I Can't Imagine CNN Doing This To Any Other Lame-duck POTUS

President Trump’s supporters, who believe his lies that overturning the election is about defending democracy, have “bought into what Abraham Lincoln once called the 'wolf’s dictionary,'” @JohnAvlon explains in today’s #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/qNbCR6cAwM

— New Day (@NewDay) December 9, 2020

And I don't mean that as a criticism. But those who imagine Trump will continue to hold power over his "base" through OANN or Newsmax overstate the size of that base. Whatever prominence FoxNews had was because Trump was POTUS. Hannity and Pirro without Trump in office are just ranters on a cable TV network, and cable is going the way of Betamax (if you don't remember Betamax, you've made my point). Trump's base is on the fringes, and that fringe will shrink from the center of power as Trump leaves that center. Normal will return, and with it will be the full-throated defense of normal (a day late and a dollar short, to be sure; but journalists praise their own heroism; no one else does it for them, and for good reason).

That said, this is a good critique.  Though it could have been made 4 years ago as accurately as it's made now.