{"id":999169,"date":"2021-11-11T14:29:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T19:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=999169"},"modified":"2021-11-11T14:29:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T19:29:38","slug":"the-3-stories-the-legacy-media-ignored-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-3-stories-the-legacy-media-ignored-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 Stories The Legacy Media Ignored This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-3-stories-the-legacy-media-ignored-this-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=999169&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The legacy media spent much of the past week consoling itself about the outcome of the Virginia governor\u2019s race, where Republican Glenn Youngkin pulled off an underdog victory over former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe. Yet even amidst their hand-wringing and mourning, legacy media outlets managed to selectively highlight certain stories and ignore others to promote an alternate reality.<\/p>\n<p>In this special, all-election edition of this weekly feature, here are the top figures the media ignored:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rise Of Winsome Sears<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Few people so perfectly shatter the mythology the legacy media have promoted for the last year than Virginia\u2019s new lieutenant governor-elect, Winsome Sears. The black Republican became the first \u201cwoman of color\u201d elected to statewide office in the Old Dominion\u2014a feat all the more surprising since her only previous political experience came from a single, two-year term as a member of Virginia\u2019s House of Delegates (2002-2004). Yet cable news networks alternately ignored her or attacked her as \u201cflaky,\u201d while lavishing media attention on other, less important Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>A search of CNN\u2019s prime time transcripts for Tuesday and Wednesday turns up only one mention of Winsome Sears by name \u2014 by a Republican. \u201cI was actually stunned as a former Republican congressman, you know, that Glenn Youngkin prevailed and Winsome Sears and Jason Miyares. It was a strong, diverse ticket,\u201d ex-U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA), a Republican, <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/acd\/date\/2021-11-03\/segment\/01\">told<\/a> Anderson Cooper on Wednesday. \u201cI was thrilled with it.\u201d To his credit, Jake Tapper <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/se\/date\/2021-11-02\/segment\/06\">said<\/a> on Tuesday night, \u201cIf this holds, we will go down in history as the first woman of color lieutenant governor or elected official statewide in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u201d Although Don Lemon <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/cnnt\/date\/2021-11-03\/segment\/01\">mentioned<\/a> the Democratic lieutenant governor of New Jersey (Sheila Oliver) by name on election night, he wouldn\u2019t say the name \u201cWinsome Sears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC proved little better. When Ali Velshi announced Sears\u2019 victory, Velshi said he wanted to touch on the topic \u201cfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/watch\/winsome-sears-wins-virginia-lt-governor-race-nbc-news-projects-125247557571\">half-a-second<\/a>.\u201d (Ari Melber had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-beat-ari-melber-11-3-21-n1283173\">mentioned<\/a> Sears along with a list of other successful minority candidates in the previous hour). Former Republican Bill Kristol insulted Sears, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-11th-hour-brian-williams-11-3-21-n1283184\">telling<\/a> Brian Williams on Wednesday night that this was a \u201cwave election\u201d that swept away \u201cbetter candidates that were considered very attractive,\u201d like the \u201clieutenant governor candidate here in Virginia, Hala Ayala, against, I think a pretty flaky Republican, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later that night, guest host Tiffany Cross took a swipe at \u201cthe elected lieutenant governor of Virginia,\u201d who \u201chates the woman\u2019s right to choose but<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legacy media spent much of the past week consoling itself about the outcome of the Virginia governor\u2019s race, where Republican Glenn Youngkin pulled off an underdog victory over former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe. Yet even amidst their hand-wringing and mourning, legacy media outlets managed to selectively highlight certain stories and ignore others to promote an alternate reality.In this special, all-election edition of this weekly feature, here are the top figures the media ignored:The Rise Of Winsome Sears.Few people so perfectly shatter the mythology the legacy media have promoted for the last year than Virginia\u2019s new lieutenant governor-elect, Winsome Sears. The black Republican became the first \u201cwoman of color\u201d elected to statewide office in the Old Dominion\u2014a feat all the more surprising since her only previous political experience came from a single, two-year term as a member of Virginia\u2019s House of Delegates (2002-2004). Yet cable news networks alternately ignored her or attacked her as \u201cflaky,\u201d while lavishing media attention on other, less important Democrats.A search of CNN\u2019s prime time transcripts for Tuesday and Wednesday turns up only one mention of Winsome Sears by name \u2014 by a Republican. \u201cI was actually stunned as a former Republican congressman, you know, that Glenn Youngkin prevailed and Winsome Sears and Jason Miyares. It was a strong, diverse ticket,\u201d ex-U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA), a Republican, told Anderson Cooper on Wednesday. \u201cI was thrilled with it.\u201d To his credit, Jake Tapper said on Tuesday night, \u201cIf this holds, we will go down in history as the first woman of color lieutenant governor or elected official statewide in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u201d Although Don Lemon mentioned the Democratic lieutenant governor of New Jersey (Sheila Oliver) by name on election night, he wouldn\u2019t say the name \u201cWinsome Sears.\u201dMSNBC proved little better. When Ali Velshi announced Sears\u2019 victory, Velshi said he wanted to touch on the topic \u201cfor half-a-second.\u201d (Ari Melber had mentioned Sears along with a list of other successful minority candidates in the previous hour). Former Republican Bill Kristol insulted Sears, telling Brian Williams on Wednesday night that this was a \u201cwave election\u201d that swept away \u201cbetter candidates that were considered very attractive,\u201d like the \u201clieutenant governor candidate here in Virginia, Hala Ayala, against, I think a pretty flaky Republican, honestly.