Mainstream media outlets criticize him because they need a boogeyman and his platform exerts significant influence.

“one of the reasons why they go after me is that they realize I have a lot of influence. Another reason why is because they need a boogeyman.”

Andrew Tate argues that the media deliberately uses a tactic he calls the 'wrap-up smear' to demonize individuals through repetitive, unproven accusations to destroy their reputations.

“They demonize you in the media to the point where nobody will stand by you and your ideas are ignored because of what you're accused of this is exactly what they did to me”

Dave Portnoy argues that modern journalists often write hit pieces using a formulaic, manipulative approach to trigger a response and secure clicks, rather than practicing objective journalism.

“It's almost as if she's admitting that her form of Journalism is to manipulate the person she's interviewing to satisfy the angle of the article totally which is no Integrity in the journalism”

Vivek Ramaswamy criticizes the media for focusing on isolated, controversial statements made by candidates to distract from the substance of actual political issues.

“I do think that the media has a relationship with Donald Trump where what they do is they love it. They like to pick one thing he said around the periphery of an issue and to use making the story about that word he might have chosen to sweep under the rug the substance of the actual issue”

Graham Platner expresses significant skepticism toward the national media, viewing much of its coverage as detached from the reality experienced by people on the ground.

“I mean like it, you know, end of July, none of this was remotely on my plate. I was still legitimately just farming oysters in Sullivan and having a very normal existence. So yeah, it's I mean it's it is I feel like I inhabit two worlds where there's like the whole politics pundit class world which ”

Journalists and media outlets must call out lies as lies rather than just reporting on them neutrally.

“So if someone is trying to promote this false narrative someone We all know who I'm talking about. If you're trying to promote a false narrative, you don't see and it's changing its it is changing but for the longest time you Did not see the the press the media journalists calling a lie a lie.”

Public trust in the media has declined because organizations have failed to hold Donald Trump accountable and report the facts as the fourth estate.

“Where people don't like the media is that the media has given up its role as the fourth estate to actually report the facts and to stand up for the truth.”

The media creates a false narrative by covering the abnormal Trump presidency in normal terms while failing to be as cynical about his claims as they are toward domestic politics.

“It goes back to this point we've made a lot that a very abnormal presidency is being covered largely in normal terms.”