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Fri Aug 30, 2024, 02:54 PM Aug 30

Just saw a MSNBC reporter asking a Harris spokesperson about her view of what the VP said about what Trump said [View all]

...about her blackness.

This is an obvious ploy to keep the issue of her race in the headline news, but it's also a prime example of the way the media is primarily engaged in serving as data mules for the Trump campaign, repeating his charges as if they don't know any better.

Or, acting as if they have some sort of insulation from the racism and other vileness just by proclaiming it's something Trump said, as they try to make our Democratic nominee accountable for it, instead of Trump himself.

THEY'RE RIGHT THERE, on the air to refute or denounce any of it, but they refuse to. All they're interested in is making the Democratic candidate accountable for each and every projection of theirs - and every projection is a parrot of the Trump campaign.

Once again, our Democratic candidate is being made to run against the media and Trump, as all they seem to be interested in is filling in the blanks for Trump, cleaning his gibberish up into an attack, and leveling it at Vice-President Harris.

Ryan Nobles, taking over today for the sorry legend, Andrea Mitchell, really excelled himself at this in his debut. I mean, the very first question he asked the congresswoman about the Harris campaign was this query about the Vice-President answering the question about the ignorant, racist slur Trump posited several times in his campaign.

How many times can the media compound that deliberately racist derision, positing it as a legitimate query, before it's clear that its also their own racist inclinations compelling them?

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