OAN Staff Blake Wolf
11:12am – Monday, October 14, 2024
Time magazine owner Marc Benioff recently took to social media to criticize Democratic candidate Kamala Harris for refusing to do an interview with the paper, which is a long-standing “customary” for presidential candidates to grant interviews. Ta.
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“Unlike other presidential candidates, Time magazine has not been granted an interview with Kamala Harris, despite repeated requests,” Benioff wrote on X.
“We believe in transparency and are publishing each interview in full. Why isn't the vice president engaging with the public on the same level? #TrustIssues #TransparencyIssues #Leadership,” Benioff said. He went on to link to the full interview Time magazine conducted with presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden months before Biden left office.
TIME recently reported, “What kind of president would Kamala Harris be?” This was mostly praise for her and her short list of campaign proposals. But the article is equally critical of Harris, highlighting her reluctance to participate in interviews for the article, which is unusual for a presidential candidate.
Harris declined to be interviewed, so “Time'' [instead] To develop the story around Harris, we spoke with 20 of her current and former campaign staff, former vice presidential and Senate aides, senior officials from the past five presidential administrations, and various policy experts.
Although the article was primarily sympathetic and conciliatory to Ms. Harris, writer Charlotte Alter also included the opinions of independent voter Rodrigo López, who commented on Ms. Harris' policy changes. She expressed skepticism about the lack of transparency, saying this was largely due to her lack of formal policy. Long interview.
“However, she has avoided the thorough explanation of her policy developments that Mr. López demands, in part by not speaking to reporters often. I prefer cultural podcasts or friendly talk shows,” Alter wrote.
“Harris declined repeated interview requests for this story. In contrast, Trump spoke for 90 minutes over two interviews with Time about his policy vision. “He spoke to Time magazine at similar length before withdrawing from the war,” she added.
The left-wing publisher has long been known for its anti-Trump reporting, and her refusal to be interviewed is even more perplexing, with many wondering why she would pull out of a likely story.
The article also acknowledges that Harris does not represent a major shift from the currently unpopular Joe Biden administration, likening a potential Harris-led administration to an “IOS upgrade.”
“You can imagine Harris's presidency as an IOS upgrade for the current administration. The operating system remains the same, but new features and better packages are added. There is a difference in tone between the two. Harris talks more and more comfortably about abortion rights than Biden, speaks more empathetically about the suffering of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and puts housing and small business at the center of her plan. “To strengthen the industrial class,” Alter continued. “But allies and critics largely agree there is little policy clarity between the Democratic nominee and the president she replaced at the top of the party this summer. ”
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