Every working speaker or television screen may be praising Kamala Harris, but in reality, the Democrat Complex is facing a nightmare. Harris is not an ideal candidate. She was unpopular during the 2020 elections and as Joe Biden’s VP for many years. She is awkward, inarticulate and impersonal. She has no real achievements to her name.
According to a recent study, the media is working round the clock to make Harris appear like the dream candidate.
Media Research Center reports that the media gives Harris disproportionately positive coverage. This isn’t a brand-new thing. Corporate media has always been so left-leaning that it has fallen. The lengths to which they will go are incredible.
Harris has received 66% more airtime compared to Donald Trump. However, the coverage of Harris has been much more positive (84%) than that of any other candidate, while Trump’s coverage is almost entirely negative (89%).
According to the MRC, it is not only the positive spin but also the way it is spun.
Our calculation of spin always excludes the so-called “horserace” assessments (see below for methodology), but another count shows that these statements also favor Harris by an overwhelming margin (94% positive compared to just 43% positive remarks about Trump). Similarly, network coverage has almost completely omitted any mention of the left-wing positions Harris held as a Senator or in her 2020 presidential campaign. While Republican Vice Presidential Candidate J.D. Vance, and Tim Walz his Democratic counterpart have nearly received the same amount of airtime. However, Walz has been praised by the media (62% positive) while Vance is being punished (92% negative).
The corporate media have also virtually eliminated any mention of the controversies within the Democrat Party. For example, they no longer discuss the backstabbing that took place between Joe Biden and Tim Walz, or Harris’s inability to achieve anything. For a sense of their support for Harris, they have only given her 57 seconds in airtime over the last four weeks despite the fact she has not spoken to them.
There’s also the fact that polls are backed by a fox in an unguarded chicken house.
Between July 21 and August 17, evening news viewers heard about 192 positive assessments of Harris’s large crowds, fundraising successes, and momentum in polls. Only 12 such negative assessments were made, giving a score of 94% for the horse race.
There were fewer statements like this about former President Trump’s standing in his campaign: 21 positives compared to 28 negatives, giving a score of 43% positive/57% negative.
The media’s support for Harris is not surprising, but its ability to run the machine longer and harder than ever before shows how much effort it takes to make a woman look like a candidate. The media is running the machine harder and longer than ever before to keep a woman like Harris looking like a viable candidate.
The media isn’t sure how they will stay afloat when the initial excitement around Harris’ campaign starts to fade. This can already be felt, despite the “joy” of the DNC. I called it the “Disney Dip” – America will be initially attracted by the new shiny candidate, but then quickly lose interest when they realize the product is garbage.
The power of corporate media is not something to laugh at. Many people are unaware that the polls and momentum may be fake. When their bills keep coming in, they’ll remember that Harris was partly responsible.
