I was saying back in 2020, that if the right was going to say, "stop the steal" - focus on the real actors, the media. You are also right on the pop culture, 3 letter agencies, etc.
For 2024, with the "coup" (lowercase "c") of Joe Biden, when the media turned on him post debate, it was over. It was one of the most remarkable things I have ever seen. We are now on day 23/24 of Kamala taking no hard questions. Essentially two months of a fundamental shift and highlighting how powerful the media is with swing, lower information voters. Again, simply remarkable.
Vivek said, and he is right, that from Kamala's point of view, a basement strategy is a smart one. Why give the press something to tear you up over.
Where Nikki Haley lost it for me (again) is that she said that Trump and the right should not be focused on the media and them abdicating their duty. If you want "RINO" behavior - there you go.
They ABSOLUTELY should be focused on that, and note that it has NOTHING to do with Race, Gender, Intelligence, etc. It is about the Media doing its job and getting citizens to wake up and force CNN and others to do exactly that.