It’s a script we all know by heart. Whenever President Donald Trump achieves a victory for the American people, the establishment media immediately scrambles to find a dark cloud to place in front of his silver lining. They have one sacred rule: Trump must never be seen as successful, effective, or—worst of all—beloved by the public. Their entire narrative, carefully constructed over years of relentless attacks, depends on the fiction that he is a failure.

This forces them to engage in a constant campaign of distortion, where context is stripped away, inconvenient facts are ignored, and any negative statistic, no matter how flimsy, is amplified into a national headline. They are not journalists; they are political activists with press passes, and their target is always the same. A recent event celebrating American culture provided them with the perfect opportunity to pull the same dusty play from their dog-eared playbook.

From ‘Fox News’:

The Trump–Kennedy Center is pushing back on a recent media narrative that its annual Honors awards show suffered a ratings flop under President Donald Trump compared to years prior, arguing that the broadcast performed strongly despite industry-wide headwinds and a dramatically different scheduling landscape…

The event averaged 3.01 million viewers, which is a 25% drop from 2024’s ratings… The ratings yielded headlines reporting that viewership “plummeted,” and late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert mocked Trump for hosting “the lowest-rated Kennedy Center Honors telecast of all time,” as Kimmel said in his Monday monologue.

Of course, as is always the case with these people, the headline was a complete fabrication. The story they refused to tell you is one of stunning success against a stacked deck. The liberal media and their late-night jesters—shocking, I know—conveniently forgot to mention that the 2025 broadcast aired on a Tuesday, just two days before Christmas—a notoriously difficult slot for television viewership.

An Apples-to-Oranges Comparison

The 2024 show they held up as a benchmark aired on a Sunday and had the massive benefit of a live NFL game as a lead-in. It’s exactly what Roma Daravi, the Trump-Kennedy Center’s Vice President of Public Relations, correctly blasted as a “classic apples-to-oranges comparison and evidence of far-left bias.” When you look at the facts, a completely different picture emerges. Despite the scheduling disadvantages, the broadcast tied for the #1 spot in the key demographic of adults aged 25-54, going head-to-head with a live NBA doubleheader.

This wasn’t a flop; it was a testament to the enduring appeal of President Trump and the honorees. The media’s claim falls apart under the slightest scrutiny, revealing their desperate need to manufacture failure where none exists. Their entire gambit was based on one cynical bet: that you wouldn’t bother to look past their deceptive headlines.

A Triumph on Every Front

And this is where the story gets even better. While the media obsessed over one bogus number, they ignored the true measures of success, which pointed to a massive triumph. The Trump-hosted Honors awards show raised a record-breaking $23 million for the institution. To put that in perspective, that figure nearly doubles the $12.7 million raised in the final year of the previous administration. That isn’t just success; it’s a roaring vote of confidence.

Furthermore, in the modern age, cultural impact is measured online, and here the victory was even more staggering. The event garnered 1.5 billion impressions on social media in a single night. The year before? A paltry 50 million. This wasn’t just a success; it was a cultural phenomenon. It’s no wonder the board of trustees voted to rename the institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” acknowledging that the President had saved it from “financial ruin and physical destruction.”

Let’s call this what it is: a perfect, crystal-clear example of media malpractice. They isolate a single data point, strip it of all context, build a false narrative around it, and broadcast it as gospel. They rely on the assumption that you won’t hear the other side of the story. The question is, after years of these same dishonest tactics, when will patriotic Americans finally decide to change the channel for good?

Key Takeaways

• The media deliberately pushed a false narrative of ‘plummeting’ ratings.
• The broadcast actually dominated its key demographic against live sports.
• Fundraising nearly doubled and social media engagement saw explosive growth.
• This incident is another blatant example of the media’s political agenda.

Sources: Fox News