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For a media ecosystem often accused of filtering reality through ideology, this acknowledgment represented a crack in the narrative wall. It suggested that outcomes, not intentions, were driving the story.
Some dismissed the moment as insignificant — just another news segment in a 24-hour cycle. But that misses the larger point. Media institutions don’t just report facts; they shape public perception of legitimacy. When a mainstream outlet concedes that a Trump policy delivered results, it complicates years of framing that portrayed his approach as reckless or ineffective by default.
This matters for several reasons:
