The US liberal media machine has shifted its focus from President Joe Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of Biden’s announcement that he would not seek re-election. Harris wasted no time in hitting the campaign trail, and liberal commentators were quick to pivot from criticizing Biden to praising him for his selfless decision.
The rapid pace at which this story has developed has left many in the media scrambling to keep up. The New Republic’s senior editor Alex Shephard, White House reporter Sabrina Siddiqui from The Wall Street Journal, and politics reporter Akela Lacy from The Intercept have all weighed in on what this means for Harris as the presumptive nominee.
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One individual who has been vocal about the shortcomings of the mainstream US media is Cenk Uygur, the co-creator and host of The Young Turks. Uygur has been critical of how the media downplayed Biden’s cognitive decline and spoke to The Listening Post about why he believes the liberal media got it wrong on this story.
As the 2024 presidential race begins to take shape, the liberal media is at a crossroads, grappling with how to cover Harris as she steps into the spotlight. The coming weeks and months are sure to be filled with intense scrutiny and analysis as the media machine rallies around Harris and the Democratic Party looks to the future.
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