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“Why NYC’s Zohran Mamdani looks more and more like a hardcore Marxist”
This article describes the recent victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Zohran Mamdani defeated former NY governor Andrew Cuomo, making him the official Democratic nominee for the general election. After giving some background on Mamdani’s upset victory, the article digs into his views and character. The author calls him a hardcore Marxist and a product of the extreme American left. The author claims that Mamdani’s policies “should concern anyone in New York City.” After Mamdani expressed that he represents Democratic-Socialism, the author argues that this statement was a way to downplay the people’s fears. The author also criticizes Politifact’s findings (a fact-checking journalist site) for saying that the label of "communist" against Mamdani was a red scare tactic. Overall, the author imposes his strong conservative opinions on the reader. This is why I think this news article is troubling and contributing to misinformation.
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This article certainly does its fair share of fear-mongering and certainly platforms a conservative view. That being said, as far as opinion pieces from Fox News (and especially those about Zohran), …Read MoreThis article certainly does its fair share of fear-mongering and certainly platforms a conservative view. That being said, as far as opinion pieces from Fox News (and especially those about Zohran) go, this isn’t too bad. This is coming from someone who campaigned for Zohran. At least the author has some credibility, the article made some concessions, and the piece is clearly marked as opinion. I don’t like it and don’t agree with it, but I think it is somewhat passable for an opinion piece.
I think the major failing of this piece is that it didn’t do a great job of lining up Zohran’s policy positions with actual Marxist standpoints and theories. The latter were not well-explained— perhaps because if they were, it would be clear that the label of “marxist” is actually kind of a high bar. Read Less