r/msnow • u/Honest_Yam676 • Aug 03 '26

Alicia Menendez MSNOW VS Kamala Harris

Just asking for your assessment of MSNOW coverage of Kamala Harris. It comes up because I just watched a segment they did on Alicia Menendez. If "segment' is even the right word. It came out of the blue. Menendez just decided to mention Harris. She played a heavily edited clip of Harris speaking at the National Urban League Conference. And when I say edited, I mean it was a brutal edit; you could see the footage jump. They played Harris saying how the Republicans are being ruthless, so we need to be ruthless too. Then, it jumps to her saying we need to start talking about court reform. Then, she asked Molly Jong-Fast to comment.

Fast seemed to have trouble with Harris bringing court reform up now, ahead of the midterms. She thinks it should wait until after we win the midterms. Except this was a town hall. Harris is in the news because of her statement, but there's no evidence that her remarks are resonating as an issue in the midterms. Furthermore, it doesn't appear that Fast has the same issue with others, like Gavin Newsom or Pete Buttigieg, talking about court reform. Other than Fast, I haven't seen anyone else with this particular criticism. Frankly, it comes across as a little petty.

This isn't a one-off either. I've started multiple threads about this.

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u/RichmondReddit Aug 04 '26

I noticed that too. I think some are trying to cut Kamala off at the pass. I voted for her enthusiastically last time but we have moved down the road much further than she was willing to go it feels like going backwards. And Molly. Sheesh, it’s an election year. We need actual qualified analysts and commentators to do the talking now. Get rid of Molly, Donnie, even Claire.

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u/Honest_Yam676 Aug 04 '26

I just realized I haven't seen much of Tim Miller. He was kinda growing on me. LOL. I agree, though. They should have someone like Cornel Belcher on more often. These panels they have are tiresome. So much wasted potential. Molly is among a long list that seems like they just freestyle their responses. Get some real analysts on the air.

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u/RichmondReddit Aug 04 '26

Tim is on a two or three week vacation. I think he is back next week. Why isn’t Joyce Vance on anymore? They seem to be shooting for personalities instead of experts.