JD Vances burns of the media elite reveal how siloed they are from reality

Gallup’s annual survey of civic and political trust, released this week, found that the media is currently America’s least-trusted institution.Just 31% of those polled — a new historic low — have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the mass media, including just 27% of independent voters and 12% of Republicans.Back in 2005, the overall trust number was 50%.A complete cratering.In his many tangles with the mainstream media, JD Vance is showing them why this is.Vance in recent weeks has repeatedly schooled anchors, hosts and reporters in basic facts about the economy, the law and other core topics, demonstrating again and again how siloed they have become from ordinary Americans.Either they wall themselves off from sources that challenge their worldview — to the point they simply don’t understand reality — or they can afford to ignore those truths, because things like crime, inflation and the impact of illegal immigration don’t impact them in any way they can actually feel.It’s how the industry totally missed Trump’s victory in 2016, because almost none of its members spoke to voters in places like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.And by operating in this bubble, these journalists-turned-activists have made themselves ignorant.Ever since Donald Trump chose Vance as his running mate, the former Marine and current Ohio senator has been going into hostile media environments: The New York Times podcast, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC and more — a refreshing change at a time when risk-averse politicians tend to hide in their safe spaces for maximum comfort.Vance has shown confidence and conviction against reporters and anchors hell-bent on portraying him as a “weird,” “extreme” elitist (that last one is particularly rich) for having had the audacity to rise out of his nightmarish Rust Belt upbringing and graduate from Yale Law School.More important, his appearances show voters he understands what the real world is like for average folks living ou...