Trump flags hung with the permanence of porch lights, outnumbering Biden signs by what felt like 100 to 1. Social media still hums with MAGA fervor, the comments sections undeterred if not emboldened. YouTube personalities have built media empires: Ben Shapiro has 7 million subscribers. These media spheres don’t trade in news — they manufacture narratives. In a recent segment, the hosts of New York Public Radio subjected themselves to 12 straight hours of right-wing content.