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DNC PR Firm – CHANNEL 6 ACTION NEWS, PHILADELPHIA
Kamala Harris sat down for her first solo interview since being announced as the Democratic candidate (after 2 months)! The conversation has been released by ABC-6, and it leads to one conclusion: This is why she has been kept away from the press.
The vice president was tossed completely underhand pitches, and she still managed to come off looking lost. The interview was pre-taped and lasted nearly an hour, but was edited down to about one quarter in length. Meaning what was delivered to the public were supposedly the choicest portions – and it still came out as a meandering mess. If gems like this were kept on, imagine what had been culled in order to attempt to make her look rational.
Kamala uses a lot of words to say absolutely nothing:
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 13, 2024
"My focus is very much about what we need to do over the next 10-20 years to catch up to the 21st century around, again, capacity, but also challenges." pic.twitter.com/8nEjI8kDpf
Prose & Contradiction – NBC NEWS
On "NBC Nightly News," Lester Holt introduced a segment by reporter Julia Ainsley, who wanted to attack the line from Donald Trump during the debate concerning immigrants who are voting in this country. Ainsley says directly that Trump is incorrect, stating ignorantly that voting by illegal immigrants is against the law. Yes, Julia, and you know what else is against the law? Entering this country illegally, and yet it still takes place, correct? But that logic does not dissuade this journalist:
Former President Trump frequently repeats false claims about migrants voting.
Ainsley then proceeds to prove Trump correct. She details that in many districts, residents are permitted to vote in local elections, just not in national contests. Then she completely torpedoes her own report with this nugget:
The state of Texas says it’s found almost 2,000 non-citizens who have previously voted.
Huh. It almost seems as if everything she is claiming is completely false and meaningless.
NEW: Our story from last night with @JuliaEAinsley and @DidiMartinez5
— Laura V. Strickler (@strickdc) September 13, 2024
Debunking false claims that undocumented immigrants are voting illegally https://t.co/FS3SAgMyNS via @nbcnews
Reporting on the Mirror – CNN
Like when a bar switches from Potato Skins to Loaded Bakers on the menu...
Brian Stelter claimed when he came back to run a "new" version of Reliable Sources that it was going to be different because he had changed in many ways. Well…
Taking a look over the past week since his return, it is hard to see what exactly is different.
Meet the New Hoss, Same As the Old Hoss - a Look at Brian Stelter's First Week Back at CNNhttps://t.co/1op6fcb5H8
— RedState (@RedState) September 17, 2024
Legalized Press-titution – LOS ANGELES TIMES / ABC NEWS
Following the presidential debate, The Los Angeles Times did a profile and interview with Linsey Davis, one of the moderators of the ABC production. After being criticized by many for the biased fact-checking she performed on Donald Trump that night, Davis let slip how that had been in the works all along.
In discussing the prep work she and David Muir put in for the debate, Davis gave up this nugget about her plans. She anticipated Trump bringing up abortions in the last month of pregnancy sometimes leading to a live birth where the baby is allowed to expire. This has happened a number of times in Tim Walz's Minnesota, and he changed reporting requirements so it would no longer be recorded. But the hostess felt the need to attack Trump for being accurate:
Davis fully anticipated that Trump’s erroneous abortion claim would come up when she questioned him on the issue. In the weeks before the debate, various scenarios were played out in table read-like settings where the anchors and ABC News producers tested their questions and played out the possible responses.
Linsey Davis held Trump's feet to the fire. How she became ABC News' rising star https://t.co/4ag103TN9B
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 12, 2024
Demolition Project – SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
You really need to change your claims to being "Political Science."
For a few years now, it has been recognized that there has been a severe departure from actual science at the periodical named after that discipline. Further cementing the cause to stop reading this journal is that the editors felt the need to put out an endorsement for president. If you guessed that they are throwing their support behind the woman who is both for and against fracking, and who has equally pushed in favor of and is against mandates for electric vehicles, you are correct.
For only the second time in our 179-year history, the editors of Scientific American are endorsing a candidate for president. That person is @KamalaHarris. | Editorial https://t.co/dOsFW8BQCn
— Scientific American (@sciam) September 16, 2024
In case you are scratching your head over the previous endorsement, just know that the shallow thinkers who have smeared the reputation of this outlet after nearly two centuries of publication, their only other endorsement had been for Joe Biden.