‘Pod Save America’ host and NY Times reporter trade barbs online over Harris campaign interview

Two prominent liberal media figures took a swipe at each other on X after a bombshell podcast interview featuring Harris campaign officials talking about why they lost.

New York Times reporter Astead Herndon mocked the “Pod Save America” ​​podcast on Tuesday following its interview with a Harris campaign staffer, offending podcast host and Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau, who responded by taking a dig at the reporter. .

“Are you okay? Didn’t you get enough credit for breaking the news that Joe Biden is old?” Favreau asked Astead on Tuesday evening.

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A Times reporter began the rebuke that afternoon by sharing X’s transcript from “Pod Save America” ​​announcing its latest episode, featuring guests from the Harris campaign — senior campaign adviser David Plouffe, campaign aide Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks . , and campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon – giving their autopsy on the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris.

X’s podcast post said, “NEW POD. @DanPfeiffer sits down with @jomalleydillon, @DavidPlouffe, @QuentinFulks, and @StefCutter to talk campaign strategy, what voters needed most to win, why they failed in the end.” , and what Democrats should do differently next time.”

Astead retweeted the post and offered her own caption, writing, “A great advertisement for the importance of independent media.”

The reporter found that even though Harris had more positive press coverage among the legacy media – compared to President-elect Donald Trump – he still lost.

One of the widely cited reasons for Trump’s victory is that the GOP candidate sat down for several major non-traditional media interviews, including “The Joe Rogan Experience” and the popular “Flagrant” podcast. These interviews received millions of views and allowed Trump to attract new people.

One of the complaints made by Harris campaign officials during their recent interview was that podcasts and other non-traditional outlets were reluctant to engage. Cutter revealed how the popular YouTube show “Hot Ones” refused to interview Harris because it did not want to be associated with politics.

Favreau took offense at Astead’s dig and fired back with his own slam of the New York Times, mocking it for publishing numerous reports over the past few years about President Biden’s age being a major concern for voters.

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Harris’ campaign staff appeared on “Pod Save America” ​​this week to provide an autopsy on the vice president’s dramatic loss. (X screenshot)

A New York Times reporter responded, “You’d think you’d be embarrassed, but I understand this is like your sims game.”

Writer Hank Green responded to the series, chastising Favreau for arguing with the reporter. He wrote, “I have heard many people say that we need to get out of this kind of conflict and I feel like one of those people is you.

The former Obama staffer responded, “Okay! I’ll admit I was caught off guard by a NYT reporter I didn’t know attacking our media company but I should have known to deal with.”

Favreau’s separate interview with Green continued, with the author commenting, “What I will say is that the entire internet libosphere has spent the last few months blaming the New York Times for everything bad that happens as if times matter to people who might vote for Trump. It’s almost like they never went to Donald Trump’s account of -TikTok.

Favreau defended the Times, responding, “Oh, I know and I think the criticism of the NYT is often unwarranted and directed at a place where its audience is like 90% Dem. I really like Astead’s reporting, and his pod ”

“It’s his QT [quotetweet] it was about how the PSA [Pod Save America] The interview with the Harris campaign is an ad for independent outlets like the NYT because he didn’t like it, I think,” the podcast host added.

The New York Times and “Pod Save America’s” producer, CrookedMedia, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

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