Leaders of news organizations should periodically take stock of the situation and ask themselves if their stories accurately represent the prevailing political conversation. Do our segments reflect the opinions of every voter?
On Tuesday night, as Zohran Mamdani discussed “the working people of New York,” whom he credited with his triumph, I couldn’t help but think about this. “Palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, and knuckles scarred from kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” he remarked. “And yet you have dared to aim higher over the past 12 months.
During a CNN panel late yesterday night, David Axelrod said, “Everyone at this table is going to go home to great comfort.” However, a large number of people in this nation and city have to worry about how they will pay their bills on a daily basis. It is a crisis, too.
The divide between the people we invite to discuss politics and those who are actually influencing it on the ground is one that journalists, particularly those on television, must continuously strive to bridge.
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