I wonder if they sit around and plan all this, knowing that it's something that will take years to pay off or if it's just natural to them and all conservatives happen to share that mindset. My guess is the latter, conservatives never struck me as having much of a grasp for long term plans.A 35-40 year campaign smearing the press as liberal biased and untrustworthy has done a number on the press. The press has completely internalized that baseless criticism. This campaign to smear the press is one of the conservative movements most successful, underrated endeavors. It is not talked about enough.
I'd say the worst thing about conservative media is how they spooked all other networks into taking a center right slant out of fear that anything else would be impartial.
It's really frightening to see what is happening to the media, I don't think anyone is safe from this because it might end up a cultural shift.