A lot of words have been used recently to describe the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, particularly if one is not a fan of Harris. One of the frequent criticisms assigned to Harris’s campaign is its seeming lack of authenticity. From her sudden epiphany on multiple political matters to the way she was appointed as the Democratic presidential nominee to the exposed lies and deceptions of her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), much of what surrounds Harris doesn’t appear to be real. Often, it seems there’s a certain mysterious fakeness to her.

The most recent example is her much-ballyhooed “interview” with CNN commentator Dana Bash last Thursday. Largely promoted as Harris’s first sit-down interview with a member of the media, which she, oddly, did alongside Walz, it was little more than a prerecorded, propagandized conversation, obsequious agitprop, rather than a legitimate interview. And even though the interview was prerecorded, CNN still branded it as “live” during the telecast.