Media pretends that the most liberal senator in Congress is a 'moderate'

Fox News:
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos is the latest member of the media to portray Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as a moderate choice for Joe Biden's running mate.

On Wednesday, Biden and Harris made their debut as the 2020 Democratic ticket in Wilmington, Del., offering an introduction to the potential future vice president while making blistering attacks against President Trump.

Following their remarks, Stephanopoulos led ABC News' live coverage of the event, where he opined on Harris' political stance.

"Kamala Harris comes from the middle of the road, moderate wing of the Democratic party," the anchor said to a panel. "Not the first choice of progressives but Joe Biden banking that this historic move as the first woman of color on a national ticket will overcome that."
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There appears to be a growing trend within the mainstream media to present Harris to the American people as a more moderate politician despite campaigning as an unabashed progressive.

On Tuesday, The New York Times raised eyebrows for referring to the California senator as a "pragmatic moderate." An op-ed from The Washington Post on Wednesday similarly declared her as a "small-c conservative."

During her own presidential run, Harris expressed her support for the Green New Deal, Medicare-for-all, decriminalizing illegal border crossings, and gun buybacks.

According to GovTrack analysis, Harris was ranked as the "most liberal" senator in 2019 outranking both Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
What this demonstrates is just how far in the tank the media is for Democrats.  Pretending Harris is a moderate is a laughable lie.  No wonder the media is held in such low regard.  They are further damaging their credibility with this BS.

Miranda Devine correctly calls this deception:
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Harris advocates late-term abortion, thinks Catholics are not fit to serve on the Supreme Court, has tried to criminalize climate-change denial and the manufacture of guns, wants to give taxpayer-funded health care to illegal immigrants and, as California’s attorney general, wielded power like a callous autocrat.

But, if by pragmatic, the Times means this Barack Obama protegé will be whatever you want her to be, it’s correct.

Her record shows her to be a gifted shapeshifter.

The San Francisco progressive is prepared to pose as a law-and-order centrist in crucial states where suburban voters are nervous about violent riots.

The panderer to the defund-the-police crowd once compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Ku Klux Klan, but was endorsed by police unions when she was California’s top prosecutor.

The hedge-fund darling presents herself as a woman of the people.
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There is more.

Does the media really think it can sell the Harris is a moderate lie?  Apparently, they do.  Did they get a memo from the DNC or the Biden campaign to push this lie?

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