{"id":2618570,"date":"2026-06-24T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/propaganda-media-gear-up-to-whitewash-new-yorks-socialist-takeover\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:11:19","slug":"propaganda-media-gear-up-to-whitewash-new-yorks-socialist-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/propaganda-media-gear-up-to-whitewash-new-yorks-socialist-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Gear Up To Whitewash New York&#8217;s Socialist Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpropaganda-media-gear-up-to-whitewash-new-yorks-socialist-takeover%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2618570&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-turns-to-2020-playbook-of-deception-as-violent-antifa-mob-targets-turning-point-event\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media Turns to 2020 Playbook of Deception as Violent Antifa Mob Targets Turning Point Event\">article criticizes mainstream media coverage<\/a> for focusing on trivial stories-such as President Trump&#8217;s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool-while ignoring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/road-rage-incident-could-undermine-radical-prosecutors-promotion-to-u-s-attorney\/\" title=\"Road Rage Incident Could Undermine ... Prosecutor\u2019s Promotion to U.S. Attorney\">radical policy positions<\/a> of certain political candidates. It highlights recent New York Democratic primaries where candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), such as Zohran Mamdani and others, defeated incumbents and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >promoted extreme policies including defunding police<\/a>, abolishing borders, nationalizing industries, ending deportations, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-consultancy-coalition-for-liberated-ethnic-students-promotes-calls-for-israels-eradication\/\" title=\"Education Consultancy, Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Students, Advocates for Israel&#039;s Elimination\">endorsing anti-israel<\/a> and anti-Western sentiments. The author argues that these candidates support measures that could undermine American institutions and values, but mainstream media fails to scrutinize their platforms deeply. Instead, they serve to shape narratives that favor the Democratic Party, downplaying the dangerous implications of these candidates&#8217; views.The piece concludes that the media&#8217;s primary role is to control narratives rather than inform the public accurately about radical political shifts occurring in the country.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>America\u2019s propaganda media have spent an awful lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/19\/corporate-media-cant-be-bothered-to-investigate-fraud-and-crime-they-have-an-algae-bloom-to-track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">time and resources<\/a> probing President Trump\u2019s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/bXoJzx8oK6A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on-the-ground segments<\/a> with ABC hack <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jonathan-karl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jonathan Karl<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/06\/23\/dead-ducks-trump-reflecting-pool-00972529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expos\u00e9s<\/a> on the pool\u2019s duck users, the coverage of this non-story has been \u2014 to put it mildly \u2014 breathtakingly stupid. <\/p>\n<p>As with any information cycle, corporate media\u2019s decision about what is considered \u201cnewsworthy\u201d isn\u2019t based on whether or not it actually is. It\u2019s based on whether it can be manipulated and used to attack Republicans and advance Democrat Party interests.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to the latest elections out of New York.<\/p>\n<p>By now, many Americans have probably seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/clye652m41po\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headlines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/elections\/2026\/06\/23\/new-york-house-primary-election-live-results-mamdani-candidates-tested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">touting<\/a> how several candidates backed by NYC Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, a radical <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democratic-socialists-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)<\/a> member, defeated several U.S. House incumbents in Tuesday\u2019s Democrat primaries. These articles\u2019 authors employed generalized language to characterize the upsets as a battle between the \u201cprogressive\u201d and \u201cestablishment\u201d wings of the party.<\/p>\n<p>What much of this coverage lacks, however, is any deep dive into the insanely radical policy positions supported by the victor candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In New York\u2019s 13th Congressional District, Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat. <\/p>\n<p>Avila Chevalier is of Dominican descent and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/24\/darializa-avila-chevalier-win-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muslim convert<\/a> who has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/2069612181281198135?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">espoused<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/02\/us-news\/mamdani-backed-house-hopeful-darializa-avila-chevalier-called-for-world-without-borders-claimed-israel-doesnt-exist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support<\/a> for \u201cseiz[ing] the means of production,\u201d defunding and abolishing the police, nationalizing major industries, \u201cabolish[ing] the border,\u201d and stopping deportations of illegal aliens. She\u2019s also bragged about wiping her hands on an American flag after she \u201cforgot to get napkins,\u201d called for abolishing prisons and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/espaillat-ny-house-primary-loss-district-13-avila-chevalier-rcna351127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICE<\/a>, and claimed, \u201cIsrael doesn\u2019t exist!