{"id":2323618,"date":"2024-08-13T08:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T12:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-ignore-real-issues-because-they-dont-want-trump-to-win\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T08:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T12:36:24","slug":"media-ignore-real-issues-because-they-dont-want-trump-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-ignore-real-issues-because-they-dont-want-trump-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Ignore Real Issues Because They Don&#8217;t Want Trump To Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-ignore-real-issues-because-they-dont-want-trump-to-win%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323618&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article critiques the media&#8217;s handling \u200bof the 2024 presidential campaign, particularly regarding Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. \u200bIt begins by addressing Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-nba-vets-snub-lebron-for-best-player-choose-kevin-durant\/\" title=\"SURVEY: NBA Vets Snub LeBron for &#039;Best Player,&#039; Choose Kevin Durant\">age-related decline<\/a>, highlighting a fleeting moment of self-reflection\u2062 among the press before they reverted to supporting the Democratic narrative. The author argues that this has led\u200c to a lack of \u200dsubstantive discourse \u200bon pressing issues like the economy, immigration, and health care, which could favor Donald Trump if \u200dproperly examined.<\/p>\n<p>With Harris now the \u2063presumptive nominee, the piece claims she is\u200c being shielded from serious scrutiny, noting\u200b her absence from major interviews and the media&#8217;s failure to challenge her on key\u2062 issues, such as her changing stance on fracking and her \u200dprevious role\u2063 as &#8220;border czar.&#8221;\u200b The article also mentions Tim Walz, her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a>, criticizing his handling of civil unrest in Minnesota and past \u200dmilitary service claims.<\/p>\n<p>The author contrasts this treatment with the more vigorous questioning faced by Trump and his allies from the press, arguing that a lack of challenging reporting on Harris and Walz enables them to\u2063 avoid accountability for their records. the piece suggests that the media&#8217;s reluctance to hold Democratic candidates\u2063 accountable hampers public understanding of \u2063important\u2063 issues at stake in the election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Following the dramatic reveal of Joe Biden&rsquo;s age-related decline on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-how-the-media-covered-fettermans-stroke-vs-mcconnells-freeze\/\" title=\"Media&#039;s Bias: Contrasting Coverage of Fetterman&#039;s Stroke and McConnell&#039;s &#039;Freeze&#039;\">national debate stage<\/a>, there was a brief period of self-examination among the press where they asked themselves whether regurgitating Democrats&rsquo; credulous and self-serving narratives was in the best interest of the American people. That lasted about a week, and was clearly insincere.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;re now three weeks from the press hounding Biden out of the race because they looked like fools for defending years of video clips showing him stumbling around on the international stage non compos mentis. And with no remorse or self-awareness, the media are already back to doing everything they can to serve Democrats&rsquo; narrative.<\/p>\n<p>What this means in practice is that, unlike a traditional presidential campaign, there&rsquo;s been virtually no discussion of actual issues such as the economy, immigration, education, taxes, health care, foreign policy, and so on. The last four years have been pretty disastrous. As a result, if this campaign becomes about issues and what&rsquo;s happened under the Biden-Harris presidency, Trump is going to benefit greatly from that discussion. So the press won&rsquo;t let it happen.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris could not survive the scrutiny of a real presidential campaign, and the media know this. They figure they can skate by with three months of embarrassingly puffy coverage and fool just enough voters with the talk of &ldquo;vibes&rdquo; and &ldquo;joyful&rdquo; campaigning, because vibes are all the Harris campaign has. The Harris-Walz record is indefensible. There&rsquo;s a reason their website has seven donation buttons, but no webpage dedicated to issues.<\/p>\n<p>Again, it is worth noting just how crazy and disturbing recent events have been. Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president just a week ago <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/kamala-harris-nominee-DNC-majority-democratic-roll-call-votes\/story?id=112580918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">through an unprecedented and dubious &ldquo;roll call&rdquo; of delegates<\/a> on the internet without Harris receiving a single primary vote, and even more incredibly, <em>without answering a single substantive question from a member of the press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris still has not done a major interview, and has only made noises about doing an interview &ldquo;before the end of the month.&rdquo; Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-world-of-ubiquitous-racism-new-attack-on-game-of-monopoly\/\" title=\"\u2018A World Of Ubiquitous Racism\u2019: New Attack On Game Of Monopoly\">major news organizations<\/a> are just declaring themselves impotent preemptively. It&rsquo;s pathetic. Here&rsquo;s an actual CNN headline: &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/maximlott\/status\/1821506498062586348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump&rsquo;s campaign cranked up the pressure on Harris to do a major interview, hoping to goad her into a forum in which she&rsquo;s been historically more vulnerable<\/a>.&rdquo; Why is the Trump campaign the one to put pressure on her here? Isn&rsquo;t it the press&rsquo;s job to push politicians out of their comfort zones and make them answer tough questions? And here&rsquo;s a terrifying thought: If Harris is &ldquo;historically vulnerable&rdquo; to doing something as basic as giving a press conference, should voters trust her to negotiate with hostile foreign leaders?