Ezra Klein’s claim that he ‘raged’ early on about Andrew Cuomo’s poor COVID19 response gets fact-checked

Cuomo wasn't uniquely ahead-of-the-curve on COVID and so got lionized, and now is falling from grace. It was always a weird convergence of where the media was and where he was, and it overwhelmed the obvious, even then, fact that he wasn't the right protagonist for this story.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 2, 2021

Good on Klein for holding the media to account.

What would have made it even better, though, is if Klein would’ve also included himself in the mix of media who need to be held to account.

Looks like it’s up to @neontaster:

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— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 2, 2021

“Raged”

Love all these guys trying to rewrite history when we were getting killed for rightly calling out Cuomo at the time.

— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 2, 2021

Check his thread. His proof is a piece in Vox from… German Lopez.

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 2, 2021

And even that piece was more about how CA reacted so well than substantive criticism of NY & it was pre nursing home stuff (which really came out in May) and the scandals that followed which he ignored.

— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 2, 2021

Ahem:

Ezra did not mention the name Cuomo a single time between April 6, 2020 and yesterday.

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 2, 2021

But the rage! The rage!

It was a quiet, seething rage, one not available for public viewing.

— BCerv (@BrianCerv1) March 2, 2021

Ah, OK. That must’ve been it.