Conservative media outlets have largely ignored or downplayed the recent stock market decline, opting instead to focus on unrelated topics or frame the downturn as a positive development. Major right-leaning websites, including The New York Post and One America News, failed to report on the sell-off during Monday’s closing bell.
Fox Business Network, which typically covers investing and economic issues, relegated coverage of the market drop to secondary stories, instead highlighting temporary outages on Elon Musk’s social media platform X. Even prominent conservative voices, like Fox Business host Larry Kudlow, dismissed concerns about a potential recession, attributing the decline to a “period of transition.”
Lawmakers, including Senator Tommy Tuberville and former President Trump himself, have also joined in, downplaying the impact of the market shock. Tuberville claimed that the stock market was “overbloated” and needed to be reined in, while Trump suggested that China’s economic approach was more desirable than the US quarterly results focus.
Notably, some conservative voices have expressed concern about the market decline, including Stephen Moore and Senator Rand Paul. However, their warnings were largely drowned out by those eager to dismiss or downplay the news.
The lack of coverage from conservative media outlets reflects a deeper acceptance of President Trump’s agenda, even if it hurts individual investors. This phenomenon highlights the tension between ideological loyalty and financial realities among some right-leaning voices in the US media landscape.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/business/media/stock-market-conservative-media.html