Harsh criticism was leveled at CNN’s Dana Bash after her interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris aired Thursday night, with critics slamming Bash’s “softball questions” and her attempts to provide answers for Harris within her questions.
Before the interview aired, CNN hosts tried to promote the interview as if Harris would be asked tough questions; CNN host Richard Quest declared, “Vice President Harris is in the hot seat on a bus tour in Georgia. She’s sitting down with our own Dana Bash alongside her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, in what’s the first exclusive interview with the Democratic Party presidential team since the historic switch from President Biden.”
CNN correspondent Eva McKend gushed, “This is a real test now, how she can do when pressed on certain issues.”
But it was anything but that, as Bash asked questions such as the
