Kamala Harris is facing the wrath of TIME’s owner after she refused to attend an interview with the renowned news magazine.
The vice president has refused to attend an interview with several traditional media outlets since she assumed leadership of Joe Biden’s campaign leading the Democratic presidential candidacy for 2024 and has faced a series of criticisms for her poor media strategy.
Marc Benioff wrote about his disappointment with X, stating that Time magazine has been in touch several times to interview the presidential candidate.
“Despite multiple requests, TIME has not been granted an interview with Kamala Harris, unlike any other presidential candidate,” the owner posted on Sunday.
Benioff included a link to interviews Time magazine conducted with former President Donald Trump and President Biden when he was still running for re-election in 2024.
Time owner Marc Benioff (pictured) is furious that Vice President Kamala Harris has turned down repeated requests from the magazine to attend an interview ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
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“We believe in transparency and publish each interview in its entirety,” he added in the post. ‘Why doesn’t the vice president interact with the public at the same level?’
The allegation of Harris’ refusal to interview with the magazine comes as CBS News faces intense backlash for favorably editing its 60 Minutes interview with the candidate.
A Time article published on October 10 titled What Kind of President Would Kamala Harris Make? notes that the vice president “declined repeated requests for an interview for this story.”
‘By contrast, Trump discussed his political views with a TIME reporter for 90 minutes in two interviews. “Biden spoke to TIME in a similar way before leaving the race,” they added in that article.
Critics, especially pro-MAGA social media accounts, have questioned Harris’ media strategy ahead of the election.
There are only 22 days left until next month’s election and Harris hasn’t made all the press in her media appearances as most candidates typically do in the run-up to Election Day.
Vice President Harris’ media strategy has come under fire from critics after she snubbed several traditional and legacy media outlets in favor of more alternative outlets, such as the raunchy, sex-focused podcast Call Her Daddy.
The vice president has participated in some questionable interviews, such as the raunchy, sex-focused podcast Call Her Daddy. And he has turned down some more traditional interviews, such as with Time magazine or traditional television outlets, to appear on radio shows like Howard Stern or Charlamagne Tha God, with whom he will sit down in Detroit on Tuesday.
But Harris did accept some traditional interviews, such as with 60 Minutes and CNN, where she appeared alongside her running mate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Although she turned down an interview with Time, Harris published a photo shoot with arguably the most famous fashion magazine.
Vogue magazine published its glowing profile of the vice president on Friday, revealing a long narrative of what life is like for her since Biden retired and she took over his campaign.
Harris attended an interview and participated in a photo shoot with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz at the vice president’s residence on October 7.
The cover described Harris as “the candidate of our times” and featured her wearing a Gabriela Hearst suit and $800 Tiffany earrings.
