True colors

On Nov. 4, the Republican Party rewrote America’s political map. Now it is time to rewrite the media’s political map.

During the 2000 presidential election recount battle, the media swapped out the longstanding political colors for Republicans and Democrats. Democrat-turned-pundit Tim Russert reportedly was first to coin the terms “red state” for Republican and “blue state” for Democratic strongholds. Unfortunately, Fox News and conservatives also embraced this swap.