{"id":2336283,"date":"2024-09-03T17:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-stop-expecting-good-faith-debates-with-the-media\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T17:21:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T21:21:35","slug":"republicans-stop-expecting-good-faith-debates-with-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-stop-expecting-good-faith-debates-with-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans, Stop Expecting Good-Faith Debates With The Media"},"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\">16<\/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%2Frepublicans-stop-expecting-good-faith-debates-with-the-media%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=2336283&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 discusses the challenges faced by Republicans, specifically during media interviews with outlets like CNN and MSNBC, particularly\u2064 in the context of discussing Vice President Kamala Harris. The author argues that these interviews are not genuine dialogues but rather biased platforms where the\u200b anchors defend Democratic positions. <\/p>\n<p>An example is provided involving CNN \u2064anchor John Berman and Trump \u200ccampaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, where Berman \u200drefutes Leavitt\u2019s claims about Harris&#8217;s lack of credibility on immigration. The author criticizes the Republican strategy of engaging in back-and-forth arguments about facts\u200b when, \u200caccording to them, the media&#8217;s framing is inherently supportive \u200bof Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Instead,\u200c the author suggests two\u2063 alternative strategies for Republicans: first, to challenge the\u2064 anchors and force them to substantiate their claims, as exemplified \u2064by Senator Tom\u200b Cotton&#8217;s effective \u200bresponses to ABC&#8217;s Jonathan Karl. The\u2062 second strategy is to confront the media&#8217;s bias directly, recognizing the anchor&#8217;s role in \u200bpromoting the Democratic agenda, thereby allowing Republicans to communicate their points\u200c more effectively. the commentary emphasizes the \u200dneed for\u200c Republicans to adjust their approach to\u200b media interactions.  <\/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>Between now and Election Day there is something Republicans and Trump&rsquo;s media surrogates have got to understand: When you go on CNN, MSNBC, and the like, it is not an interview and it is not a debate. Stop trying to interview and stop trying to debate.<\/p>\n<p>There is no interview and there is no debate if the anchor will inevitably and invariably lie on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; campaign. That predictable dynamic played out perfectly on CNN last week in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2024\/08\/29\/trump_campaigns_karoline_leavitt_vs_cnn_kamala_harris_was_never_appointed_the_border_czar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">segment<\/a> featuring anchor John Berman and Donald Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by a perky Berman to &ldquo;explain&rdquo; why voters supposedly see Kamala &ldquo;as perhaps the candidate of change,&rdquo; Leavitt offered a fine answer. She said Kamala can&rsquo;t credibly be a &ldquo;change&rdquo; candidate because she&rsquo;s currently in the White House and is &ldquo;wholly responsible for the failures over the past four years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So far so good. Leavitt went on to say Kamala &ldquo;was named the border czar,&rdquo; thus making her responsible for the appalling migrant crisis we&rsquo;ve all been forced to suffer through, and and added that former President Trump &ldquo;secured the border [and] unleashed the might of our energy industry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That was Berman&rsquo;s cue. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-warns-democrats-what-republicans-will-do-if-democrats-end-filibuster-would-be-childs-play\/\" title=\"McConnell Warns Democrats What Republicans Will Do If Democrats End Filibuster: \u2018Would Be Child\u2019s Play\u2019\">domestic energy production<\/a> right now than there&rsquo;s ever been in U.S. history,&rdquo; he said with great pride. &ldquo;And Kamala Harris was not the border czar, she was appointed to deal with the Northern Triangle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt offered a not-bad rebuttal, correctly noting that gas and energy prices are exponentially higher under the Kamala-Biden administration (along with the price of everything else, I&rsquo;ll add) and that Kamala was, in fact, appointed by her teammate Joe Biden to oversee the border collapse that they initiated together.<\/p>\n<p>So Berman went to bat for Kamala again. &ldquo;She was not appointed the border czar,&rdquo; he repeated, &ldquo;she was appointed to deal with the Northern Triangle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt did a fine job engaging the dork, but the mentality of Republicans heading into these affairs is all wrong. There is no point in getting into a back-and-forth on the merits of an issue with Berman &mdash; or any of his peers. Kamala was indisputably <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/24\/after-years-of-regaling-vp-as-border-czar-media-claim-harris-was-never-in-charge-of-the-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">placed in charge of stemming immigration<\/a> across the border, and whatever she did, whatever they want to call it, however they want to describe it, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/07\/30\/kamala-harris-we-cant-secure-the-border-until-we-transform-central-america-into-a-paradise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she failed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A conversation of &ldquo;Yes, she was,&rdquo; &ldquo;No, she wasn&rsquo;t&rdquo; is useless and a wasted opportunity. Instead, there are two options for taking advantage of these little shows:<\/p>\n<p>One is to force the trifling anchor to fully expose himself as a Democrat surrogate by demanding he explain and defend his counterpoint. <\/p>\n<p>Senator Tom Cotton did this expertly in a recent interview with ABC&rsquo;s Jonathan &ldquo;Milhouse&rdquo; Karl. When Karl attempted to run interference for Kamala by insisting Kamala no longer supports every godawful policy she professed to support and even aided in implementing as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, Cotton challenged Karl to show his math. &ldquo;How do you know that&rsquo;s not her position?&rdquo; said Cotton in a way that kind of turns me on. &ldquo;How do you know that&rsquo;s not her position? She has not said that. She has not said that. She has not said that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Tom Cotton applies the number one rule when dealing with the press in this clip: Never accept their false premises.