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The Washington Post's 2019 profile of Kamala Harris and her sister Maya contained an incredibly cringe-worthy scene in which Harris seemed to mock inmates and compared the difficulties of campaigning to life in prison.
It was awful.
And now it's gone. https://reason.com/2021/01/22/the-washington-post-memory-holed-kamala-harris-bad-joke-about-inmates-begging-for-food-and-water/
It was awful.
And now it's gone. https://reason.com/2021/01/22/the-washington-post-memory-holed-kamala-harris-bad-joke-about-inmates-begging-for-food-and-water/
The scene was a brilliant bit of reporting and writing. It was a mask-slipping moment that seemed to perfectly capture Harris' warped sense of justice and lack of basic human dignity—all in just a few hundred words.
And now it's gone. https://reason.com/2021/01/22/the-washington-post-memory-holed-kamala-harris-bad-joke-about-inmates-begging-for-food-and-water/
And now it's gone. https://reason.com/2021/01/22/the-washington-post-memory-holed-kamala-harris-bad-joke-about-inmates-begging-for-food-and-water/
I asked the Post why the Harris feature was updated to remove quotes that showed the VP in an unflattering light.
The answer? "We repurposed and updated some of our strong biographical pieces about both political figures....The original story remains available in print."
The answer? "We repurposed and updated some of our strong biographical pieces about both political figures....The original story remains available in print."
The Post, of course, can do whatever it pleases with its own content. It can update or rearrange or delete any detail in any story at any time.
But would it have "updated" a months-old feature to remove an inartful comment from Mike Pence? I doubt it. And that's the problem.
But would it have "updated" a months-old feature to remove an inartful comment from Mike Pence? I doubt it. And that's the problem.
Legacy media has a trust problem right now -- lots of Americans seem to believe that "the media" is playing for one political team. Editorial decisions like this one, even if unintentional, feed into that perception. https://reason.com/2021/01/22/the-washington-post-memory-holed-kamala-harris-bad-joke-about-inmates-begging-for-food-and-water/
