The Mainstream Media Strikes Back

Kamala’s Campaign • Dems Energized • Olympics Politics [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( The Mainstream Media Strikes Back Good Saturday morning! It’s hard to know how to kick this off given how many momentous—downright historic—political developments have taken place the past two weekends, thereby upending the news cycle. Brian Stelter [captured]( this upheaval in his look at how TV networks and legacy publications have been central to the unfolding election drama, a story the public—as he rightly noted earlier this year—had [otherwise been tuning out](. Also this week, Chris Smith [explored]( how Kamala Harris will make Joe Biden’s campaign her own; Molly Jong-Fast [wrote]( how we’re “all the KHive now”; and on Inside the Hive, Stelter [spoke with]( NBC News’ Ali Vitali about about the specific challenges facing a woman seeking the nation’s highest office. Plus, with the summer games under way in Paris, Tom Kludt [wrote]( about how global tensions could pierce the Olympic bubble. Thanks so much for reading. —Michael Calderone, editor [Image may contain: Crowd, Person, Adult, Computer Hardware, Electronics, Hardware, Monitor, Screen, Clothing, and Glove]( [The Mainstream Media Strikes Back]( By [Brian Stelter]( [It’s been a summer of blockbuster political news, with tens of millions tuning into CNN’s debate and Joe Biden’s Oval Office address. Even in our fractured info-environment, big-time TV anchors and legacy publications have led the way through a historic election drama.]( [Read more button](   [Can Kamala Harris Make Joe Biden’s Campaign Her Own?]( By [Chris Smith]( [The vice president has inherited her boss’s sprawling 1,300-person campaign apparatus. Some insiders are worried that Harris needs stronger allies. “She basically has Biden’s team right now,” one says. “She needs some people in that room who are her people.”]( [Read more button](   [Could Global Tensions Puncture the Olympic Bubble?]( By [Tom Kludt]( [The Olympics are often viewed as a respite from politics, but multiple wars and rising global tensions will be hard to ignore this year. “I’m here to bring awareness,” says Valerie Tarazi, a swimmer representing Palestine at the 2024 Summer Games.]( [Read more button](   [We’re All the KHive Now]( By [Molly Jong-Fast]( [The vice president has injected much-needed energy into the Democratic Party while putting Trumpworld on its back feet.]( [Read more button](   [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Electrical Device, Microphone, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, and Clothing]( [Will America Finally Put a Woman in the White House?]( By [Brian Stelter]( [NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali discusses why the cards are stacked against non-white, non-male hopefuls like Kamala Harris, who is already deftly navigating the misogynistic minefield of presidential politics.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast