Mamdani Beats Cuomo and the Press Hacks (Again)
The city’s media oligopoly looked to a rejected, corrupt sleazeball to save the city from a fresh-faced progressive who vowed to make life more affordable.
NYT Covers Up for Cuomo
While some local papers have been scathing in their coverage of the ex-governor, the New York Times seems to be largely buying what Cuomo’s selling.
Murdoch Paper Gives Away the Game: Cuomo Is on Their Side
The New York Post is letting slip that although the media tend to view the Cuomo scandals as a Democratic problem, the political and economic stakes here involve an aggressively center-right executive against a liberal legislature.
Cuomo’s Nursing Home Scandal Vindicates His Critics in the Press
For journalists who have covered Andrew Cuomo’s tumultuous governorship, the recent revelations are a return from the adoring media frenzy of a year ago to the Cuomo they remember: a corrupt bully who perhaps embodied the Trumpian spirit as much as anyone else in power today.
Are People Getting Sick Staying Home Alone? That’s Not What a Misinterpreted Survey Said
It would indeed be worrisome if people were ending up in the hospital despite observing lockdown restrictions, but there’s no reason to think from the information provided in a new survey that that’s the case.
Love Letters to Andrew Cuomo Failed to Check His Record
Election Focus 2020: Particularly in times of crisis, when executive power tends to expand dramatically, media should be holding the powerful to account, not settling for “better than Trump.” And there is plenty to hold Andrew Cuomo to account for.
