REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN’S Tuesday upset defeat by Westchester County Executive George Latimer generated many perspectives on what exactly precipitated his downfall.
The New York Times published the headline “Bowman Falls in House Primary, Overtaken by Flood of Pro-Israel Money” — before swapping it out for “Bowman Falls to Latimer in a Loss for Progressive Democrats.” Other coverage emphasized that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s spending wasn’t the only factor in the race and that Bowman’s flaws made him particularly vulnerable, as did changed district lines that made his reelection even tougher.
Progressive strategists, however, had a much more clear takeaway from the results.
“You don’t drop $15 million on an election if your positions are popular,” said Eva Borgwardt, national spokesperson for the Jewish advocacy group IfNotNow, which endorsed Bowman. “This was an act of desperation from a pro-war lobby that is at odds with the majority of Americans, including American Jews.”
Borgwardt was referring to nearly $15 million spent on the race by AIPAC, the Israel lobby’s flagship in the U.S. Millions more poured in from AIPAC-aligned groups and donors, bringing the outside spending total to around $25 million.
Checking out the intercept, thanks for the tip. Any other good sources?
Here’s a few good ones.
The Associated Press
BBC
C-SPAN
The Bureau of Investgative Journalism
The Economist (requires a subscription)
NPR
ProPublica
Reuters
I’ll enthusiastically second ProPublica. They’ve been absolutely killing it lately. They’re the gold standard of investigative journalism.
The American Prospect has some pretty good analysis as well.
Greg Palast does some great investigative journalism:
https://www.gregpalast.com/
The problem with The Intercept is that it was founded by Glenn Greenwald, who is constantly not only going on right-wing media, but often agreeing with their terrible points.
So I don’t trust it a lot of the time.
I don’t doubt what they are saying in this case, however.
I totally agree about Greenwald, but he was pushed out/resigned in 2020, he has nothing to do with them anymore. When he co-founded it, he was still a well-respected journalist. He isn’t anymore, but The Intercept still does exceptional journalism. I recommend taking another look.
he hasnt been involved for quite some time IIRC
Disagreeing with one of the founders which doesn’t work there anymore means it’s untrustworthy? If you believe The Intercept is a “right wing propaganda outlet” you’d better to cite examples of that than what you think of an ex-employee.
What has The Intercept done since then to regain my trust? Because I certainly haven’t heard them disavow or criticize their founder.
Write factually accurate articles with amazing investigative reporting. Should they condemn
HamasGlenn Greenwald at the beginning of every article?How about condemning him with any article? Just one.
Because right now, he seems to be an untouchable subject when it comes to criticism from them, unlike virtually everything else.
Which comment of Greenwald should they condemn exactly?
Now you want me to go through every questionable thing Greenwald has said every time he does things like go on Fox News and agree with the presenter and pick a specific one?
Okay, fine. How about when he called Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson socialists?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/03/why-glenn-greenwald-says-tucker-carlson-is-a-true-socialist.html
I’m sure The Intercept had a lot to say about that, right? No? Some other horrible stance he’s taken?
I’ll agree with you that his comment is far fetched. His definition of a “socialist” appears to be more related to non-interventionism.
As you had the courtesy to provide an example I did a little digging too and found that the Intercept did publish an article about Glenn which was not all that positive.
His departure appears related to his belief that The Intercept was “censoring” his political views. https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/glenn-greenwald-resigns-the-intercept/
The articles I’ve read from Glenn from time to time have been accurate but it is good to know that his reporting is very selective.