<\/p>\n<p>Karl insists Harris has changed her position on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-appears-to-have-settled-on-a-brand-new-nickname-for-kamala-harris\/\" title=\"Trump Appears to Have Settled on a Brand New Nickname for Kamala Harris\">eliminating private health insurance<\/a>, and Cotton takes him to the cleaners. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ylq37mDRIw\">pic.twitter.com\/Ylq37mDRIw<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bonchieredstate\/status\/1827759945300807819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Karl went on to say on behalf of the Kamala campaign that the vice president is &ldquo;clearly making an effort to move to the middle,&rdquo; revealing whom he supports in this race and whom he believes needs help across the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, Republicans, you can proceed to acknowledge that the anchor is here to assist Kamala, nothing more, and you can continue to make the points you want.<\/p>\n<p>The second option is to aggressively confront every rebuttal sputtered by the anchor because the media collectively and individually have proven themselves to be <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/27\/heres-how-the-media-are-lying-right-now-kamalas-fake-media-leverage-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">irredeemable liars and fiends<\/a>. Say so. They deserve it. The voters are on your side when you do. <\/p>\n<p>There is no self-accountability among the media for their endless deceit and malicious conduct. The accountability is you, elected Republican, who gets to speak to them to their faces and ask them what the rest of us wish we could.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why are you defending her?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Why are you speaking for her?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Why are you letting Kamala and the Democrats dictate your coverage?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Why are you trying to debate on their behalf?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you want a debate, host one and demand that she be here to answer for herself, rather than you answering for her.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Why do you accept that Kamala has abandoned every major position she held until two months ago, positions she has attempted to disown without any feasible explanation? Why is that acceptable to you?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Why are you repeating her campaign&rsquo;s lies, which you know are false, and which you refuse to &ldquo;fact-check&rdquo;?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Why do you apologize for her campaigners&rsquo; lies when they&rsquo;re not here and then get snippy with me for rebutting them, even though I did you the courtesy of showing up while they refuse to answer your calls?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t let them get away with their dishonesty. Stop assuming or hoping that they&rsquo;ll be nice to you, or even just fair. They won&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, you&rsquo;re not going to best the anchor on the facts, because the anchors aren&rsquo;t conceding any facts. The best you can do is beat them into submission.<\/p>\n<hr><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Election Day approaches, Republicans and Trump&#8217;s media representatives need to grasp an important point: appearances on networks like CNN and MSNBC are neither interviews nor debates. They should abandon the notion of conducting interviews or engaging in debates. The format is not conducive to genuine discussion when the host consistently misrepresents facts in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; campaign. This dynamic was clearly illustrated last week on CNN during a segment with anchor John Berman and Donald Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.<\/p>\n<p>When Berman asked Leavitt to clarify why voters might view Kamala as a &#8220;candidate of change,&#8221; she responded effectively, stating that Kamala cannot be seen as a change agent since she is currently in the White House and accountable for the past four years&#8217; failures. Leavitt further pointed out that Kamala was designated as the border czar, making her responsible for the ongoing migrant crisis, while highlighting that former President Trump had successfully secured the border.<\/p>\n<p>Berman then interjected with prideful claims about current domestic energy production levels and insisted that Kamala was not actually appointed as border czar but rather tasked with addressing issues related to the Northern Triangle. In response, Leavitt made valid points about rising gas prices under Biden&#8217;s administration and reiterated that Kamala was indeed assigned by Biden to manage border issues.<\/p>\n<p>However, Berman continued defending Harris by repeating his earlier assertion regarding her role. While Leavitt engaged well with him, Republicans must shift their approach when participating in these discussions; arguing over semantics is unproductive. It\u2019s clear that regardless of titles or descriptions used by Democrats, Kamala has failed in her responsibilities concerning immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of getting caught up in pointless back-and-forths over who holds what title or responsibility, there are two more effective strategies for Republicans during these segments:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Expose Media Bias**: Challenge anchors directly on their biases by demanding they justify their positions supporting Democrats like Harris. For instance, Senator Tom Cotton recently confronted ABC&#8217;s Jonathan Karl when he attempted to defend Harris\u2019 shifting policies\u2014Cotton pressed him for evidence backing his claims about her supposed changes in stance.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Confront Lies Head-On**: Aggressively counter any misleading statements from anchors because media outlets have repeatedly demonstrated dishonesty and bias against Republican viewpoints. It&#8217;s crucial for elected officials to hold them accountable publicly by asking tough questions such as why they defend Democratic positions or allow them to dictate coverage narratives.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans should stop expecting fairness from these media figures; instead, they need to assert themselves firmly against misinformation while recognizing that winning factual arguments may not be possible if anchors refuse to acknowledge those facts at all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":2336284,"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\/09\/CNN-Vance.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40017,4188,36370,32171,3756],"class_list":["post-2336283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-good-faith-debate","tag-media","tag-media-relations","tag-political-commentary","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CNN-Vance.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336283","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=2336283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}