[Drew68]

I thought in the aftermath of the 2016 election, the media types said they would spend more time in middle America, really trying to understand views and issues there.

Many of them did venture out away from their coastal bubbles. They went to college towns and talked to university professors.

Seriously. They did this.

"We've decided we needed to visit the parts of America where Trump won so I traveled to Ann Arbor where I spent time with a gender studies professor at the University of Michigan to learn more about the other America. Trump's America..."

[Dilbert San Diego]

I had to LOL reading this response. Indeed, what new views did the East Coast media types get, by going to college campuses in other places????

Rhetorical question.........................