popular president’s fortunes. But, NBC, CBS, and ABC had nearly twice the amount of negative polling mentions for Donald Trump.
What will networks do if Biden remains unpopular in 2022? As the Democratic incumbent is voted out of office, expect them to ignore him.
Bad News for the Pro-Abortion Media
The Supreme Court heard an historic challenge to abortion in the fall 2021. The Court could overturn Roe V. Wade or dismantle it, according to oral arguments. Expect a meltdown of the liberal media if this happens. Back on December 2, 2021, the networks freaked out about the “ominous” tone from Court conservatives about the “gutting” of Roe. Who is it that makes you feel uneasy?
2022 is going to be an interesting year with some potential bad news for the left. You can expect a wild reaction from the media and their allies. You can watch the whole thing unfold on NewsBusters.
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