<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s true Harris often defaults to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/us-news\/kamala-harris-worst-word-salads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">embarrassing and ignorant gibberish<\/a> when she has to talk at any length. Seems like an issue the press should put to the test! Instead, the media doesn&rsquo;t want to put any pressure on Harris speaking without a teleprompter. The media could easily make the pressure unbearable on Harris and her running mate Tim Walz simply by giving them tough coverage highlighting important issues in their own records.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a hard thing to do. Kamala Harris has flip-flopped on major issues, such as the fact she supported a ban on fracking. She has offered no more of an explanation for her change of heart than a generic campaign statement. She was, despite the press&rsquo;s frantic and unconvincing walkback, the &ldquo;border czar&rdquo; when 10 million-plus illegal immigrants were let into the U.S. She now &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politico\/status\/1822102835837722691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promises to go tough on border security<\/a>,&rdquo; and the press doesn&rsquo;t seem concerned about making her explain what she&rsquo;ll do now that she wasn&rsquo;t doing before.<\/p>\n<p>And then there&rsquo;s Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota who cowardly bailed on a combat assignment and lied about his National Guard service. As governor of Minnesota, Walz openly sympathized with BLM rioters and was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/06\/us-news\/tim-walz-failed-to-act-as-blm-rioters-burned-minneapolis-in-2020-state-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">very slow to act<\/a> as they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/these-minneapolis-st-paul-buildings-are-damaged-looted-after-george-floyd-protests\/569930671?https%3A%2F%2Fwww_rightnowmn_org%2F%3Futm_source=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">burned<\/a> 150 buildings and did half a billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/did-tim-walz-let-rioters-burn-down-minneapolis\/601055269\">damages<\/a> to his state. He&rsquo;s presided over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronYork\/status\/1822616914721411331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a huge spike in murder<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/10\/us-news\/minnesota-education-plummeted-under-democratic-vp-pick-tim-walzs-leadership-critics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">major education failures<\/a> in Minnesota, and is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DustyDeevers\/status\/1821280834483318942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generally a progressive radical<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Any mildly adversarial reporting on Harris and Walz would pretty quickly see them face real pressure to explain themselves publicly.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, in the last week Donald Trump held a press conference where he took on all comers from a hostile press, and J.D. Vance did a series of interviews with network news that were almost absurdly adversarial. CNN&rsquo;s Dana Bash went straight at combat veteran Vance for criticizing Kamala running mate Tim Walz&rsquo;s questionable decision to abandon his unit and retire from the National Guard before deploying to Iraq. She told millions of viewers that Walz did not know his unit was deploying &mdash; which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/08\/11\/jd-vance-cnn-doug-julin-tim-walz-iraq-deployment-minnesota-stolen-valor-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is decidedly untrue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And then ABC&rsquo;s Jon Karl also acted as a surrogate for Walz by flatly accusing Donald Trump of lying because he said that Walz supported &ldquo;kidnapping&rdquo; children from parents who don&rsquo;t support their children being hormonally sterilized and surgically mutilated because too much time on the wrong parts of the internet made them confused about their sex. <\/p>\n<p>Contrary to Karl, the fact is that the Minnesota law that Walz enthusiastically supports made the state a &ldquo;trans refuge&rdquo; and allows for the state to invoke &ldquo;temporary emergency jurisdiction,&rdquo; aka <a href=\"https:\/\/readlion.com\/under-gov-walz-minnesota-denied-parents-rights-everywhere-with-trans-sanctuary-law-gender-pledge-for-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taking kids from parents if there&rsquo;s a custody dispute<\/a> over a child getting what the state falsely deems &ldquo;medically necessary&rdquo; treatment for being trans. Instead of asking Harris and Walz whether they think undermining parental rights is something Americans support, Karl is cartoonishly calling Trump and Vance liars based on his own misunderstanding of what Walz has done.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s worth watching Vance&rsquo;s response to Karl in full because he does a masterful job of pushing back on his ridiculous defense of Walz&rsquo;s radical policies. But perhaps what&rsquo;s most notable about the exchange is the way that Vance calls out Karl and the press for not discussing real issues:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s the more important thing, Jon, why aren&rsquo;t we talking about inflation? Why aren&rsquo;t we talking about the fact that groceries are unaffordable thanks to Kamala Harris&rsquo; policies, and so is housing? We&rsquo;ve talked a little bit about the border. Why aren&rsquo;t we talking about the fact that the entire world is on fire because Kamala Harris&rsquo; foreign policy, she&rsquo;s just asleep at the wheel? We have a set of plans. You talk about sticking to the facts. Donald Trump and I have a set of plans to lower the cost of housing and food, to bring peace back to the world with American leadership, that is all that we want to do. And I think it&rsquo;s telling that the Harris administration is focused so much on these side issues instead of on the real substance, why Americans are unhappy with Kamala Harris. &hellip; What are their policy views? They don&rsquo;t have a policy position on their website. Should she sit down and answer tough questions with you? I think she should. Where is she?