Among a panel of fourteen writers assembled by the Times to opine about who won the debate thirteen of them call it clearly for Harris. The following throw away line was embedded in another headline article, their six takeaways from the debate:

In her response, Ms. Harris bored into Mr. Trump’s agenda rather than her own. It was typical of a debate in which she appeared most at ease talking about Mr. Trump rather than fleshing out her own plans for the presidency.

In other words, from the Grey Lady’s perspective, Harris, in her two minute answers, during which her main job was driving home the contrast between herself and the insane idiot behind the other podium, an idiot with a detailed plan, written for him, for unaccountable oligarchs to take over our government forever, kept focusing on the psychopathy and danger Mr. Trump displayed in his lying non-answers rather than giving wonkish details of her own policies. Fair enough. . .

Corporate media truly, truly can’t help themselves. Heaven help us all.