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I agree completely. There have been multiple stories in alternate media about the NYT and Washington Post trying to create a counternarrative to the Harris/Walz blitzkrieg of positive coverage of the energy with their campaign by writing intentional page one articles such as "When will the Harris honeymoon end(?)" or "When will Harris/Walz sit down with the media and answer OUR questions(?)" as if the rally coverage isn't the candidates speaking directly to the electorate and expressing their message and vision as they want it to be done without the media's filter or commentary.
Did you notice there was no live coverage of Saturday's Las Vegas rally on the major news networks? In my opinion, the media is making a shift to try and coerce the campaign to acquiesce to their agenda by withholding live coverage.
Personally, I'd inform the media that policy papers often take months to compile because no candidate wants to misstate or wrongly imply a stance which can harm their electoral chances and become a target for their opponents to use to upset momentum. Harris/Walz are telling the public exactly what they believe in and what policies they will fight for. And perhaps most importantly, they're contrasted themselves taking a forward-looking positive vision for America as Trump's whole focus has been on relitigating his past grievances, getting his own revenge, and taking America "back" - completely negative, regressive messages.
Harris has been a successfully elected candidate 5 times over from local offices, to state office, to US Senator from America's largest state, then as Vice President of the United States, and now as the "break glass in case of emergency" presidential candidate. If the media doesn't know her or where she stands on issues, it's the media's fault for their mind-numbing failure in allowing the right to demeaningly define her for years (dumb, stupid, diversity hire, can't speak, unaccomplished, et._al.), and now when the nation sees not only a strong vital leader, unafraid to articulate her message of determination and unity with smiles, laughter and confidence, but also someone obviously with next level political skills and acumen, generating positive political energy and momentum seldom seen in US politics. NOW the media wants the access for discourses they should have had over the last 4+ years. Screw 'em and keep talking directly to the actual voters, ie. continue to do what's working and let the media report it instead of them trying to define this campaign for their own clicks and ratings.