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nice quote from Mandami comms person Emilia Rowland to the New York Times

from this story, in which the New York Times suddenly discovers the use of social media to bypass traditional media, then immediately frames it as somehow nefarious because a progressive did it

nytimes.comInside Mamdani’s Private Army of Public Influencers (Gift Article)Zohran Mamdani is seen as a social media wizard. Some of his popularity stems from an influencer operation run by the mayor’s office.

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See I didn’t even think about it this way but yes. I was mostly thinking about it from the perspective of he allows himself to be accesible, to the average person. He engages with the directly— regularly. I do however believe the NYT is attempting to argue anybody can be an influencer.

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