This leads to the question: Has the media influenced Wyoming voters’ views on issues and about candidates by promoting a particular agenda for the public? There has been a lot of research on the role of news media setting the agenda for those reading and watching the news believe because the information they are receiving is dominant, it is the most acceptable news. For example, agenda-setting research generally points to the power of media to tell us what we think about. But that is not enough. The other side of the coin is whether the same media tell us how to think, in other words which candidate is most acceptable and why. For example, during the 2022 congressional election in Wyoming, the Wyoming and national news media told us how to think a certain way about the candidates. Trump interfered by sending in his minions to the state during the campaign season, in order to defeat incumbant Congresswoman Liz Cheney. In addition. a significant number of Wyoming news media were being bought by “investors” from out of state who likely had a hidden agenda to ensure a particular outcome of the election — the defeat of Cheney.
