{"id":2331873,"date":"2024-08-27T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-media-are-lying-now-kamalas-fake-media-leverage-edition\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T15:49:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:49:27","slug":"how-media-are-lying-now-kamalas-fake-media-leverage-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-media-are-lying-now-kamalas-fake-media-leverage-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"How Media Are Lying Now: Kamala&#8217;s Fake Media Leverage Edition"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhow-media-are-lying-now-kamalas-fake-media-leverage-edition%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=2331873&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>Two influential newsletters from Politico and Axios have recently \u200bhighlighted the media narrative surrounding \u2063Kamala Harris\u200b as she prepares for her role as the Democratic nominee in the upcoming presidential debate against Donald Trump. Both publications suggest that Harris has strategically positioned herself favorably for these events, despite her lack of substantial accomplishments or a solid political foundation.\u2063 Currently serving under an administration facing record inflation, slow wage growth, \u200dand a controversial handling of immigration, Harris has\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-is-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-to-gop-thanks-to-identity-politics-kaylee-mcghee-white\/\" title=\"Kaylee McGhee White believes Kamala Harris is a constant source of advantage for the GOP due to her focus on identity politics.\">low approval\u2062 ratings<\/a> and did not compete \u2062in primary \u200celections to secure her\u2062 nomination. In \u2062fact, she\u200d withdrew from the 2020 presidential race before the Iowa caucus, \u2064polling at just \u200c3%. \u2064Recently, her aides have indicated \u200da\u2064 shift in \u2064her major policy positions\u200b without providing clear explanations. The narrative \u2064portrayed by the media seems to misconstrue her situation, presenting her as having the upper hand, \u2063while \u200dan honest portrayal would require her \u200bto directly address\u200b her record and evolving stances.  <\/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>Two of Washington&rsquo;s most influential newsletters inadvertently did an excellent job this week of highlighting a couple of things that are more or less two sides of the same coin: the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/20\/now-we-know-why-kamala-and-the-media-dont-want-to-talk-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media-generated dynamic<\/a> leading up to the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, plus the drummed-up anticipation surrounding the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-claims-pentagon-biological-war-labs-developing-pathogens-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Russia Claims Pentagon &#039;Biological War Labs&#039; Developing &#039;Pathogens&#039; in Ukraine\">nationally televised interview<\/a> with Kamala as the Democrat nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Both newsletters, by Politico and Axios, framed their offerings as if Kamala has masterfully positioned herself to hold all the cards for both events, when in fact she&rsquo;s done nothing. If anything, she should have the weaker hand with both.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala is currently in the White House, leading an administration that has overseen: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/economy\/u-s-inflation-at-9-1-percent-a-record-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record levels of inflation<\/a>, making middle-income earners poorer; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2023\/aug\/03\/joe-biden\/joe-biden-said-inflation-adjusted-wages-are-up-tha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weak wage growth<\/a>, leaving middle-income earners reducing their own standards of living; and an open southern border, diverting limited government resources away from taxpaying Americans to migrants who broke our laws. That&rsquo;s without mentioning the two new foreign wars directly implicating the United States and which require yet more indefinite financial sacrifice by American taxpayers, many of whom haven&rsquo;t even been born.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala did <em>not<\/em> go through a primary to earn her party&rsquo;s nomination. She <em>has<\/em> served as vice president with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/06\/26\/kamala-harris-poll-2024-election-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-joe-biden-approval-rating-hits-record-low-as-he-reaches-one-year-as-president\/\" title=\"Poll: Joe Biden Approval Rating Hits Record Low as He Reaches One Year as President\">record-low approval ratings<\/a><\/a>. Kamala did <em>not<\/em> make it through a single primary competition of her first real run for president in 2019, dropping out before the first contest in Iowa as she polled at just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/elections\/presidential\/caucus\/2019\/12\/03\/election-2020-kamala-harris-drops-out-campaign-democratic-nomination\/2597667001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3 percent<\/a> among Democrat voters. She <em>did<\/em> just have her staff anonymously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/harris-dodging-flip-flop-attacks-faceless-surrogates-flip-key-positions-playing-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tell<\/a> the news media that she no longer holds every major position that defined that campaign &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/30\/politics\/harris-shifts-policy-stances\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defunding the police<\/a>, decriminalizing unauthorized border crossing, eliminating private health insurance &mdash; without any explanation for the changes.<\/p>\n<p>An honest news media would remind voters of that reality, around the clock, every single day, and insist it&rsquo;s incumbent upon Kamala to answer for herself. But our media, ushered along by Axios and Politico, deceitfully pretend Kamala has all the leverage.<\/p>\n<p>Axios, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/27\/taunting-trump-harris-campaigns-sneer-tactics?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aug. 27<\/a>: &ldquo;[Harris] was continuing to control the campaign conversation as she roared out of Chicago into her first post-convention week.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Politico, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2024\/08\/27\/inside-harris-big-interview-decision-00176402?