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Tom Hall's avatar

I didn't realize Wapo had changed the title, I only saw the latter one. The normalization is appalling itself but the fact that they deliberately changed it after publication seems somehow more egregious.

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Thanks for writing this and following these attacks on Harris. The way the WP frames this and changes its headline, reveals something about how the reporting will be rolled out over the coming months. The big name papers are definitely helping this line of attack move from career ending to ho hum. We should not be surprised by this. It sure seems they are getting ready to elevate whatever line of attack Trump might use as valid. We saw this with Obama when we went through the whole “debate” over whether or not he was born in the US. We will likely see the same with attacks on Harris. They will question her identity, her citizenship, even her humanity. This is what they plan for ALL of us! Are you a citizen? Where were your parents born? You don’t deserve equal rights! Are you a man, a woman, a cat, have you given birth? They are casting around and showing us how anyone, …candidate, voter, resident, human… , ANYONE’S status is up for debate. And it looks like the big legacy newspapers and media has every intention of framing it as part of some normal process. Rough times ahead.

Thanks again for writing up this thoughtful piece. ❤️

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