Are Bill de Blasio’s days as a lefty darling numbered?
First, last month, he offered prayers to the victims of the deadly attack in Toronto. And then today, this happened:
“The media also has to be held accountable,” @NYCMayor says to Room9 pic.twitter.com/GQRRsCs4gt
— Gloria Pazmino (@GloriaPazmino) May 25, 2018
“We started with an immense amount of access,” @NYCMayor says. “Some people abused that.”
— Jillian Jorgensen (@Jill_Jorgensen) May 25, 2018
“No I will not shed a tear if that newspaper is no longer here,” Mayor de Blasio says of @nypost. “The Post is not like everyone else” and their presence in our city is “harmful,” he adds.
— Grace Rauh (@gracerauh) May 25, 2018
Hooo boy.
Donald Trump says what now?
— Peter Kaufman (@BrooklynPortage) May 25, 2018
Oh, Bill … you’re in big trouble now.
Maybe time to stop the de Blasio-Trump comparisons on the media. Trump is waaaaay more pro-press freedom than Blas. https://t.co/mbYdaVowVT
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 25, 2018
indeed, trump merely declares that outlets like the new york times are failing, de blasio openly wishes for their demise https://t.co/p2nDzJ8oMO
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) May 25, 2018
It’s practically a declaration of war.
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/1000058109430120449
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/1000049948983885824
We think he does.
Meanwhile, if the media do wind up crying foul over this, they likely only have themselves to blame:
De Blasio says media ownership influences coverage. In theory of course it can, and yes, editorial boards ultimately answer to their publishers. But he *vastly* overstates ownership meddling in news coverage or editorial stances, which right now, in our case, is nil. https://t.co/VSny3rFm7z
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) May 25, 2018
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He's just parroting an incredibly common talking point on the left. Even other media do this–both Politico and NYT folks have a habit of reading the Post or WSJ and speculating whether "Murdoch is sending a message to Trump." https://t.co/ukymhrQZq4
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 25, 2018
Stelter points to that all of the time, then cries foul when someone suggests Bezos May have an agenda with Wapo
— Hope (@HopeAndPray45) May 25, 2018
CNN does, in fact, do this crap too all the time. De Blasio's temper tantrum is toxic, but he's merely reading from the same cards as the MSM he's criticizing https://t.co/7aiLpos4g6
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 25, 2018
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Update:
We’ll just leave this here:
.@BilldeBlasio says he wouldn't be sorry to see @nypost be shut down. Prior to this, he railed against comparisons of him to @realDonaldTrump but sure seems like a mirror image to me. pic.twitter.com/fCMnWE9qku
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) May 25, 2018