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reality, of course, is that the Trump campaign should know they can&rsquo;t count on the media to do their job. They are openly campaigning for her and the double standards are blatant &mdash; when Harris recently stole the Trump campaign&rsquo;s proposal to stop taxing tips, you might be able <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimMurtaugh\/status\/1823061456818233852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to detect a slight difference<\/a> between how the proposal has been covered depending on which candidate is espousing it.<\/p>\n<p>America&rsquo;s failing media establishment knows that if Trump were elected it would be a massive repudiation and further erode their credibility. They&rsquo;re going to do what they can to help Harris get elected. If the Trump campaign needs this race to be about issues, they had better have a plan to bring these issues to the public and make Kamala Harris and Tim Walz account for their lack of honesty and failures. The press won&rsquo;t do this and time is running out. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Mark Hemingway is the Book Editor at The Federalist, and was formerly a senior writer at The Weekly Standard. Follow him on Twitter at <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/heminator\">@heminator<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the striking display of Joe Biden&#8217;s age-related decline during a national debate, the media briefly reflected on whether their uncritical acceptance of Democrats&#8217; narratives served the American public well. This introspection lasted only about a week and felt disingenuous. Now, just three weeks later, the press seems intent on pushing Biden out of the race after appearing foolish for defending years of footage showing him struggling on an international stage. Without any sense of accountability or awareness, they have returned to supporting Democratic narratives.<\/p>\n<p>In practical terms, this means that unlike in typical presidential campaigns, there has been little discussion about pressing issues like the economy, immigration, education, taxes, healthcare, and foreign policy. The past four years have been quite challenging; thus if this campaign focuses on these issues and what has transpired under Biden-Harris leadership, Trump stands to gain significantly from such discussions. Consequently, the media is working to prevent that from happening.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris would likely not withstand scrutiny in a genuine presidential campaign\u2014a fact known by the media. They believe they can get away with three months of overly favorable coverage while misleading enough voters with talk about &#8220;vibes&#8221; and &#8220;joyful&#8221; campaigning since those are all Harris&#8217;s campaign has to offer. The record of Harris and her running mate Tim Walz is indefensible; their website features seven donation buttons but lacks a page dedicated to policy issues.<\/p>\n<p>Recent events have been particularly alarming: Joe Biden dropped out of the race just last week; Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee through an unprecedented online &#8220;roll call&#8221; without receiving any primary votes or answering substantive questions from journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Harris still hasn&#8217;t participated in a significant interview and has only hinted at doing one \u201cbefore month\u2019s end.\u201d Meanwhile major news outlets seem resigned to their impotence\u2014it&#8217;s quite disheartening. For instance, CNN reported that \u201cTrump\u2019s campaign cranked up pressure on Harris\u201d for her to conduct an interview where she might be more vulnerable historically\u2014why should it be Trump&#8217;s responsibility? Isn\u2019t it supposed to be journalists\u2019 duty to challenge politicians?<\/p>\n<p>If Harris struggles with something as fundamental as holding a press conference under pressure from Trump\u2019s team\u2014should voters trust her ability to negotiate with adversarial foreign leaders? It\u2019s evident that when she speaks at length without preparation she often resorts to nonsensical statements\u2014a point worth testing by reporters! Instead of applying pressure for her unscripted responses regarding critical issues in her record alongside Walz&#8217;s performance as governor during crises like riots or rising crime rates\u2014the media opts not even attempt tough questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely over recent days Donald Trump held press conferences engaging directly with hostile reporters while J.D. Vance faced aggressive questioning regarding his criticisms against Walz&#8217;s military service history during interviews which were notably confrontational.<\/p>\n<p>In stark contrast ABC News\u2019 Jon Karl defended Walz against accusations made by Trump concerning his support for controversial policies affecting parental rights regarding children undergoing gender transition treatments instead focusing criticism towards Trump rather than addressing real concerns raised about these policies themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Vance effectively challenged Karl\u2019s defense highlighting how crucial it is for discussions around inflation or housing affordability\u2014which are direct consequences stemming from Kamala Harris\u2019 policies\u2014to take precedence over side topics distracting attention away from why Americans may feel dissatisfied with current leadership including lackluster policy positions presented publicly by both candidates involved here!<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately though it&#8217;s clear: The Trump campaign cannot rely solely upon mainstream media fulfilling its role objectively\u2014they\u2019re actively campaigning favorably towards candidates like Kamala who represent ideologies contrary many Americans hold dear! If they want this election centered around substantive matters then strategic planning must occur soon before time runs out entirely!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":2323619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala_Harris_48004683052.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4065,4188,37977,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2323618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-issues","tag-media","tag-news-coverage","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala_Harris_48004683052.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}