Dana basically posed nothing but Trump/MAGA talking points.
It’s just as what many expected that the media wants to interview Kamala mainly to get her response to Trump’s attacks, so they can complete their “he said she said” bullshit.
db_deuce on
The interview was edited down from 60 minutes to a mere 18 minutes, and with a few of those minutes lost from sucking oxogen focusing on Walz and the Biden transition story that adds no value. Thirty minutes of responses were completely removed. The question on Day 1 was a typical case of word salad.
The answer on her core value leaves us with more questions, especially since her core values seem unchanged from which version. The discussion on the border issue was filled with misleading statements.
The result was 18 minutes of cringe-worthy content, and the fact that the other 30 minutes weren’t released, not even in transcript form, says a lot about CNN’s priorities—and, more importantly, about your nominee.
RuncibleSpork on
>There were no questions on Ukraine. On the relationship of the Trump team to Russia. On Trump and Vance’s attitudes toward women. On Roe v. Wade. On the hold the NRA has on Trump. On Trump’s terrible record with COVID. On Trump’s disastrous national debt exploding record on the economy. On Trump and corruption. On Trump’s convictions. On Trump’s cabinet and VP rejecting him. No questions on future challenges the United States might face. No questions how to ensure the elections are fair and secure. No questions, in short on any of the big issues in the race ahead.
The new owners of CNN have been very clear in wanting it to be the next Fox News, so most of these weren’t a surprise. No questions at all on abortion, that seems like a very glaring omission.
MUTUALDESTRUCTION69 on
I mean out of the park…it was more like a clutch double when all you needed was a double. And I’m quite happy with it.
I think Kamala staying a little low but still performing well while Trump is talking about giving everyone free IVF (which is freaking OUT the Pro-Lifers) is where she needs to be.
It’s funny to see in other threads that there’s people (most likely MAGATs) who think the mainstream media doesn’t have a double standard vis a vis Trump and Kamala/Dems. “Whaddya mean? The media criticizes Trump all the time!” No they don’t. Actual journalists would constantly call out the insanity of a 34 time felon, 90 some felonies pending, election denying, adjudicated rapist being the republican nominee. They would have on the likes of Lindsay Graham, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Nikki Haley, Jim Jordan and grill them about how they can support and double-down on a candidate that failed to honor the peaceful transfer of power (and is, you know, a fucking felon).
The GOP would not be treated seriously by any media outlet that has integrity. Yet the CNNs, ABCs, NBCs, treat Trump as “quirky, but problematic” and pretend republicans are good faith actors. Republicans should be given ZERO mainstream platform outside their FOX and Newsmax fringes until sanity returns to the party.
TopJimmy_5150 on
Good article. Worth the read.
SanFrancescoDassisi on
Kamala Harris lied the entire time and appeared visibly uncomfortable and awkward with Tim Walz during the interview despite having had a month to prepare for a short softball interview.
Harris says her values haven’t changed, but somehow all of her controversial ideologies have? It’s not just that she said she would ban fracking, it’s that she even cited her baby nieces as the reason 😂. She will say anything to get votes. Hiding your true intentions or flip flopping on many issues is extremely dangerous to democracy.
Unfortunately, Dana Bash was weak and missed the opportunity for many follow up questions, and even assisted Kamala throughout the interview.
Harris had trouble answering the most obvious questions like what she would do on day 1. She mentions platitudes about “helping the middle class” without naming a single thing her administration could actually do on Day 1 when answering the typical question.
She also should have expected the question on why she hasn’t already done all the things she wants to do already, as part of the Biden Administration. 😂
Kamala directly evaded answering whether or not she will grant illegal immigrants amnesty.
Insane that she was bragging about bringing inflation “down” to a higher level than it was during President Trump’s administration. 😭
notanNSAagent89 on
CNN hasn’t been good for a long ass time.
Flashy_Elevator_2925 on
Trump 2024 who else?
robot_jeans on
I knew CNN had fallen off the moment my MAGA parents started watching it again.