\u201dLater that night, guest host Tiffany Cross took a swipe at \u201cthe elected lieutenant governor of Virginia,\u201d who \u201chates the woman\u2019s right to choose but \u2026 she certainly loves her guns.\u201dThe lack of media coverage certainly didn\u2019t come from a lack of focus on Virginia, nor did the legacy media overlook stories about \u201cwomen of color.\u201d The legacy media showered attention on lesser figures nationwide:Later in the show, Cross said, \u201cthere were some historic elections that happened last night. You had Michelle Wu, Boston\u2019s first female and Asian-American mayor. Ed Gainey was Pittsburgh\u2019s first black mayor, Aftab Pureval, Cincinnati`s first Asian-American mayor, Nadarius Clarke, Virginia\u2019s youngest Democratic delegate\u201d;Lawrence O\u2019Donnell dedicated an entire segment to Michelle Wu\u2019s win; andOn Tuesday night, Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid dedicated a full segment to interviewing Democrat Nadarius Clark, who became the youngest elected member of the Virginia House of Delegates. (It is unclear if the network interviewed 18-year-old Saira Blair when the outspoken pro-life Republican became the youngest member of neighboring West Virginia\u2019s House of Delegates in 2014.)[embedded content]Members of the democratic socialist wing of the House Democratic caucus conventionally known as \u201cThe Squad\u201d had nothing to say about the remarkable victory, although they profess to care deeply about equity and representation.How is Winsome Sears different than these other, more celebrated, if less consequential, candidates? She\u2019s a black immigrant who loves America and hates Critical Race Theory. She is a conservative Republican who describes herself as \u201c100% pro-life.\u201d And she\u2019s a veteran who supports the Second Amendment. (\u201cThe Second Amendment tells us we have a right to do so; we have a right to own guns,\u201d she said.)\u201cMy father came to America from Jamaica with $1.75. He took any job he could find, put himself through school with that money, and started his American dream. Now he\u2019s comfortably retired,\u201d she told WJLA-TV. \u201cSo, education pulled my father out of poverty.\u201d Her father brought her to the United States from Jamaica at age 6 and, while she says America is not perfect, she tells its critics, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to acknowledge we\u2019ve come a long way\u201d toward eradicating racism and prejudice.There is no message, nor any messenger, the legacy media have any less interest in promoting.Members of the legacy media are \u201call racist,\u201d said Greg Gutfeld, \u201cbecause they ignored [Lieutenant Governor] Sears \u2013 the first woman of color to win a statewide election in Virginia. Why? Because she dared to leave the deep plantation of ideology that these white women, and Joy Reid, believe she should stay on.\u201dThe Defeat Of India Walton\u00a0The legacy media celebrated India Walton, a self-described socialist who defeated the incumbent mayor of Buffalo, New York, in the Democratic primaries. Her ascension seemed to follow the same arc as that of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other far-Left Democrats, who successfully muscled other candidates out of the way and pulled their party to the far-Left. Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Walton. It appeared that a political star had been born.But a strange thing happened on the way to Walton\u2019s coronation: The incumbent mayor, traditional Democrat Byron Brown, opted to run as a write-in candidate. On Wednesday, he declared victory. \u201cMs. Walton won 41% of the vote, while write-in candidates including Mr. Brown accounted for about 59%, according to the Erie County Board of Elections,\u201d reported the Wall Street Journal. Walton mournfully confessed, \u201cWhile we anticipate that the margins will narrow, it seems unlikely that we will end up with enough votes to inaugurate a Walton administration in January.\u201dAn establishment Democrat stopping the socialist insurgency did not fit the media narrative, so it garnered precious little coverage. Jake Tapper made a passing reference to the race on Tuesday night before the results became apparent. The next morning on \u201cNew Day,\u201d Miguel Marquez called her loss a \u201cshocker\u201d and \u201cthe most surprising result of the night.\u201dThe election outcome mirrored the fate of former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT). Six years after serving as the Democratic Party\u2019s vice presidential nominee, Lieberman lost the Democratic Party primary to left-wing activist Ned Lamont. But Lieberman went on to brand himself an independent and win the general election as a write-in candidate.To his credit, Chris Cuomo said the Democratic Party should learn not to \u201ctell people you know better how to live their lives than they do.\u201dEdward Durr\u2019s Victory Over Democratic Establishment LeaderCNN notwithstanding, the most surprising result of the night came from New Jersey, where a 58-year-old commercial truck driver defeated the longest-tenured president in state Senate history. As The Daily Wire reported:Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) has been New Jersey\u2019s state Senate President since 2010 and has served in the state Senate since 2002. With 99.37% of precincts reporting in New Jersey\u2019s 3rd\u00a0District, Sweeney trails Republican Edward Durr, a commercial truck driver who reportedly spent just $153 on his own campaign.Durr told Breitbart News that he spent $153 before the primary began, and a total of roughly $9,000. He said he maintained his job as a truck driver while campaigning, walking up to eight hours a day even though \u201cI have gout and plantar fasciitis.\u201d He lost his father in late October. Now that he seems to have won the election, Durr said service won\u2019t change him. \u201cI\u2019m always going to be me, the blue collar guy.\u201dDurr could hardly cut a starker contrast with his opponent. But \u201chis power, his clout, did not scare me,\u201d Edward Durr told local media. The state\u2019s restrictive COVID-19 lockdowns spurred Durr to make a difference.\u201cThe governor was messing with people\u2019s families. When you mess with somebody\u2019s job, their livelihood, their home, their children \u2014 people just won\u2019t take that,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m a firm constitutionalist believer, and I believe in people\u2019s rights.\u201dCuriously, this irresistible story garnered little attention from CNN and MSNBC. A search of available transcripts shows, despite the network\u2019s focus on the unexpectedly close governor\u2019s race in New Jersey, the networks seem not to have mentioned Durr\u2019s stunning victory at all.For some reason, the movement that says it represents working people has no interest in covering a truck driver defeating a career politician. Draw your own conclusions.The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":1893899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}