It would seem that, but then Trump was intentionally hated by the media and also didn't attend any of the primary debates, allowing his opponents much airtime and the benefit of getting the mainstage to make their case as alternatives to him, yet he won the elections in a massive landslide, for the GOP it comes down to what the people want even in spite of the media's influence. For the democrats in spite of even the rigged nature of their primary election, the media influence prevailed as many of them are within the democrat party's elite class in appointing Kamala to the presidency without any election whatsoever after they saw Biden totally melt down.