CCV21 on
The fact that CNN and other organizations isn’t have a field day with the interview shows it did not go the way it intnends.
Altogether VP Harris picked a strategic time to do the interview. It is right before Labor Day weekend where most Americans will be focused on other activities.
Also it is right before the debate. Even if there was a stumble with this interview the debate provided an opportunity to reclaim the narrative.
All I can say is that CNN didn’t seem to ask any original questions.
Chanalife on
She did not answer those questions with flying colors lol
jardani581 on
you’ll think its pretty decent, but the entire force of putin’s bot farms was unleashed on the interview’s comment sections on youtube. those ivans really went all out.
yoppee on
Yeah kinda got this same point watching the debates
When Dems are asked about healthcare it’s always a how much will this cost framing instead of a how much will this save or how much more. It will help people
The debate will be the same
Journalist thing they need to do this for balance or to seem tough or something
Here is a simple question
‘Trump appointed Judges who swore and underoath they would not over throw roe v wade but went on to overturn roe v wade now 16 states have 6 week abortion bans many without exception for rape what steps would you take Kamala to re I state roe v wade?”
Booth_Templeton on
Out of the park haha? What park, the little league one? Fixed interview where it was pre taped, she had all the questions way ahead of time, soft ball toss nonsense, and it still didn’t come off well. And how many takes did they have haha. What a joke.
B9RV2WUN on
CNN that was the lamest excuse for an interview I’ve ever seen. Glad that Harris did not bite.
sedatedlife on
CNN showing no respect for there viewers time in my opinion. CNN spent the last month complaining how Harris was avoiding the press and she needed to sit down with the media because voters demanded it. Then they ask stupid questions about what she thinks about Trumps insults.
McMurphy87 on
The interview was total crap and way too short. If she wants to win over undecided voters she needs to stop blaming Donald Trump for stuff and have an interview by herself that’s longer than 18 minutes. And stop with the word salads.
icouldusemorecoffee on
As usual Dana Bash focused mostly on political gossip than what voters actually want to know about how their govt will impact their lives.
It’s an inherently lazy and self-centered style of journalism.
Ready_Able1 on
I don’t think she “knocked it out of the park” but she did no harm. Somewhat defensive on the fracking question. It was the only question I was interested in, not because of fracking, but for hearing her logic in changing policy positions. The rest of the interview felt very obvious. I understand why Walz has to explain his statements, but it’s so painfully obvious to anyone with critical thinking that IVF can be shorthand for fertility treatments. Overall I don’t think this interview changes anything, which is good because most of the media was salivating for a gaffe.
2020willyb2020 on
Dana is the worst- I can’t stand her. She was literally trying to make her look bad with stupid questions no one wanted to hear – why did you flip flop on fracking – flip flop? Have you met my opponent who flip flops every 30 min and try to overthrow the government? Then ask about The Biden economy – really Dana, we were in a fucking free fall from bleach man who dismantled the CDC- fuk Dana bash and CNN- bunch of privileged trust fund host . I do like caitlyn collins though
black_messiahh on
Anyone got a full link, for non Americans
greeneyerish on
They did fine. Next time, I hope her team pays attention, and not let her sit in such a low chair. Wrong optics
Elegant_Tech on
CNN left the middle of the road and is conservative media now.
Spare_Low_2396 on
Kamala looked nervous and uncomfortable. And why did CNN pick such a horrible time to air it. 9 pm on a random Thursday seems odd.
IsGoingTTaM on
Fake ~~~Fox~~~ News and **C**ertainly **N**ot **N**ews are working hard who can be the worst network. These right-wing billionaires owning the networks is telling.
jadedaslife on
There aren’t any trustworthy news outlets remaining. It’s why I rely on things like direct quotes and the context of them instead of yellow journalism–and I check several different outlets to see the difference in reporting.
I’m still waiting for Epstein’s full list to be published by a whistleblower.
Hwy39 on
Dana Bash is a hack.
aihwao on
She crushed it. I said in other comments that she has adapted since her last presidential run, and everything about her now shows her subtlety, sophistication, and smarts. I want this person in the White House, not some fake tanned idiot with policies that will trash the US.
