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Media In Change
Accepting it and finding new ways to connect
Kamala Harris is wicked smart, we know that as a fact. Indeed she’s more: she’s brilliant. That she has yet to do a sit-down interview with the media has nothing to do with intelligence, as her opponents want their followers to believe.
First of all, she has been the nominee for what, three seconds?
But more importantly, she is doing what she should be doing: connecting directly with the American people. Kamala is traveling around the country stirring up all kinds of enthusiasm and connecting with voters.
I have become increasingly wary of the mainstream legacy media. Some, if not many, of the interviews they do are used only to stir the pot to increase viewers. They spin to their benefit, normalizing Trump, fearful that if they are negative about his craziness, they will lose eyeballs. There are so many good journalists who try not to do that, I respect so many of them. I personally know some of them. We need them, but they are individuals within media corporations.
I hate that I may sound like Trump when I express concern about the press (he would put it much more bluntly) — I am trying to walk a fine line here. This tendency of the legacy media may be because these companies are struggling to stay viable. People are getting information…
