PHP Code issue - Posts doesn't appear in Wordpress page

Question

Can anyone please help me review the following WordPress PHP code. This suppose to show 4 media post in a page and it used to work until recently it stopped working and I can only see Title of the section and Read More link. I hope to find some help resolving the issue. Thanks.

 <?php elseif( get_row_layout() == 'media_section' ):?>
<section class="beehive-in-media-section text-center">

    <h2>Beehive in the Media </h2>

    <div class="container-medium">
        <div class="media-blocks-wrapper">

            <?php
            $paged = get_query_var( 'paged' ) ? absint( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) : 1;
            // the query
            $the_query = new WP_Query( array(
                'posts_per_page' => 4,
                'post_type' =>'media_posts',
                'tax_query' => array(
                            array(
                                    'taxonomy' => 'lists',
                                    'terms' => 'featured'
                                )
                             ),
            ));
            ?>
            <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
                <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
                    <div class="media-box-wrapper">
                        <div class="media-box-wrapper-inner">
                            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                                <span><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></span>
                                <p><?php the_title(); ?>
                                </p>
                            </a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                <?php endwhile; ?>
                <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
            <?php endif; ?>
        </div> <!-- .media-blocks-wrapper -->
    </div> <!-- container-medium -->

    <a href="<?php echo get_post_type_archive_link('media_posts') ?>" class="btn btn--medium-2 btn--learnMore inline md-16 mbl-16">Read More</a>
</section>