Multiple media hosts and pundits have justified Vice President Kamala Harris’ style-over-substance campaign, saying the election will come down to “vibes.”
Mainstream media hosts and pundits are not only admitting that newly minted Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ campaign is about style over substance, but they are actively celebrating it.
Journalists and commentators from CNN, CBS News and other outlets floated the idea that Harris not doing a formal interview since President Biden dropped out of the race more than a month ago and avoiding laying out detailed policy proposals is actually a good thing for her campaign.
As CNN anchor Kasie Hunt put it on Thursday, “It’s a vibes election.”
During the last day of the Democratic National Convention, CNN coverage featured Democratic leaders telling viewers that Harris doesn’t need to spell out where she stands on important issues because Americans “don’t vote” based on that information. Network anchors seemed okay with the notion in this context.
CNN anchor Manu Raju began the discussion on Thursday afternoon, noting that some Democratic Party members are “concerned about her doing [interviews] that could potentially trip her up and give Trump some ammunition. In fact, a lot of those Democrats I spoke to today said, ‘Avoid those policy prescriptions.’”
The outlet then played a montage of elected Democrats telling him that on the DNC floor.
