During the presidency of George H.W. Bush, his Saturday Night Live impersonator Dana Carvey joked as Bush that Vice President Dan Quayle was “still gaining acceptance.” Kamala Harris has never received negative press attention like Quayle did. Instead, as she bumbles and falters, the media elites offer reports worrying about the negative perceptions getting cemented in public opinion.

On Sunday, USA Today White House correspondent Francesca Chambers demonstrated the trend in an article titled “Democrats want to fix Kamala Harris’ image problem. Some VP allies fear it’s too late.”

“This is a textbook definition of stenography,” tweeted Tom Bevan, co-founder of Real Clear Politics. Chambers began this way:.