Oh, So Now You Care? Corporate Media Discovers “The People” After Polls Close

09:00 PM PST (November 6, 2025) - N.S. EIC

America spoke. Loudly. Clearly. With receipts. And suddenly, like a raccoon discovering ethics, corporate media remembered it has a spine.

After years of gaslighting, distraction, and “both sides” coverage that made climate collapse sound like a scheduling conflict, the networks are now tripping over themselves to act like they’ve been riding shotgun with the working class all along.

From “Neutral” to “Nervous”: Anchors Rebrand Mid-Sentence

CNN opened its post-election coverage with a solemn montage of “American resilience,” featuring stock footage of farmers, nurses, and a guy welding something vaguely patriotic.

MSNBC pivoted from “concerned centrism” to “progressive-lite” so fast their chyron team pulled a muscle.

Fox News briefly tried to spin the results as “a win for traditional values,” then cut to commercial when their own panelists started crying.

The Money Grab Disguised as a Moral Awakening

Suddenly, every outlet is “listening to the people.”

Translation: they saw the vote totals, checked their ad revenue forecasts, and realized pretending to care is cheaper than losing viewers.

NBC launched a new segment called “Voices of America,” which features interviews with baristas, bus drivers, and one guy who just yells “eat the rich” into traffic.

CBS announced a documentary series titled “We Were Always With You,” which historians have already classified as fiction.

Journalists Rediscover Journalism

After years of treating billionaires like endangered species and quoting hedge fund managers as if they were prophets, reporters are now asking real questions.

Like: “Why is housing unaffordable?

And: “Should billionaires pay taxes?

And: “Wait, did we help cause this mess?

The sudden shift has left longtime viewers confused, especially those who remember when “doing your job” was considered radical.

America’s Memory Is Longer Than Their PR Cycle

Voters aren’t buying it.

They remember the years of silence