Tiffany Hsu, who covers “misinformation and disinformation” for the New York Times, took the reins of the paper’s “On Politics” newsletter Wednesday and issued the latest hypersensitive media defense of the newly minted Democratic nominee, under the inflated headline, “Tackling the falsehoods about Kamala Harris.” Yet much of what the paper condemned as “falsehoods” was merely partisan rhetoric which would have gone unremarked upon if thrown at Republicans by Democrats.
Vice President Kamala Harris has been campaigning for president for three days. And she is already facing disinformation and abuse of a far different caliber than President Biden ever has.
Ever since Sunday, when Biden backed her candidacy for president in his stead, many social media posts have parroted variations on the sexist and racist rumors that have followed Harris…
