The president may be able to avoid some of the harsh scrutiny his predecessors faced, simply because conservative media outlets are off their game.
President Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021. Imagine if someone could go back in time and inform him and his communications team that a few pivotal changes in the media would occur during his first three years in office.
There’s the latest news that Rubert Murdoch, 92, stepped down as the chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. on Thursday. Since the 1980s, Murdoch, who will be replaced by his son Lachlan, has been the most powerful right-wing media executive in the U.S.
Adding to Biden’s good-luck list is Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, now rebranded as X, in October 2022, prompting millions of American users to drop the social media platform, which has become a hotbed of right-wing activity and commentary.
X’s power as an influential social, political and cultural force has since continued to decline. Former President Trump even originally spurned an invitation to return to X, after Twitter suspended his account in 2021. Trump has since posted one time on X, on Aug. 24.
These and other incidents are good for Biden — who, like all other politicians, remains somewhat reliant on the media to both get his word out and craft a positive public image.