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Avila Chevalier was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/mamdani-endorses-former-organizer-of-columbia-anti-israel-encampment-for-us-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> involved in forming an anti-Israel Columbia University group that previously <a href=\"https:\/\/abc3340.com\/news\/nation-world\/anti-israel-columbia-students-call-for-total-eradication-of-western-civilization-divest-palestine-hamas-bangladesh-protests-demonstrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared support<\/a> for \u201cthe total eradication of Western civilization.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mamdani-backed Brad Lander beat out <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/30\/dan-goldman-is-a-hunter-biden-laptop-truther\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter Biden laptop truther<\/a> Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/dan-goldman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dan Goldman<\/a> to secure the Democrat nomination for New York\u2019s 10th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to Avila Chevalier, Lander backs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ7pl4wufxY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abolishing<\/a> ICE and previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/06\/04\/1st-nyc-mayoral-primary-debate\/defund-debate-00387967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supported<\/a> slashing the NYPD\u2019s budget. He\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2069775298170589642?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> Trump of engaging in \u201cfascism\u201d and has thrown his weight behind Democrat-led efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/brad-lander-calls-expanding-supreme-212200283.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pack<\/a> the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n<p>DSA darling Claire Valdez \u2014 who won the nomination to succeed Rep. Nydia M. Vel\u00e1zquez \u2014 has also called for <a href=\"https:\/\/clairevaldezforcongress.com\/issues\/memo\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abolishing<\/a> ICE, as well as investigating and prosecuting its agents. She\u2019s furthermore thrown her <a href=\"https:\/\/clairevaldezforcongress.com\/issues\/memo\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support<\/a> behind ending the detention and deportation of illegal immigrants, giving amnesty to illegal aliens, \u201cdemilitariz[ing] the border,\u201d increasing the number of refugees brought into America, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2066522182725894420?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/clairevaldezforcongress.com\/issues\/memo\/climate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a<\/a> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/green-new-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Green New Deal<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/medicare-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicare for All<\/a>,\u201d and ensuring <a href=\"https:\/\/clairevaldezforcongress.com\/issues\/memo\/queer-and-trans-liberation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taxpayer-funded \u201ctrans\u201d surgeries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DSA candidates also saw success in state-level primaries. This includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/24\/us-news\/mamdani-backed-ny-state-senate-candidate-who-downplayed-9-11-wins-nyc-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">victory<\/a> of now-Democrat state Senate candidate Aber Kawas, the <a href=\"https:\/\/aberforsenate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">daughter of Palestinian natives<\/a> who previously <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/2069615344956612991?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">downplayed<\/a> the 9\/11 terrorist attacks against the United States. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Normie Norm will never know this happened.<\/p>\n<p>He will, however, be fully informed on the latest drama involving the reflecting pool.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the power of the Narrative industry. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ngx7MlfpVR\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ngx7MlfpVR<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Oilfield_Rando\/status\/2069630669475418457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Yes, what these candidates support is extreme beyond measure. And yes, what they will do if given power will destroy what\u2019s left of the American experiment. <\/p>\n<p>But the reality is that your \u201ctruth-seeking\u201d press doesn\u2019t give one rip about any of it. <\/p>\n<p>As previously alluded to, these self-aggrandized \u201cdefenders of democracy\u201d don\u2019t view it as their job to provide the public with accurate information about these candidates \u2014 no matter how radical their Marxist worldview or backgrounds are. They see their chief role as being the narrative-control arm of the Democrat Party. <\/p>\n<p>Whatever web of deceit needs to be conjured up to benefit their political allies, the media are there to spin it. <\/p>\n<p>Some outlets may give readers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/zohran-mamdanis-picks-take-key-house-primaries-broad-battle-democrats-rcna351128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vague teasers<\/a> about the New York DSA lineup\u2019s policy agenda now while their victories remain hot. But the closer the country gets to Election Day, expect that low bar of \u201creporting\u201d to vanish as quickly as it arrived. Because if the media believe whitewashing these candidates\u2019 radicalism will bode well for their party, they will not hesitate to do so. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media distortions hide radical NY candidates&#8217; true agendas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2618571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-York.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8768,4188,23916],"class_list":["post-2618570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gear","tag-media","tag-whitewash"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/New-York.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2618570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2618574,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618570\/revisions\/2618574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2618570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2618570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2618570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}