Vice President Kamala Harris is facing serious fallout for sticking to friendly media outlets during her public relations blitz. The newest critic is Time Magazine’s owner, Marc Benioff, who fumed that she denied multiple requests to be interviewed for a major story.
Unlike every other major presidential candidate, “Time has not been granted an interview with Kamala Harris,” Benioff wrote on X. “We believe in transparency and publish each interview in full. Why isn’t the Vice President engaging with the public on the same level?” He added hashtags #TrustMatters and #TransparencyMatters. Fox News reported on Benioff’s salvo after his magazine released a 3,000-word story exploring how or what Harris might prioritize in her own administration.
Benioff also linked to separate interviews with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump who each sat for more than 90 minutes as part of stories about their administrations. Instead, Vice President Harris has largely stuck to progressive podcasts or local media shows in swing states where she is virtually guaranteed to receive friendly or less-informed lines of questioning. The piece, which Fox News called “largely sympathetic” to Harris, also quoted independent voter Rodrigo Lopez who described the incredulity in seeing Harris pivot from ultra-progressive in 2020 to moderate in 2024. “Yet she has skirted the thorough accounting of her policy evolution that Lopez is seeking, in part by speaking infrequently to reporters,” the story stated. “When she does do interviews, she mostly favors local media, culture podcasts, or friendly talk shows. Harris declined repeated requests for an interview for this story.”
Despite multiple requests, TIME has not been granted an interview with Kamala Harris—unlike every other Presidential candidate. We believe in transparency and publish each interview in full. Why isn’t the Vice President engaging with the public on the same level? #TrustMatters…
— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) October 13, 2024
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