Last month, the New York Times published a story that portrayed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a politician who's learning that she'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar. “Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has tempered her brash, institution-be-damned style with something different: a careful political calculus that adheres more closely to the unwritten rules of Washington she once disdained,” the article read.
Ocasio-Cortez bristled at the portrayal. On Twitter she wrote, “There will always be powerful interest in promoting the idea that the left is losing power 1 way or another. The big way they try to dismantle the left isn't to attack it, but to gaslight & deflate it.” She accused the article of “dripping condescension.”
She's right: this is the moneyed centrist playbook. See how they've covered Bernie Sanders's 2020 presidential campaign. Unable to characterize him as a naif getting a reality check, the mainstream media has resorted to repeatedly claiming that his campaign is dead in the water — despite the fact that his polling numbers remain consistent and that he's been breaking all-time fundraising records.
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