Fall of the Fourth Estate: A Critique of Mass Media

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Even in an article that’s praising Mamdani, they can’t stop themselves from downplaying what happened.

On Tuesday night, Zohran Mamdani shocked the political establishment. There are lessons that national Democrats should take from his strong showing in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. But I worry they won’t. Democrats have a curiosity problem, and it’s losing us elections.

Strong showing? STRONG SHOWING?!?! That’s what you say when someone loses but exceeded expectations. HE FUCKING WON, you weasels!

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Sure thing. I’m a Boomer, and even I know what 420 references.

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Where is my facepalm emoji?

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Wasn’t the term invented by boomers? Highschool students in '71, according to wiki.

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You make a good point!

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Musk really loves the number 42 from Hitchhiker’s Guide, always with a zero after it for some reason. He also often references the number 69, the year The Cloud Minders episode of Star Trek was first aired. And of course many of his fans celebrate 1488 when the Europeans first reached South Africa.

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Democratic Leaders and The New York Times Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes.

Fixed that headline.

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April 20? That’s Führergeburtstag.

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christ-what-an-asshole

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Would this be a good time to mention that “radical” comes from the Latin word meaning “root”? Going back to fundamentals, basically.

Which would be a good thing, right, Andrew Sullivan?

But it’s like decimate…pedants just have to suck it up and accept that people are going to obliterate original definitions.

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ETA Context:

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