The Harris media approach thus far was validated by the questions she got in that mini media scrum, which were an absolute embarrassment - "did you see what Trump said?" "will you do the debates with Trump?" "did you hear what Trump said about Tim Walz?"

Journalists in high dudgeon about the fact that she doesn't have to "answer for her positions" or "provide a vision of governance" give up the game when they turn into gossipy tweens the moment they actually get to engage with her.