NY Times avoids mentioning its source corroborating Harris' McDonalds claim is a campaign surrogate

The New York Times was called retired for discounting its source's ties to Vice President Kamala Harris while reporting connected nan contention complete whether she had worked astatine McDonald's. 

Harris' declare that she worked astatine nan iconic accelerated nutrient concatenation for a summertime while she was successful assemblage has faced tense scrutiny successful caller weeks, particularly since nary records proving her employment person surfaced and nary of her co-workers person been found.  

On Sunday, aft erstwhile President Trump spent his time moving astatine a McDonald's successful Pennsylvania to troll nan vice president, The Times published a study penning "Donald Trump has claimed without grounds that Ms. Harris ne'er worked astatine nan fast-food chain. Her run and a friend opportunity she did."

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The New York Times did not disclose to readers that a root claiming to verify that Vice President Kamala Harris worked astatine McDonald's is simply a run surrogate. (Getty Images)

That friend was Wanda Kagan, who The Times described arsenic personification "who had known Ms. Harris arsenic a teen and remained successful touch pinch nan family for years afterward."

"Answering questions by email, Ms. Kagan said that Ms. Harris’s mother, who died successful 2009, had told Ms. Kagan astir nan summertime occupation years ago. Ms. Kagan said she herself had besides worked astatine 1 of nan fast-food chain’s galore franchises successful those years," The Times reported. "'That’s what america regular folks did,' Ms. Kagan wrote. Still, she indicated that it had not been a predominant taxable of speech for Ms. Harris. ‘We didn’t talk overmuch astir our McDonald’s days backmost then,’ she said."

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However, The Washington Free Beacon took a swipe astatine The Times for not acknowledging that Kagan is simply a surrogate for nan Harris campaign.

As nan Free Beacon noted, Kagan sang her friend's praises during an MSNBC quality astatine nan DNC normal successful Chicago. She besides co-hosted nan "Survivors for Kamala Harris" online run arena and precocious visited nan White House to observe Harris' birthday. 

The New York Times cited Harris surrogate and longtime friend Wanda Kagan arsenic its root to corroborate that nan Democratic nominee worked astatine McDonald's.

A spokesperson for The Times told Fox News Digital "This was a thoroughly reported and edited portion of independent journalism. The Times stands down it completely."

Harris has many times touted her activity astatine McDonald's and really she "did fries" arsenic portion of her income transportation to voters astir a mediate people upbringing. 

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Reporting from The Free Beacon has formed uncertainty successful Harris' claim, which she first made successful 2019, and drew attraction to nan "shifting narratives" from her run and a pro-Harris ace PAC astir her alleged gig.

"First, they claimed she held nan occupation to salary her measurement done assemblage astatine Howard University by moving astatine McDonald’s. Then, they said Harris worked location successful nan summertime of 1983, aft her freshman twelvemonth of college, for other spending money," nan Free Beacon wrote, noting that The Times study did not admit nan change.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump hands retired nutrient while opinionated astatine a drive-thru model during a run extremity astatine a McDonald's successful Feasterville-Trevose, PA connected Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Trump has many times accused Harris of lying astir her moving astatine McDonald's and took a swipe astatine his Democratic rival while moving nan drive-thru. 

"I've now worked for 15 minutes much than Kamala," Trump told reporters opinionated extracurricular nan drive-thru window.

Several news outlets, including The Times, dinged Trump for accusing Harris of lying "without evidence" contempt nan truth that Harris has yet to supply grounds she really worked astatine McDonald's.