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The TV networks are in scramble mode as they try to find voices and personalities that match the country’s pro-Trump mood. Discussions about bringing a pro-Trump voice onto ABC’s daytime moneymaker “The View” are underway, and changes to other programming are also being considered.
ABCexecswereapparentlysoinsulatedintheirownideologicalcocoonthattheextentofTrump’svictorycaughtthemcompletelybysurprise.
Similardiscussionsareunderwayatothernetworksaswell.It’snota“revolution”becausethenewfaceswillbetokenconservatives.Butthediscussionsrevealjusthowdeeplythenetworkswereindenialandhowterrifiedtheyarenowthattheymustfaceviewerswhoareangeredbythenetwork’santi-Trumpslant.
Theradicallefthostsof“TheView”aregoingtobeaproblem.TheynotonlysupportedKamalaHarrisforpresidentbuthavedisparagedhalftheiraudiencesinceTrumpwonbylambastingwomenwhovotedforTrumpas“ignorant.”
“Ithink[Trump’svictory]hadnothingtodowithpolicy.Ithinkthiswasareferendumonculturalresentmentint