The media’s relentless astro-turfing of support for Kamala Harris went into overdrive on the first night of the DNC. Either somebody from the campaign distributed talking points to the media, or else everyone at CNN, MSNBC, and the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) independently rediscovered the word “electric” at exactly the same time.
Since becoming her party’s presumptive nominee, Kamala Harris has enjoyed all of the fawning press a Democratic candidate ought to expect during an election year.
When Republicans attacked her far-left record as a Senator, the media responded by indignantly screeching that she was actually a “moderate.” When an NYT/Siena indicated she led Trump in some swing-states, the newscasters spent an entire day marveling at her incredible “momentum.”
And now that she’s at the DNC to accept her party’s nomination, the we’re seeing a suspiciously uniform claim across both cable and broadcast networks that the energy at the convention is “electric.”
We’ve seen the media reading verbatim from DNC-prescribed talking points before, so it’s no wonder that they’re doing the same thing here. But they could at least try to be a little more subtle about it. Here’s a quote the DNC gave to Politico yesterday:
We are proud of the electric atmosphere in our convention hall and proud that our convention is showcasing the broad and diverse coalition behind the Harris-Walz ticket throughout the week on and off the stage.
What a coincidence!
