Think for a moment. How many times today did you see an article that proclaimed that Kamala Harris "made history" at last night's convention? It seems to be the description of choice when talking about Harris' speech. Sounds great, doesn't it? Harris made history!!!!!
When you read the article, however, you find that the history Harris made was by being the first black woman to be a VP candidate. She didn't say anything historic. She didn't do anything historic. Nope, she just was the first, so that's historic.
It sure seems that when it comes to describing something as "historic", the media is setting the bar really, really low.
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