The bar for what passes for “journalism” at the Cable News Network is low these days. However, the network still manages to find ways to stoop to new lows. Case in point, an entire segment defending Kamala Harris’s accent use and authenticity, while completely neglecting her totally made-up Hispanic accent.
Here’s how host Laura Coates opened her segment in defense of Harris’s “code-switching”:
CNN LAURA COATES LIVE
9/18/24
11:14 PM
LAURA COATES: All right. tonight’s take comes to us from Elizabeth Spears from The New York Times, who writes this headline: “The Real Reason the Harris Twang Is Driving Republicans Crazy.” Now, in this piece, she argues: “conservatives find her accent infuriating for one very specific reason: because they buy the negative stereotypes. They associate southern accents with less educated working class…
