I don't think Harris needs to prove she can answer questions, I think the media

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EarlG (22,347 posts)

I don't think Harris needs to prove she can answer questions, I think the media needs to prove it can ask them
Traditional media organizations have been up in arms about Kamala Harris not doing a formal sit-down interview (although Harris and Walz are about to do just that with Dana Bash on CNN tomorrow). But the fact is that in this day and age there are a million ways for candidates to reach voters, via methods that have a far greater reach than any cable news program or newspaper editorial page. And frankly, the media has done an appalling job recently of demonstrating that it can ask serious questions that are relevant to the majority of voters.

So to me, this upcoming interview is not about whether Harris and Walz can answer questions. It's about whether the media can ask questions -- good ones, that have relevance to the lives of regular Americans. If I hear any of the following questions being asked on Thursday, it'll prove exactly why Harris and Walz's decision to keep the Potomac Piranhas at bay was the right choice.

1) "Donald Trump has said [insert total ****ing bullshit nonsense] about you. How do you respond?"

Donald Trump is a serial liar and a nutcase. Like a petulant child, he gives silly nicknames to people he doesn't like, and attacks them personally. He's unfit to be president. And what he says about Kamala Harris or Tim Walz is irrelevant to how they will perform in office. If Dana Bash asks a question like this, it's just an excuse to once again broadcast Trump's insults to a wide audience.

2) "The Democratic National Convention appeared to go well, but sources tell us that President Biden has lingering resentment over his treatment. What do you say to that?"

Again, this question is utterly irrelevant to how Harris would perform as president, and is mostly of interest to people who like to spread gossip at Georgetown cocktail parties.

3) "Why has it taken you so long to sit down for this interview?"

**** off with your recursive navel-gazing inside-the-Beltway horseshit.

Kamala Harris was the District Attorney of San Francisco. She was the Attorney General of California. She was a U.S. Senator from California. She's currently the Vice President of the United States. I'm pretty sure she's going to be able to handle a few questions from Dana Bash, and I seriously doubt there will be any major "gotcha" moments in this interview.

Sadly this means that the media will probably invent one -- they'll find some minor misstatement, or misinterpret some policy position, and make it sound as bad as, say, Donald Trump doing an illegal photo-op at Arlington National Cemetery while his goons assault a cemetery worker.

Unfortunately we all know how this works by now. Nevertheless, I'm sure Harris and Walz will handle it well.

gab13by13 (23,651 posts)
3. Yes Yes Fantastic thread

Democrats have always faced the headwinds from the MSM.

I wish some billionaire would start or take over a cable news network and not be liberal, just be fair and balanced. Translation- put on a couple token Magats.

Moostache (10,020 posts)
10. Its worse than that IMO...

Howard Dean? ONE audio glitched yell? Done.
John Kerry? In addition to the Swift-boat horse shit, there was the wind-surfing picture... Media assassination.
Gary Hart? Monkey Business....done.
The most OBVIOUS is Michael Dukakis and the photo in the oversized tank helmet. That was used to all but end his candidacy.

Take ALL of that and you have an average afternoon for Trump and STILL that collectively suck on his metaphorical phallus as if they are hoping to receive universal understanding from it.

I am sick to death of the pass he gets from them - not only the large stuff either. The TOTAL lack of follow-up and return to a question until he offered a coherent response is malpractice in and of itself and THAT goes on dozens of times in every one of his appearances anywhere.

NNadir (33,937 posts)
8. I would need to have access to the infinity symbol on DU...

...to express the degree in percent with which I agree with this analysis.

I particularly wish to recall Joe Biden's question to Lester Holt asking him why the media focused on his performance without ever remarking on the fact that Trump overtly lied in every response in that debate. Holt just stuttered dishonestly.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219392083

Earl getting the DUmmies all worked up again.

[FlippyDoo]

EarlG (22,347 posts)

I don't think Harris needs to prove she can answer questions, I think the media needs to prove it can ask them

I agree with the bolded part, but I can assure you that KC and her DUmmie minions would not like the questions an honest media would ask.

