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Home Front: Politix
New York Times report admits ''interviews are a weakness'' for Kamala Harris
2024-09-28
[NYPOST] A New York Times

...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

report published Thursday conceded that Vice President Kamala Harris
It is time for us to do what we have been doing. And that time is every day
' major ''weakness'' is her television interviews, where she's been panned for her ''word salad'' responses.

The criticism of Harris' rare TV sit-downs was laid bare in an article titled ''Harris Has a Lot of Strengths. Giving Interviews Isn't One of Them'' by Times news hound Rebecca Davis O'Brien.

''She often winds her way slowly toward an answer, leaning on jargon and rehearsed turns of phrase, using language that is sometimes derided as 'word salad' but might be better described as a meringue,'' the news hound said.

Harris has largely shied away from unscripted media appearances since she jumped to the top of the Democratic ticket. She's also been hard to reach for White House photographers.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Speaking and thinking coherently is the weakness.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-09-28 15:14  

#3  Except they aren't interviews, they are scripted and rehearsed performances which can be cut and spliced from multiple takes to make a best one, and she fails that.

New York Times even acknowledging the word salad meme is a tell, even if they are trying to set up a she is so brilliant she just can't talk to regular people and whose smile is so bright photos literally can't be taken bullshit.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-09-28 11:30  

#2  New York Times report admits 'interviews are a weakness' for Kamala Harris
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-09-28 07:59  

#1  Particularly with the first question - what have you accomplished in the last 3 and half years?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-09-28 07:19  

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