Being Weird About Zohran
July 16, 2025
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as posted by the channelCaitlin and Trent speak with Eiynah about how people simply cannot be normal about NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the way the New York Times keeps getting puppetted by far-right propagandists, and the manufactured nature of “newsworthiness.”
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News media propagate moral panics
“Newsworthiness”
Reported speech can be recontextualized
The Bulwark Podcast June 17
New York Times June 21
Don’t quote the ADL
Dan Goldman’s bias should be mentioned
Jon Chait asks, why won’t he denounce the phrase?
Jon Chait hates attacks over a “decontextualized phrase or weaponized misunderstanding”
NYT Columbia hacked
NYT Columbia “exposé”
NYT looking for justification
“Black New Yorkers”?
Why the NYT keeps getting played
Chris Rufo lying about a drag queen
Chris Rufo lying about eating cats in Ohio
Crémieux/Jordan Lasker
Lasker is a grad student who believes in racist pseudoscience
Mamdani’s policies are not out of step with US opinion
Mamdani eats with his hands
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