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From time to time, news outlet leaders should look around and ask: Do our stories reflect the current state of political discourse? Do our segments represent the voices of all voters?
I found myself thinking about this on Tuesday evening as Zohran Mamdani talked about “the working people of New York,” whom he credited with his victory. “Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” he said. “And yet, over the last 12 months, you have dared to reach for something greater.”
I love a good TV panel discussion. But it’s worth asking if the typical one actually includes, or even channels the views of, people like the ones Mamdani described.
As David Axelrod acknowledged during one of CNN’s panels late last night, “Everyone at this table is going to
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