Let's look at some recent CNN photos of each of them!
https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages...
https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20240921-po...
https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2024-09-26t...
https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages...
https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20240721-02...
(sources)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/27/politics/cnn-poll-harris-trum...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/27/politics/harris-southern-bord...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/media/abc-presidential-debate...
First, part of my claim is that you absolutely can find examples where CNN puts Harris or Biden in a bad light. To properly debunk me you would need an analysis of how frequently they show either party candidate in a good vs. bad light.
Second, and more importantly, you're trying to debunk what I clearly stated as my experience of viewing CNN. I didn't claim it to be a universal truth, only a pattern I have noticed when I have taken the time to browse CNN's site.
Debunking is useful when someone is proposing an argument as a scientific, or logically based, argument. Its pretty useless when the statement is only based on personal, anecdotal experience.
The most telling for me is generally the photos picked by a news outlet. On CNN for example, photos of Harris (and Biden) are almost always picked to show them in a favorable light. They'll be shot standing at a podium with an American flag behind them and a big, natural looking smile on their face. Photos of Trump are from off angles with an angry look on his face, often taken mid speech where a face will look more contorted than when smiling.
Are news outlets 100% biased mouthpieces pieces? Of course not. But they have a strong bias towards one party or the other and they don't try very hard to hide it.