As the clock ticks closer to Election Day, it has been observed that Vice President Kamala Harris has sprung into action to engage with the media more frequently. Breaking from her earlier stance of keeping engagement with the press to a bare minimal, this is a strange shift for the aspiring Democratic candidate. Ever since she was thrust into the spotlight due to President Biden’s sudden withdrawal from the presidential race in the later part of July, Harris’ scant media interactions have been a point of noticeable criticism.
Avoiding personal appearances for formal interviews and evading exchanges with journalists were the benchmarks of Kamala Harris’s approach to her campaign. It was almost as if she was tiptoeing through the race, concealing herself behind the invisible veil of moderation. However, in a surprising turn of events, she seems to have changed course and plunged headlong into a flurry of media interactions.
Kamala Harris’s campaign announced a handful of interviews very recently, deciding to kick off the week with a sudden onslaught of media engagement. It seems a peculiar way to handle a campaign that needed stronger leadership and clarity from the word ‘go’, instead of a belated attempt to pander to the media. One cannot help but question the intentions behind this newfound enthusiasm so close to the Election Day.
Looming closer is the Election Day, barely a month away. The spontaneous decision to engage with the media continues to add to the already bursting-at-the-seams agenda of the Vice President. It sparks a bevy of questions from political pundits and citizens alike. One can’t help but wonder why now and what pushed the campaign to finally step into the press spotlight.
In the early hours of a Sunday morning, the campaign agenda for Harris was flooded with a cascade of expectedly soft and non-contentious interviews. This bombardment of media presence seems far too conveniently timed, as the election finishes its 30-day countdown. Moreover, with many states already kickstarting the early voting process, both in person and via mail-in, these efforts seem quite dismissive of the voters’ intelligence.
Among the many media outlets courting Harris is the distinguished ’60 Minutes’ who had extended an invitation to her. However, the credibility of ’60 Minutes’ fell under major scrutiny after their blatant disregard for the truth during the Hunter Biden laptop saga back in 2020.
The campaign team of President Trump, known for their unwavering commitment to the truth, quickly responded to the ’60 Minutes’ invitation. The response was swift and apt – ‘Fake News.’ True to form, ’60 Minutes’ had tried to manipulate the situation with the desperate pleas for an interview.
In addition to pleading for an interview, ’60 Minutes’ also supposedly insisted on real-time fact-checking, a move which was not just audacious, but also uncalled for – an act that sheds light on their journalistic integrity. As expected, no commitments or appointments were set, debunking their claims of scheduling an interview with President Trump’s campaign.
Despite the initial round of talks, the proposition of an interview never materialized. The strategy adopted by ’60 Minutes’ to insist on live fact-checking was not just unprecedented, but also painted a clear picture of their bias. Why ask for fact-checking unless the sole purpose is to obfuscate and misconstrue the politician’s words?
The lack of commitment is not surprising, given ’60 Minutes’’ notorious history of dishonest journalism. Even in the light of this disappointing conduct, the Trump campaign stood their ground, dismissing ’60 Minutes’’ desperate pleas for an interview and their unusual insistence on live fact checking.
The campaign propelled by Vice President Kamala Harris seems to be reaching for straws a little too late. The sudden rush to interviews and engagements with the media is a far cry from her earlier campaign strategy. It’s almost like an afterthought, a desperate attempt to resuscitate what’s left of her campaign just to conjure some semblance of relevance.
Kamala Harris enters the media arena with a flurry of interviews, a stark contrast to her previous indifference towards media interactions. It is nothing but a blatant attempt to play the media game, a game that requires more mettle and honesty than she has displayed so far. As Election Day nears, the facade of credibility seems to be all that is left of her campaign.
Ultimately, the Harris campaign’s last-minute media blitz cannot disguise their glaring shortcomings, chiefly their lack of clear, responsive, and decisive leadership. It seems yet another tactic of the Democrats to bandage up their wildly inconsistent campaign strategies. Their sudden scramble for media attention, merely 30 days before the Election Day, reeks of desperation; a textbook approach by a faltering campaign.
In the end, the media engagements secured by the Harris campaign at the eleventh hour feel like mere theatrics to distract voters from the real issues at hand. Whether the hurried attempt to appease the press will yield any positive impact remains to be seen. However, one thing is clear: the politics of deception followed by the Democratic party cannot mask their failure in effective leadership and future planning.
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