[Patriot Guard Rider]

Earl getting the DUmmies all worked up again.

Well, since it's a pre-recorded interview, I assume the lamestream media will edit to to take out her cackles, mis-steps, flat out errors and so on. I can see the interview now...

CNN: Ka-MA-la, let me ask the question again, but this time don't laugh, we have to edit your answer into the tape.

Ka-MA-la: No problem, after all, we are burdened by what has been, and will be, since we know Russia is a big country and Ukraine is a small country. God I love venn diagrams.

CNN: Again,

[FlaGator]

Harris needs to prove she can understand the questions being asked.

[SVPete]

IMO:

1. The MSM need to prove they can ask Dems questions that are not shilling and not softballs.

2. Kammie needs to prove she can answer actual, non-shill and -softball questions without cackling, circumlocution, and word-salading.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Moostache (10,020 posts)
10. Its worse than that IMO...

Howard Dean? ONE audio glitched yell? Done.
John Kerry? In addition to the Swift-boat horse shit, there was the wind-surfing picture... Media assassination.
Gary Hart? Monkey Business....done.
The most OBVIOUS is Michael Dukakis and the photo in the oversized tank helmet. That was used to all but end his candidacy.

Those were all self-inflicted wounds, DUmb ass!!! Did Dean make that scream? Yes he did. Did John F-ing Kerry (who served in Vietnam), disavow his service? Yes, he certainly did and claimed that he threw his medals over the fence at the White House.

Was Gary Hart cheating on his wife with that gal pal Donna Rice on the boat called Monkey Business? We have photographic evidence, so yes. Did Michael Dukakis willingly ride in a tank to show his masculinity? Yes once again.

These were not right-wing smear jobs, they were all hoisted on their own petards.

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EarlG

I don't think

We know, Lord Marblehead. We know.

She can’t think on her feet so I’m confident that’s why the left doesn’t want her to hold impromptu interviews. It’s reported she used to be able to perform on her back, but that’s only if you trust the word of Willie Brown and those of similar ideological bent.

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[FlippyDoo]

Those were all self-inflicted wounds, DUmb ass!!! Did Dean make that scream? Yes he did. Did John F-ing Kerry (who served in Vietnam), disavow his service? Yes, he certainly did and claimed that he threw his medals over the fence at the White House.

Was Gary Hart cheating on his wife with that gal pal Donna Rice on the boat called Monkey Business? We have photographic evidence, so yes. Did Michael Dukakis willingly ride in a tank to show his masculinity? Yes once again.

These were not right-wing smear jobs, they were all hoisted on their own petards.

I guess that to the DUmmies they were all "cheap fakes" too. 

You know, in my opinion, this election season has been astounding. If someone would have described it to me as a TV sitcom I would have said that it was too silly, stupid, and unrealistic to succeed. I guess that it's true that you should never underestimate the Democrat Party and its minions.

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Oh look, another “the corporate media isn’t loyal enough to democrats” thread courtesy of DU.

People are inclined to ask questions when a candidate is obviously dodging attention and was sliw to take any real positions.

[SVPete]

Oh look, another “the corporate media isn’t loyal enough to democrats” thread courtesy of DU.
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  plus a more appropriate font size, color, and formats.

[Airwolf]

Those were all self-inflicted wounds, DUmb ass!!! Did Dean make that scream? Yes he did. Did John F-ing Kerry (who served in Vietnam), disavow his service? Yes, he certainly did and claimed that he threw his medals over the fence at the White House.

Was Gary Hart cheating on his wife with that gal pal Donna Rice on the boat called Monkey Business? We have photographic evidence, so yes. Did Michael Dukakis willingly ride in a tank to show his masculinity? Yes once again.

These were not right-wing smear jobs, they were all hoisted on their own petards.

Exactly. I am thinking that either Kamala or Tampon Tim will be the one that tanks their run for office. Both have shown they are incapable of either answering questions or telling the truth.