As has often been said, the corporate press are nothing if not a predictable lot, and that has certainly been the case in the aftermath of Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani's apparent Democrat mayoral primary victory in New York City, with the swooning commencing even before former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded defeat.
We reported earlier, for instance, on how definitive proof existed well before the primary took place that the left's/MSM's latest "flavor of the month" was a genuine communist. And yet, instead of focusing on how troublesome it was that the guy who wants to be mayor of one of America's most iconic cities essentially wanted to destroy it, some in the press focused on... fashion choices, with others trying to suggest that "globalize the intifada" doesn't mean exactly what it means.
Not surprisingly, CNN's Jake Tapper got in on the action as well, demanding New York Mayor Eric Adams, one of Mamdani's general election opponents, prove his claims about Mamdani supporting Hamas in its war against Israel. Tapper clearly didn't believe it, and doubted Adams could do it - until Adams dropped receipts.
READ MORE: Watch As Eric Adams Absolutely Schools CNN's Jake Tapper on Zohran Mamdani
As further evidence that the corporate press is rotten to the core, CNN is still at it, going to bat for Mamdani over his proposal to implement city-owned grocery stores if elected, trotting out the "experts" as though anyone trusts - or should trust - "experts" anymore these days:
“This is more common than people are aware of,” said Nevin Cohen, director of the City University of New York’s Urban Food Policy Institute. “There’s a wide spectrum of food retail establishments that could be created by or with the support of city government.”
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But Errol Schweizer, a veteran of the grocery industry who publishes the newsletter “The Checkout Grocery Update” and has written in support of a public grocery sector, said Mamdani’s proposal would address a failing in the market. Government-owned grocery stores would not compete directly with bodegas and convenience stores, which typically do not sell fresh produce and meat.
Zohran Mamdani, the favorite to become New York City's next mayor after winning the Democratic primary, has a contentious plan to create a network of city-owned grocery stores. But it's less radical than critics portray, some food policy and grocery industry experts say.…
— CNN (@CNN) June 30, 2025
As one might expect, people had thoughts:
Some say pic.twitter.com/limzbMmRLF
— Rick Holden (@NekoOjiSama) June 30, 2025
You know which other places have government run grocery stores?
— Leftism (@LeftismForU) June 30, 2025
Venezuela has them, Cuba has them, and North Korea has them.
That should tell you all you need to know about how great they are. https://t.co/citwbdTB6A
The argument here is that because the military has commissaries on foreign bases and other left-wing local governments are planning to open their own grocery stores, it's not a "radical" idea.
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 30, 2025
This is ridiculous. https://t.co/aa3RywSWqA
"Communism is actually good," say experts https://t.co/AnBXKy9D2S
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) June 30, 2025
Grocery stores, now brought to you by the same people who’ve brought you great things like the Post Office, the DMV, and the VA. https://t.co/hRnRBTAEzh
— Matt Magnasco (@MattMagnasco) June 30, 2025
If that doesn't scare people away from the concept of government-owned grocery stores, I don't know what would.
Editor's Note: The corporate media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie.
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