General Discussion

those media outlets to propagandize and thereby influence election outcomes, which is how they aim to make money out of the deal. If the ratings/ad revenue are worse than previous, that doesn't make it a "death spiral" because of the larger game being played. A death spiral couldn't even possible begin until they lose the WH, which is 2029 at the earliest.

Judging by the last election, they are not failing. Where is the end in sight of dumbfuck American voters voting against their own interests in response to oligarch-owned-media bullshit? All of the "Trump regrets" people are still in denial that they should have chosen differently, they just push the blame off onto The Dotard saying that he is failing to deliver. There is minimal recognition by the people who got us here of how they got us here, and no sign that a change in that is inevitable.