Emptywheel always nails it:

Pt I keep making abt this yr's sched is reporters need to adjust their thinking of time. Sure Labor Day is trad'l start of low-info voters tuning in. But it's also 91% of way thru #Trump's campaign but only 40% thru #Harris's
https://nytimes.com/live/2024/09/01/us/harris-trump-election

Mind you there are abt 10 foundational q's (like his biz ties w/Gulf states) that supine press hasn't bothered to ask Trump in 21 mos he;s been running

Ah well, I'm sure they'll get around to the basics 1 of these days