The MSM still has real power to influence national perceptions and more importantly, the GOPe is scared to death to buck them. McConnell just caved on raising the national debt limit despite having all the leverage. The GOPe is discouraging voters to vote for them. They lack a backbone and avoid confrontation. The Dems are street fighters. Only Trump has the courage to fight them at every level.
I don’t think Mitch had as much leverage as you think he did. The MSM is a shell of its old “were not biased” self. It’s in full unabashed DNC PR mode and people notice. Why are independents leaving Biden in the dust after allegedly getting him elected? Because they’re not fooled… despite the media’s best efforts. The MSM doesnt have the power to put the lipstick on the pig. I doubt very much if people even care what the news says about Trump anymore. After 4 years of smearing the man… he is still making them eat crap sandwiches, he’s been proven right again and again (while the media languishes in failure)…. And even though they won’t admit it… right up until January 2020,Americans lives , in general, were pretty damn good. They remember that.