A ranar Talata, masu kada kuri'a a fadin kasar sun yi watsi da gwamnati mai ci da kuma shawarwarin kafafen yada labarai. Wataƙila babu wani tseren gidan da ya fi wannan al'amari fiye da Gundumar Majalissar Farko ta New York, inda tsohon ɗan wasan CNN John Avlon ya yi rashin nasara da sama da kashi goma cikin ɗari ga Nick LaLota na Republican duk da haɗin gwiwar kafofin watsa labarai na ƙoƙarin kawo shi cikin gwamnati.
Avlon bace Abokin hamayyarsa da kusan kashi 20% tare da masu ba da gudummawa ciki har da wanda ya kafa LinkedIn Reid Hoffman, tsohon shugaban Google Eric Schmidt, manajan asusun shinge Dan Loeb, da tsohon shugaban HBO Richard Plepler. A duk lokacin yakin neman zabe, ya sami goyon baya daga Liz Cheney ne adam wata, Billy Joel, Da kuma Don Lemon. "Za ku iya amincewa da shi," Lemon ya nace.
Tsawon watanni, kafafan yada labarai sun yi la'akari da zaɓaɓɓen avatar da suka zaɓa. "Ya kasance cikin sanye da kyau, mai iya magana, da kuma telegenic," Slate gushe. a New York Magazine, Avlon ya kwatanta kansa "da wani zanen Norman Rockwell ... mutumin da ke tsaye a zauren gari." Kwana daya kacal kafin zaben, ABC News nace cewa tserensa ya kasance "reza siriri."
An fahimci sha'awarsu yayin da yake zazzage batutuwan da aka fi sani da ajin watsa labarai. Ya nace kayar da Trump ya zama dole don "kare dimokiradiyyarmu" duk da haka ya yi kira da a dakatar da tsohon shugaban daga kuri'un saboda "tashe-tashen hankula." Ya ba da goyon baya ga tallafin Amurka don yakin Ukraine. Kuma yayin martanin Covid, ya rungumi kowane lalata 'yancin Amurkawa.
A farkon barkewar cutar, ya soki abin da yake ganin bai isa ya murkushe ‘yancin jama’a a lokacin kulle-kulle ba, makoki "Rashin tsauraran matakai na kasa baki daya don dakile barkewar cutar." Ya kira Ostiraliya, Hong Kong, da Japan "ma'aunin zinariya" a cikin martanin da suka mayar, yayin da aka daure 'yan kasarsu saboda barin gidajensu. A matsayinsa na masanin CNN, DHS ya ɗauke shi a matsayin "ma'aikaci mai mahimmanci," kuma ya zama a abin rufe fuska mai himma kamar yadda ya raina duk masu suka.
Sa'an nan, ya yi nasara umarnin rigakafi, yana kiran su "son kai tare da ajali." Ya kara da cewa, "Tsoro da shakku kan gushewa lokacin da suka fuskanci wani abin tilastawa," kuma ya yi bikin cewa kashi daya bisa uku na ma'aikatan hidimar Amurka sun dauki harbin bayan da sojoji suka yi barazanar harbe su idan suka ki.
Duk da irin nasarorin da ya samu, kafafen yada labarai sun nuna shi a matsayin wanda ya koma kan kujerarsa ta al’ada, “a Yamma Wing dawo," zakarantar da shi - dan attajirin miloniya - a matsayin wakilin jama'a a lokacin yakin neman zabensa daga nasa gidan rani in Sag Harbor.
Amma Long Island, kamar sauran ƙasar, sun ƙi labarin kafa kuma suka zaɓi Nick LaLota na Republican ta hanyar gefe na 11.5%, nasara mafi girma ta GOP tun 2016.
a cikin New York Times, Mawallafin Damon Linker ya gano batun da ke tabbatar da gazawar kafa a wannan zagayen zaɓe: “babu isassun masu jefa ƙuri’a a cikin yanayi don murnar wannan kafa da ayyukanta.”
He ya bayyana:
Baya ga yakin Iraki da rikicin kudi da aka ambata, akwai martanin barkewar cutar da jami'an kiwon lafiyar jama'a suka yi wanda mutane da yawa suka yi tunanin sun yi matukar wahala, tare da kulle-kulle da ke haifar da mummunar wahala da lalacewar tunani da ilimi ga yara; wulakanci da rashin kunya janye sojojin soja daga Afghanistan; hauhawar farashin kayayyaki na 2022, masu fa'ida da yawa da ke haifar da hauhawar farashin mutane XNUMX. yawan basussukan jama'a; hauhawar rashin matsuguni da kuma yaduwar sansani a cikin biranen Amurka;
Avlon shine cikakken mannequin don karyar da ke da alhakin rashin amincewa da masu jefa kuri'a na cibiyoyin da aka yi musu sulhu. Shi zargi sukar janyewar Afganistan kan "rashin bayanan kasashen waje." A CNN, ya an sallami masu sukar "Dokar rage hauhawar farashin kayayyaki" ta Biden a matsayin "rasa ma'anar" kuma sun nace cewa ya kamata su daina "rashin damuwa game da matsalolin gajeren lokaci." Shi touted lissafin shige da fice da aka gabatar wanda zai samu an daidaita shigowar bakin haure miliyan biyu ta kan iyaka a kowace shekara. Kuma a cewar Avlon, martanin cutar ba ta da kyau sosai, kashe kuɗin da ake kashewa a Ukraine ba shi da isasshiyar karimci, kuma ba a yi maraba da iyakokin kan iyaka ba.
Wannan shi ne tsari a fadin kasar; Manyan mutane sun zargi masu sukar su da lura da gazawarsu, kuma sun ba da izgili a maimakon mafita. Kamfen nasu ya mayar da hankali ne kawai kan lalata abokan hamayyarsu na siyasa kuma ba su da wani kamanni na sanin kai.
Amincewar shahararru, kiran sunan, umarni, ƙazantattun biranen, lalata iyakokinmu, raguwar man fetur ɗinmu, da mania na motsin trans, cin riba na kabilanci-baiting, doka da nufin abokan adawar siyasa, yaƙin neman zaɓe; duk an yi su ne don su bata muku rai, ’yan kasa masu shaida tabarbarewar kasarmu.
Avlon da 'yan uwansa "masu ma'aikata" sun yanke shawarar haka ka ya kamata a ji kunya, cewa ka bashin tuba. Amma, kamar yadda muka samu a ranar Talata, zabukan raba gardama ne, ba masu ikirari na duniya ba, kuma Amurkawa na da mutunta kansu don fadawa manyansu. babu. Ba za su tsaya kan karya ba, ba za su yi amfani da karfin hali ba, kuma ba za su ba da ladan sauke nauyin da shugabanninsu suka yi ba.
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Labarai daga Cibiyar Brownstone, ƙungiyar sa-kai da aka kafa a watan Mayu na 2021 don tallafawa al'umma da ke rage rawar tashin hankali a rayuwar jama'a.
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