Constant_Macaron1654 on
Asking about them being deceptive or lying when the alternative is the world’s biggest and fattest liar and running mate who once described himself as a “Never Trumper” was rich.
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Wow a headline that nails it.
Dana basically posed nothing but Trump/MAGA talking points.
It’s just as what many expected that the media wants to interview Kamala mainly to get her response to Trump’s attacks, so they can complete their “he said she said” bullshit.
The interview was edited down from 60 minutes to a mere 18 minutes, and with a few of those minutes lost from sucking oxogen focusing on Walz and the Biden transition story that adds no value. Thirty minutes of responses were completely removed. The question on Day 1 was a typical case of word salad.
The answer on her core value leaves us with more questions, especially since her core values seem unchanged from which version. The discussion on the border issue was filled with misleading statements.
The result was 18 minutes of cringe-worthy content, and the fact that the other 30 minutes weren’t released, not even in transcript form, says a lot about CNN’s priorities—and, more importantly, about your nominee.
>There were no questions on Ukraine. On the relationship of the Trump team to Russia. On Trump and Vance’s attitudes toward women. On Roe v. Wade. On the hold the NRA has on Trump. On Trump’s terrible record with COVID. On Trump’s disastrous national debt exploding record on the economy. On Trump and corruption. On Trump’s convictions. On Trump’s cabinet and VP rejecting him. No questions on future challenges the United States might face. No questions how to ensure the elections are fair and secure. No questions, in short on any of the big issues in the race ahead.
The new owners of CNN have been very clear in wanting it to be the next Fox News, so most of these weren’t a surprise. No questions at all on abortion, that seems like a very glaring omission.
I mean out of the park…it was more like a clutch double when all you needed was a double. And I’m quite happy with it.
I think Kamala staying a little low but still performing well while Trump is talking about giving everyone free IVF (which is freaking OUT the Pro-Lifers) is where she needs to be.
Non-paywall version here: https://archive.ph/a5222
Based title and article
CNN is just Diet Fox News
It’s funny to see in other threads that there’s people (most likely MAGATs) who think the mainstream media doesn’t have a double standard vis a vis Trump and Kamala/Dems. “Whaddya mean? The media criticizes Trump all the time!” No they don’t. Actual journalists would constantly call out the insanity of a 34 time felon, 90 some felonies pending, election denying, adjudicated rapist being the republican nominee. They would have on the likes of Lindsay Graham, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Nikki Haley, Jim Jordan and grill them about how they can support and double-down on a candidate that failed to honor the peaceful transfer of power (and is, you know, a fucking felon).
The GOP would not be treated seriously by any media outlet that has integrity. Yet the CNNs, ABCs, NBCs, treat Trump as “quirky, but problematic” and pretend republicans are good faith actors. Republicans should be given ZERO mainstream platform outside their FOX and Newsmax fringes until sanity returns to the party.
Good article. Worth the read.
Kamala Harris lied the entire time and appeared visibly uncomfortable and awkward with Tim Walz during the interview despite having had a month to prepare for a short softball interview.
Harris says her values haven’t changed, but somehow all of her controversial ideologies have? It’s not just that she said she would ban fracking, it’s that she even cited her baby nieces as the reason 😂. She will say anything to get votes. Hiding your true intentions or flip flopping on many issues is extremely dangerous to democracy.
Unfortunately, Dana Bash was weak and missed the opportunity for many follow up questions, and even assisted Kamala throughout the interview.
Harris had trouble answering the most obvious questions like what she would do on day 1. She mentions platitudes about “helping the middle class” without naming a single thing her administration could actually do on Day 1 when answering the typical question.
She also should have expected the question on why she hasn’t already done all the things she wants to do already, as part of the Biden Administration. 😂
Kamala directly evaded answering whether or not she will grant illegal immigrants amnesty.
Insane that she was bragging about bringing inflation “down” to a higher level than it was during President Trump’s administration. 😭
CNN hasn’t been good for a long ass time.
