The MSM certainly played a role but the main thrust for the defeat lies in the union/dem alliance IMO not the media. Judging from some of my numbskulled students - they get their information from the entertainment world - music mainly - and are mainly against conservative values that they associate with Republicans. And they do vote...what many social conservatives do not do.
We need a 3rd Great Awakening..the punches thrown at conservatives by gays and media Rosies got the swing voters to go Dem. The rest are mainly union govt workers and blue collars and AARP types who think Eleanor Roosevelt is still alive in the DC.
Sadly, I think the next great awakening will be a major terrorist attack on our country. How many dead will it take for Americans to wake up? 3 million?