Eric Boehlert: How the NY Times covered white, male VP's before Kamala Harris

[babylonsister]

How the NY Times covered white, male VP’s before Kamala Harris
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Eric Boehlert


For anyone not convinced that the Beltway press is using a new double standard to cover Vice President Kamala Harris, and has subjected her to an unprecedented level of scrutiny, the proof is in the print.

Here are a sample of New York Times headlines from the daily’s coverage of white, male VPs, taken from their first year in office:

• “The Education of Dan Quayle”

• “Cheney Ever More Powerful As Crucial Link to Congress”

• “Speaking Freely, Biden Finds Influential Role”

• “Amid White House Tumult, Pence Offers Trump a Steady Hand”

And then there’s the Times’ recent Harris entry: “Kamala Harris’s Allies Express Concern: Is She an Afterthought?”

In the Times’ view, the white, male VP’s were “steady hands” with “influential” roles who were busy getting an “education” and “speaking freely.” Impressive, right? Harris, the first woman VP and first person of color in that historic role, might be an “afterthought” who, according to the Times article, is “falling short” and “struggling to define herself.”

There’s nothing subtle happening here, folks.

The Times’ recent take-down of Harris was the latest from the genre, as the press piles on. The Beltway media aggressively agrees there’s something wrong with the vice president, even though she’s fulfilling her duties exactly as she’s been asked to, and has represented the United States honorably on the global stage.

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[gratuitous]

1. Sure she's fulfilling her duties, but . . .

And it's always what follows the "but" that tips you off that something particularly egregious is about to follow. Like when someone starts a sentence with "I'm not a racist, but . . ." You can bet something racist is about to be said.

[TNNurse]

8. But she hasn't achieved racial harmony, world peace or repaired the climate.

[secondwind]

2. 🤬🤬

[Achilleaze]

3. The Times is becoming a sadder and sadder case

[LenaBaby61]

5. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[Bettie]

4. Women have to do twice as much to be thought half as good as white men

Black women, three or four times as much.

The misogyny runs broad and deep in our nation.

Right here, on a liberal board, there are regular posts about which man will be the next nominee for president if Biden chooses not to run.

[mcar]

10. Sadly true

[JanMichael]

15. Agreed. It sucks and I am a white male.

It just never seems to end.

[Walleye]

6. "Struggling to define herself?" What kind of bullshit is that

[not fooled]

7. Thank dog for Bohlert

who sees clearly right through the B.S. shoveled out by most of the media.

And then writes for all to see their bias and inaccuracy.

[mcar]

9. Kick

[uponit7771]

11. They don't even give a fuck how racist and sexist they look

[Hekate]

12. It's the misogyny, kids

[niyad]

13. Does this misogynistic bs surprise anyone here?

[Bettie]

16. It shouldn't

but, I'm betting it does for some.

[bluboid]

14. THANK YOU, ERIC, for writing about the...

subtle & not so subtle/outrageous mysogenistic attitude in the coverage of Kamala. the negativity stinks to high heaven. I wish more writers would write about it & keep pounding it in until memers of the media realize that WE'RE WATCHING & WE'RE NOT STUPID...

[betsuni]

17. K&R