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Last week’s midterm elections were chock full of lessons for both the right and left. And there were many takeaways about the media industry, too.
To name a few: The TV ad spending advantage held by Republicans wasn’t enough to hold back a “blue wave.” The pre-election Fox News ratings decline really was a foreshock, signaling that GOP voters were feeling discouraged about their party. And the election season showed that Democrats have figured out how to compete with President Donald Trump in what are sometimes dubbed the “attention wars.”
