By bypassing the Lying Mainstream Media, Trump has changed the equilibrium

Richard Fernandez is a brilliant analyst, whose ideas I regularly steal.  And modify, after due notification to readers.

The post below is my edit of what I think is an incredibly perceptive piece by Richard.  Readers are encouraged to read his original (link at bottom).
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Trump is fighting the Dems using a strategy never used before.  As far back as anyone can remember, political fights have taken place at a slow pace, dictated by the news cycle and warped by the media to favor Democrats.

The pattern was predictable.  The media used leaks to set up a story; talk shows filled in the blanks, and the nation had its narrative for the week.  But Trump is bypassing the old model: by using social media (i.e. the internet) the president can engage any part of the Democratic lineup, bypassing the air cover they've always gotten from the Mainstream Media.

By bypassing the Mainstream Media the president prevents the Democratic Party from communicating through carefully prepared spokesmen in controlled venues--a system that has always worked for them in the past.  This is so routine that it's been shortened to "talking points."

Bypassing the Mainstream Media also keeps the Democrats from getting their story straight. As Time Magazine noted, lying can be "cognitively demanding."  The party must both suppress the truth and construct a lie that is both plausible on its face and does not contradict anything known by the listener--nor likely to become known.

You must tell it in a convincing way, and must remember the story. This usually takes time and concentration, both of which may give off secondary cues and reduce performance on simultaneous tasks.

Lying is hard work. In a rapid exchange, people can accidentally tell the truth.  By drastically speeding up the pace of the exchanges, Trump pushes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her companions to be more likely to blurt out their unscripted, impromptu reactions.

Fascinating: On the one hand we have a group of people who think America is the source of all evil, and should spend the rest of its hopefully brief existence atoning for the mischief it has loosed on the world.  On the other hand is a group who believe that for all its faults, the United States is the greatest country in the world, and that those who want to destroy it should go back to Somalia.

Thus the newest controversy, prompted by AOC and her leftist, socialist comrades, is Who Owns America.  America, said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "belongs to everyone"--and virtually all Democrats seem to agree.  When the New York Times asked the Democratic presidential candidates about border protection, not one said illegal immigration was a problem.

Again, I've edited Richard's piece extensively.  Click here to read his entire piece.