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You don't. However, corporate media is dirty as shit. So you'll inevitably get the "Why won't you condemn the Palestinian Intifada!" heckled at a guy running for NYC Mayor, simply because he's a Muslim who also disapproves of genocide. And if you don't say "I :heart: Israel and condemn all forms of Islamic Extremism" on a loop whenever prompted (and sometimes even when you do), the inevitable NYT headline is "Radical Mayoral Candidate For Most Important Job On Earth Supports Hamas And May Be Ineligible For Office So Don't Even Bother Voting For Him".
Not entirely unlike the inevitable flood of "Politician X is Literally Dying!" headlines that we get whenever a swath of corporate media has you in their sights.
People often fall into the trap of trying to explain themselves or defend or clarify their positions. And this inevitably gets spun as "Divisions in The Left! Leftists in Disarray!" It's why you'll often find politicians talking as though they're stuck on repeat, even to the point of stumbling over the same prepared remarks on what feels like autopilot. That's because they have trained themselves to stay so rigidly on topic, in order to avoid these pitfalls.
Broadly speaking, this is how modern liberal journalism functions to degrade democracy.
Absolutely, but we have to be the ones to point out that that's what happening. And in the same comments, we also have to point out what the person stands for and then walk away.