Conservative media has stayed devoted to Trump’s bogus claims of victory — but cracks are starting to show

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After four long days of uncertainty, the purveyors of mainstream media credibility — including The Washington Post, New York Times, Associated Press and all the major broadcast and cable news networks including the president’s once-favorite Fox News — all declared on Nov. 7 that Joe Biden had won the presidency.

Here and there, a few votes remained to be counted. But the outcome was clear to most of the media. The election was over. And President Trump had lost.

But nearly two weeks later, as courts shut down the Trump campaign’s long-shot legal challenges and states move forward with certifications of the vote, Trump himself is not letting go. And fighting alongside him are large — if wavering— swaths of the conservative media landscape. Continue reading.