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From an outsider's perspective it seems like the Democrats behave like that because the US electorate is genuinely right-wing and need pandered to.
Where do you get your opinion of Americans? The answer doesn't' matter because every media outlet, including social media, is owned by billionaires. Lemmy being the possible exception, but don't tell me you get the impression that Americans are right wing from here.
Doesn't it seem weird how many think pieces about Trump voters there have been in the past decade? I've never seen an article about an Anarchist. Not a single article about someone who didn't vote. Meanwhile, every algorithm takes you to the furthest right content you'll accept.
I'm mainly basing my opinion on my experiences living in the UK where everyone complains about "right-wing tabloids" but these newspapers enjoy huge sales figures.
I don't know much about UK politics, but Murdoch was pushing you right even before us.
I think about tabloids as "Propaganda that pays for itself". What better way to sow distrust in science than wild stories about nonsense? Repeat a lie enough times and people start to believe it.
Tabloids have comparatively high sales because they're pap aimed at the lowest common denominator. Young people don't read print papers, so the tabloids make a business of confirming the worst Boomer fears.