In the latest accolade for liberal media’s finest, MSNBC has proven once again why it remains on a challenging trajectory. It seems the cocktail of identity politics and humorless segments hasn’t quite concocted the recipe for success the network hoped it would. They’re now bravely marching toward a difficult period, with CNN outperforming them in certain demographics and periods.
With the challenge faced by their flagship program, Morning Joe, experiencing a significant audience decline, there appears to be concern in the air. In what has become typical, they’ve resorted to airing New York Times op-eds, emphasizing particular narratives. In this latest display, they read a mind-bending essay suggesting that concerns over women candidates’ electability are all rooted in some deep-seated misogyny, highlighting poor Abigail Spanberger as a paragon of victimhood.
Despite boasting significant leads in their respective races, these candidates have been positioned as suffering under the cruel shadow of sexism. This implies that every female candidate questioning their odds is now instantly branded as oppressed. Of course, MSNBC overlooks the complexities that these “unelectable” women are indeed leading in their races. It’s almost comical how the narrative falls apart when examined closely.
In the saga of national security moms, MSNBC delivers a term that aims – albeit misguidedly – to empower. Yet, it’s swift in spotlighting women in power whose decisions leave much to be desired. Think missteps in foreign policy and wacky censorship campaigns. This phrase is slapped onto women whose leadership inclinations might remind one more of a discordant symphony than a harmonious tune. The notion appears as ludicrous as the anchor’s attempt to confirm it.
Yet, in their impassioned drama, the network grapples with the complexities of its gender-based twisters – simultaneously making a case for systemic misogyny while ignoring the little detail that candidates are up against equally powerful competitors. In the Virginia governor’s race, for example, Jennifer McClellan is up against another woman, Winsome Earle-Sears, both strong contenders. How convoluted does identity politics have to get before this inconsistency collapses under its absurdity?
Adroitly, MSNBC misses the point they’re trying to make. While bantering about misogyny in races wholly comprising women, they ignore that one of these women will invariably win. It’s a tangled web of victim hierarchy where, once more, reason takes the backseat to narrative. The left’s partiality overrides even their own rank-and-file structures, elevating political allegiances over their espoused victimhood narratives. Eventually, when the smoke clears over MSNBC’s future as a leading news outlet, perhaps market realignment will bring a more coherent approach to news narratives.
