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submitted 2 weeks ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Hopefully the mods are okay with a little journalism about journalism so that people know where Politico stands in terms of being a trustworthy source.

The headline in question:

‘Next question’: Harris evades questions about her identity

The background to the headline is from Harris' recent CNN interview:

“I want to ask you about your opponent, Donald Trump,” Bash said to Harris. “I was a little bit surprised. People might be surprised to hear that you have never interacted with him, met him face-to-face. That’s gonna change soon. But what I wanna ask you about is what he said last month. He suggested that you ‘happened’ to turn Black recently for political purposes, questioning a core part of your identity.”

“Same old, tired playbook,” Harris replied. “Next question, please.”

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[-] QuiteQuickQum@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

The headline is, “Harris sidesteps spotlight when it comes to her identity.”

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 points 2 weeks ago

the tweet Politico sent to promote it was incredibly misleading and stated Harris had dodged a question about herself.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

No it's "Donald Trump's attacks on harris' race fail to land"

[-] JaN0h4ck@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

Reminder that politico was bought by the german Axel Springer Publishing.

They (Axel Springer) own very big far right media outlets in germany and WILL try to meddle in the elections, if the price is right.

They have no morals and do journalistic malpractice all the time. It is a textbook evil company and belongs in the dumpster.

ps: The scientific Springer and Axel Springer are not the same.

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 6 points 2 weeks ago

Is there punishment when you falsify reports like this?

[-] stormeuh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes, collective punishment, i.e. trump gets elected.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Legally no. Practically yes. Lots of newspapers are throwing themselves out the window this election. They don't realize it yet, though.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

For once, this complaint is fully justified. She answered the question and said 'next' and they're implying she didn't answer the question by just saying 'next.'

I feel like sometimes "out of context" means they didn't report on additional relevant nuance in an answer but I'm sympathetic to headline authors who need punchy headlines, you can't have a full 20 minute answer in a headline. But this was a 6 word response and they took the last two and pretended she didn't say the first 4. That is bad.

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