Leaders of news organizations should periodically assess whether their stories accurately represent the current political conversation. Do the voices of all voters appear in our segments? On Tuesday night, as Zohran Mamdani spoke about “the working people of New York,” whom he attributed his triumph to, I couldn’t help but think about this.
Palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred from kitchen burns, and bruised fingers from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” he stated. “And yet, you have dared to aim higher over the past 12 months.
Everyone at this table is going to go home to great comfort,” David Axelrod said late yesterday night on a CNN panel. However, “many people in this city and this nation have to worry every day about how they’re going to pay their bills.” And that’s a crisis. Journalists, particularly those on television, must continuously strive to bridge the gap between the people we invite to discuss politics and the people who are actually influencing it on the ground.
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