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Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris went into America’s Den of Misinformation – Fox News – for a Wednesday night interview that demonstrated two things:
- She has far more guts than her opponent, Donald Trump.
- Fox News remains an arm of the Republican Party.
Let's give her a little more credit and also say
Literally no soft ball questions, unlike the interviews Trump is willing to sit for. I was surprised she even had a good answer regarding the stupid transgender surgeries bit those 'phobes have been pushing, pointing out federal law that even the Trump administration followed.
Not sure if it'll sway any of the brainwashed, but it might be some people's first exposure to her and first impressions matter, especially if she wins and needs to combat misinformation.
I'd assume her staff diligently went over all the repugs talking points, prepared lines of answering, briefed her and generally advised her well, which she converted into a solid delivery. That's the most presidential thing ever: picking competent specialists, trusting them, listening, then packaging the decisions resulting from their expertise in a presentation suitable for the public who generally don't have the time to do all that themselves.
It was a lot of Rs first real exposure to her and let her take back a bit of the Trump narrative about her. "She's dumb" "she can't speak" she showed she wasn't, that she can, and that she's better at it than Trump. And that she'll sit for an interview with anyone, unlike Trump who keeps cancelling interviews.
I will poop in my pants if any of the Fox news loyalists think anything other than she made a complete ass of herself. You and I both know she could say absolutely anything and it wouldn't matter. It will get spun to make her look like a complete moron and the viewers will just gobble it up. Their site right now is 100% negative about the interview and there's no doubt in my mind there's a lot more where that came from.
For the core fox watchers, yes.
But here's the real audience: every single restaurant and diner and bowling alley and gas station and mom and pop whatever in the south is blaring fox 24/7 and I'm sure she caught the attention and the ear of more than a few people who know almost nothing about politics.
and those people who know nothing decide how they vote based upon how their parents voted. I wouldn't hold my breath that they would suddenly posess the relevant critical thinking skills to evaluate who they're electing.
During her answer to the interview’s first question, Baier interrupted Harris six times, incessantly talking over her.
Why you hittin' yourself? Huh? Why you hittin' yourself?
Holy shit that was infuriating. He wasn't trying to get answers. He was trying to talk while having her sit across from him. What an absolute toolbag.
Wtf was that? That wasn't an interview. He asked a question and before she could answer he was berating her for not answering and then asking a new question.
During her answer to the interview’s first question, Baier interrupted Harris six times, incessantly talking over her.
And their audience will see that as her getting pwned rather than a misogynistic asshole interrupting her. Oh well, at least a few breadcrumbs worth of thinking people will have heard her speak not in manipulative sound bites.
Also, I find it interesting that virtually all the rest of mainstream media now labels Fox News what it is: rightwing propaganda. I don’t think that happened almost at all a decade ago.
Also, I find it interesting that virtually all the rest of mainstream media now labels Fox News what it is: rightwing propaganda. I don’t think that happened almost at all a decade ago.
Where? How? I gotta see this!
Right at the start of the article.
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris went into America’s Den of Misinformation – Fox News – for a Wednesday night interview that demonstrated two things:
- She has far more guts than her opponent, Donald Trump.
- Fox News remains an arm of the Republican Party.
Weak Kamala, answering questions directly rather than just play music for 40 minutes.
How did Fox think would be a good idea? They have to know the woman is smart and can think on her feet. Or was this a stab at showing they're "fair and balanced"?
They likely just thought they'd be able to make her look bad by talking over her and hit her with curveball questions
I will say this is the most impressed I've probably ever been with her. That was very well done.