Trump 2024 who else?
I knew CNN had fallen off the moment my MAGA parents started watching it again.
The fact that CNN and other organizations isn’t have a field day with the interview shows it did not go the way it intnends.
Altogether VP Harris picked a strategic time to do the interview. It is right before Labor Day weekend where most Americans will be focused on other activities.
Also it is right before the debate. Even if there was a stumble with this interview the debate provided an opportunity to reclaim the narrative.
All I can say is that CNN didn’t seem to ask any original questions.
She did not answer those questions with flying colors lol
you’ll think its pretty decent, but the entire force of putin’s bot farms was unleashed on the interview’s comment sections on youtube. those ivans really went all out.
Yeah kinda got this same point watching the debates
When Dems are asked about healthcare it’s always a how much will this cost framing instead of a how much will this save or how much more. It will help people
The debate will be the same
Journalist thing they need to do this for balance or to seem tough or something
Here is a simple question
‘Trump appointed Judges who swore and underoath they would not over throw roe v wade but went on to overturn roe v wade now 16 states have 6 week abortion bans many without exception for rape what steps would you take Kamala to re I state roe v wade?”
Out of the park haha? What park, the little league one? Fixed interview where it was pre taped, she had all the questions way ahead of time, soft ball toss nonsense, and it still didn’t come off well. And how many takes did they have haha. What a joke.
CNN that was the lamest excuse for an interview I’ve ever seen. Glad that Harris did not bite.
CNN showing no respect for there viewers time in my opinion. CNN spent the last month complaining how Harris was avoiding the press and she needed to sit down with the media because voters demanded it. Then they ask stupid questions about what she thinks about Trumps insults.
The interview was total crap and way too short. If she wants to win over undecided voters she needs to stop blaming Donald Trump for stuff and have an interview by herself that’s longer than 18 minutes. And stop with the word salads.
As usual Dana Bash focused mostly on political gossip than what voters actually want to know about how their govt will impact their lives.
It’s an inherently lazy and self-centered style of journalism.
I don’t think she “knocked it out of the park” but she did no harm. Somewhat defensive on the fracking question. It was the only question I was interested in, not because of fracking, but for hearing her logic in changing policy positions. The rest of the interview felt very obvious. I understand why Walz has to explain his statements, but it’s so painfully obvious to anyone with critical thinking that IVF can be shorthand for fertility treatments. Overall I don’t think this interview changes anything, which is good because most of the media was salivating for a gaffe.
Dana is the worst- I can’t stand her. She was literally trying to make her look bad with stupid questions no one wanted to hear – why did you flip flop on fracking – flip flop? Have you met my opponent who flip flops every 30 min and try to overthrow the government? Then ask about The Biden economy – really Dana, we were in a fucking free fall from bleach man who dismantled the CDC- fuk Dana bash and CNN- bunch of privileged trust fund host . I do like caitlyn collins though
Anyone got a full link, for non Americans
They did fine. Next time, I hope her team pays attention, and not let her sit in such a low chair. Wrong optics
CNN left the middle of the road and is conservative media now.
Kamala looked nervous and uncomfortable. And why did CNN pick such a horrible time to air it. 9 pm on a random Thursday seems odd.
Fake ~~~Fox~~~ News and **C**ertainly **N**ot **N**ews are working hard who can be the worst network. These right-wing billionaires owning the networks is telling.
There aren’t any trustworthy news outlets remaining. It’s why I rely on things like direct quotes and the context of them instead of yellow journalism–and I check several different outlets to see the difference in reporting.
I’m still waiting for Epstein’s full list to be published by a whistleblower.
Dana Bash is a hack.
She crushed it. I said in other comments that she has adapted since her last presidential run, and everything about her now shows her subtlety, sophistication, and smarts. I want this person in the White House, not some fake tanned idiot with policies that will trash the US.
Asking about them being deceptive or lying when the alternative is the world’s biggest and fattest liar and running mate who once described himself as a “Never Trumper” was rich.