Republican candidates are learning many lessons from underperforming in 2022. One is that playing only to conservative press is preaching to the choir, a good strategy to land contributions, book deals, and a Fox News Channel consulting gig, but not to win a majority from an electorate stacked against them. 

The way Republicans limit themselves to like-minded outlets reminds me of my days at Fox News Channel. In the months after the October 1996 launch, congressional Democrats boycotted those of us trying to book guests, hoping to strangle the upstart network in its crib.