Aug 14, 2025
Zohran Mamdani's victory exposes the out-of-touchness of establishment media outlets that twisted like pretzels to scare voters away.
Ari Paul does a good job here covering slanted media coverage against Mamdani prior to the election for Mayor of NYC. One of the primary offenders is, of course, The New York Times, who had the audacity to use a photo of the fucking twin towers in an attack piece. There’s an excellent Citations Needed episode related to this as well - How US Media Frames Democracy that Actually Helps People as ‘Buying Votes.’
"Student loan forgiveness is a bribe for young voters," shouted Newsweek in 2022. "Harris's call for price controls on groceries is more pan
