Since the NYT is mobilized against Platner, let's recall their recent record in democracy. In '20 they endorsed two Democratic primary competitors (Warren and Klobuchar) who, between them, could not win one state. In '25, they told NY'ers to vote for ANYone but Mamdani.
According to the media, just a few months ago, Andrew Cuomo, whom the DOJ found had sexually harassed more than 13 women, was the best choice for NYC mayor
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Weird how you haven’t had anything to say about other Mideast countries who influenced so much of our politics and policy but found the time to say something about the one country who leads the charge to oppose the Abraham-accords and normalizing relations with Israel?!?
This has dramatically reduced how much weight I’m giving her Platner accusations from “a lot” to “nearly none.”
It strains credulity that some longtime GOP operative in NoVa really thinks the NYT duped her to *aid Platner*, doesn’t know how factcheck works, etc.
But it’s perfectly calibrated for a partisan conservative audience and to raise her own standing.
Like I’m sorry but your best friend is Bethany Mandel, you worked in DC, you live in blue northern Virginia right now—you’re an establishment Republican, in other words, but you really can’t discern that a NYT reporter who has a history of Zionist activism *probably* isn’t in Platner’s corner? Or that the NYT in general isn’t exactly boosting him?
I don’t believe for one second this kind of experienced political professional can’t discern between the populist left and the establishment liberals. Just like anyone on the other side can distinguish between establishment Republicans and right-populist MAGA.
I also don’t believe that she would be this naive about the factchecking process and see it as surprising, let alone a setup. She presents herself as this wilting Christian mom naïf, taken for a ride by the big bad liberal NYT.
That’s just not the story of someone from her background with her experience who’s telling an honest narrative, but it is the story of someone who’s doing this whole thing in a calculated way to advance a political and professional agenda. Sorry but this just tanked her credibility in my eyes.