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Don't blame just the media for thin coverage; blame Harris's zero-substance campaign

5 14
26.08.2024

If you think the news coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign is frustratingly paper-thin, you're not alone.

We know little about her current policy positions or what she'd pursue as president. But let's not be too hard on the journalists. The lack of robust news coverage is mostly down to the Harris campaign being a hollow shell, constructed entirely from feelings and emotions. It's "good vibes" all the way through. It's hard for the media to cover something that isn't there.

Harris has yet to sit for an interview with any journalist. Her handlers are extra careful to ensure she makes no off-the-cuff remarks to members of the press. Harris has unveiled no detailed policy positions, provided very few agenda specifics and lacks even a policy section on her campaign website.

The New Yorker's Jay Caspian Kang said it best when he complained that there's "an energized, good feeling about Campaign Kamala — to a degree not felt, on a presidential level, since Barack Obama's last race — and nobody wants to mess that up with debates about policy."

The Harris campaign is fully hunkered down, seemingly with no plans........

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