The Smearing Has Already Begun

Years of bilge from the tabloids ahead.  A couple of rags owned by billionaires are going to take a break from hurling feces at each other and spend the next four years inventing fake controversies to smear the first Democratic mayor in twenty years. 

The right-wing smear machine is already in motion.  Already working to construct the bullshit narratives they'll be employing to try to derail policy over the next few years.

Morning Read: 'Blooming Flowers or a Parks Commissioner?'

"Bill de Blasio's decision to move to Gracie Mansion was presented differently in the city's two tabloids. The New York Post--with an "OCCUPY GRACIE" headline--played up the move as a contradiction with his populist messaging, emphasizing that Mr. de Blasio is going to be with the "elite" in "one of the city's wealthiest enclaves." While the Daily News--under the print headline "WAS THAT SO HARD?--played up Mr. de Blasio's inability to make decisions by writing that "the delay raised questions whether he is an indecisive manager." A sarcastic editorial followed up: "Which will come first: blooming flowers or a parks commissioner?""

Real http://politicker.com/2013/12/morning-read-blooming-flowers-or-a-parks-commissioner/

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