It’s been said: Henry Kissinger.

I'm ashamed that you beat me to this.

Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.

If you’re even asking that question the answer is yes.

There’s nothing like taking your mom somewhere nice for dinner, and as you say, “After you” in perfect unison with mirror image gestures. Your mom snickers as the famous music from “Psycho” plays in your head.

Someone I know in a local position of authority saw for himself that she either hears what she wants to hear, or is willing to use a homeless kid as a prop. As you say, unserious at best.

The real ideological difference here is that Zohran Mamdani and Kshama Sawant represent two different factions of leftism- serious and not serious