News revelations shift political support by spotlighting some issues while suppressing others

Evidence

It would appear that the disclosure of 25 November altered the foundation of support for the president both by bringing certain aspects of public life to center stage and by pushing other aspects of public life off the stage altogether. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1605

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mass anti-war mobilization permanently introduced suppressed social questions to public agenda — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 253; Media shifts made politician scrutiny constant and pushed structural issues to the background — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 598