Is the Media Asleep Over Trump's Admission that He Lost in 2020? [View all]

By Mort Kondracke

Why on earth is Trump’s recent admission hat he lost in 2020 not a front page story everywhere? Trump has finally admitted he lost in 2020 (three times recently), giving the lie to all his hundreds of statements to the contrary, his sponsorship of the “Stop the Steal” movement, and his efforts to have the election results reversed.

As this USA Today story reports, some far-right supporters are now denouncing him, but he hasn’t apologized to the people he misled into storming the Capitol in 2021, nor to the millions of followers who believed him—and probably still do because his admission has been so underplayed by the media. Most leaders of the Republican Party certainly know — and likely knew long ago that the election was free and fair, and not stolen from him. They now need to be held responsible for repeating his lies.

It’s not right to say that no media have reported this story. MSNBC, The Hill, CNN, the Daily Beast, and Yahoo News all have carried stories. But The New York Times and Washington Post haven’t. Why not?

And the outlets that have given it some play have not followed up and made it the top story it deserves to be. Nor have they explored its ramifications: what do Trump’s leading supporters have to say now? What’s the effect on Trump’s support among 60-plus percent of Republicans who believed his Big Lie and still do? What about the GOP Members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election results. And those who voted against impeaching and convicting him? What effect will the truth now have on the federal cases against Trump?

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