cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42859733
Murdoch tabloid leads charge as big freeze persists – could the mayor please do something about the weather?
It snowed two weeks ago in New York. Since then, the temperature has barely risen above freezing – a temperature science naturally dictates is necessary to melt snow and ice.
But science isn’t enough for some US political critics, however, who have instead blamed Zohran Mamdani, New York’s new socialist mayor, for the snow not having melted and still clogging up some of the city’s streets.
The New York Post, the rightwing tabloid and a frequent Mamdani critic, has led the charge. This week the newspaper claimed that “slushy streets” were “ruining travel for everyone”.
Ok yes that is pretty dumb HOWEVER if the administration did not properly prep the roads and provide appropriate snow removal they are partially to blame for it taking LONGER for it to clear out.
They have people working 12 hour shifts clearing the snow. This is just an article about a right wing tabloid tabloid writing an article.
Why on Earth would you ever give the New York Post the benefit of the doubt? Like I don’t understand your brain.
The New York Post isn’t quoting itself, they didn’t dream up a person to criticize Mamdani.
They can spin it as hard as they want but at the end of the day? There are real life cranks out there complaining about snow removal.
So those are reasonable points to make. Maybe NYC wasn’t prepared for the snow, because the previous admins left public works a mess? Who the fuck knows - the Post sure as shit doesn’t know or care.
Not sure why that makes it an invalid point, but ok, keep your brain off I guess.
Well, somehow you managed to argue yourself back around to agreement. That’s all anyone is saying. This is a bullshit tabloid story based on if, maybe, who knows? It doesn’t deserve a second though for a city you don’t even live in.
So okay hold on. You’re saying it’s not the New York Post you are giving the benefit of the doubt to, but the cranks (your words) that the New York Post found? That seems so much worse.
Person: uses critical thinking to assess facts presented to them beyond face value, even if the presented facts back up their preexisting assumptions
People on Lemmy: I don’t understand your brain, you some kinda bootlicker?
“if”
Your arguments is really that you should use critical thinking by accepting a New York Post article as fact without you know checking? That’s what you’re coming to me with? Really?
… No? My first thought when I read the title of the article was, “well obviously he can’t control the weather.”
But rather than immediately saying “Republicans bad” and moving on, the second thought occurs, “maybe they’re complaining about the logistics side of things, like snow plows and clearing teams?” which would be a valid complaint.
Finally, instead of simply accepting the followup thought, we read the article, and see that they are in fact complaining about the man not controlling the weather.
Which begs the question:
Did the previous admin cripple the snow response cabability?