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=0000014e-f115-dd93-ad7f-f915a6170001&amp;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">same day<\/a>: &ldquo;[W]ith the Democratic nominee generally hitting all her marks since entering the race, her scripted, light-on-policy candidacy has become <em>an issue<\/em>. And questions about when, where and with whom Harris will finally sit down are dominating the inside conversation this week.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>See there? If you&rsquo;re installed as the Democrat nominee, having received not a single primary vote for the job, and you allow the media to pretend you&rsquo;re not currently presiding over a weak economy, an open border, and global wars, Politico will say you&rsquo;re &ldquo;generally hitting all your marks.&rdquo; Must be nice!<\/p>\n<p>Not only are the media asking the &ldquo;questions&rdquo; about the pending interview, they&rsquo;re strategizing with the campaign about it.<\/p>\n<p>Politico was kind enough to offer the extra detail that Kamala&rsquo;s team is consulting with its closest advisers (Washington reporters) on who should be so lucky as to get the opportunity to ask the vice president questions. That&rsquo;s not a joke. &ldquo;Harris campaign staff,&rdquo; the newsletter said, &ldquo;have been asking reporters who they think she should talk to.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is undoubtedly the most open alignment in history between a national Democrat campaign and the media supposedly vetting that campaign on behalf of voters.<\/p>\n<p>While Donald Trump is dashing to every TV, radio, and podcast studio that will have him &mdash; fewer and fewer corporate ones will &mdash; Kamala remains cloistered away, huddling with reporters about how to handle &hellip; reporters.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t a celebrity we should be waiting to hear from. This is a candidate for president who should be scurrying in front of every camera she can find so that she can defend her indisputably awful tenure in the White House, a tenure she says she&rsquo;d like to extend. And if she won&rsquo;t, she deserves to be berated by everyone, especially the media, until she does.<\/p>\n<p>They won&rsquo;t, though. They&rsquo;re helping her hide.<\/p>\n<hr><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, two prominent newsletters from Washington effectively underscored a dual narrative: the media-driven atmosphere leading up to the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and the heightened excitement for Kamala&#8217;s first nationally televised interview as the Democratic nominee. Both Politico and Axios portrayed Kamala as having strategically positioned herself advantageously for these events, when in reality, she has not taken significant action. In fact, her position may be weaker in both scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Currently serving as vice president in an administration facing challenges such as record inflation that has diminished middle-income earners&#8217; financial stability, stagnant wage growth forcing many to lower their living standards, and an open southern border that reallocates government resources away from taxpayers to undocumented migrants\u2014Kamala&#8217;s situation is precarious. Additionally, there are two new foreign conflicts involving the U.S., which will require further financial sacrifices from American taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala did not compete in a primary election to secure her party\u2019s nomination and has been serving with historically low approval ratings. During her initial presidential campaign in 2019, she dropped out before any primaries after polling at just 3% among Democratic voters. Recently, her staff anonymously informed media outlets that she no longer supports key positions from her campaign\u2014such as defunding police or decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings\u2014without providing any rationale for these shifts.<\/p>\n<p>A truthful media would consistently remind voters of this context and hold Kamala accountable for it. However, outlets like Axios and Politico misleadingly suggest that she holds all the power in this situation.<\/p>\n<p>For instance:<br \/>\n&#8211; Axios reported on August 27 that \u201cHarris was continuing to control the campaign conversation\u201d following a convention.<br \/>\n&#8211; Politico noted on the same day that \u201cthe Democratic nominee generally hitting all her marks since entering the race\u201d raises concerns about her lack of substantive policy discussion.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re appointed as a Democratic nominee without receiving any primary votes while allowing media narratives to ignore your administration\u2019s struggles with economic issues or global conflicts, it\u2019s easy for publications like Politico to claim you\u2019re \u201cgenerally hitting all your marks.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, rather than simply posing questions about upcoming interviews with reporters independently assessing her candidacy&#8217;s viability; they are collaborating closely with Kamala\u2019s team on how best to approach these discussions. Politico revealed that Harris\u2019 staff is consulting reporters on who should be allowed to question her\u2014a clear indication of unprecedented cooperation between a national Democrat campaign and journalists meant to scrutinize it on behalf of voters.<\/p>\n<p>While Donald Trump actively engages with various media platforms\u2014despite fewer corporate opportunities available\u2014Kamala remains secluded while strategizing about how best to interact with those very reporters.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t merely about waiting for celebrity updates; it&#8217;s crucial for a presidential candidate like Kamala Harris who should be actively defending what many view as an unsuccessful tenure if she hopes to extend it further. If she fails to do so publicly soon enough, there should be widespread criticism directed at both her and especially at those within the media who enable this avoidance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":2331874,"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\/07\/Kamala-Harris-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[7380,32438,4188,32490,5894],"class_list":["post-2331873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-misinformation","tag-kamala-harris","tag-media","tag-media-bias","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kamala-Harris-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331873","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\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}