Networks Trumpet ‘Charismatic Socialist’ Winning in NYC With ‘Powerful’ Views
26th June 2025
The “Big Three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC were ebullient Wednesday morning in celebrating far-left, “young, charismatic, socialist” New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani emerging as the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor as a “seismic…possible harbinger” for America’s future because of his “populist” views “meeting people where they are” with “solutions.”
And, remarkably, prior to their flagship morning news shows on Wednesday, there was only one news brief in the week prior to Election Day.
UPDATE: What the New York Mayoral Primary Means for Democrats (Jonathan Lemire/The Atlantic)
UPDATE: What Democrats can (and can’t) learn from Zohran Mamdani’s triumph (Eric Levitz/Vox)
UPDATE: Mamdani Supporters Celebrate Win with Cries of ‘Globalize the Intifada’