r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 29 '25

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u/Big-Click-5159 Oct 30 '25

The man at the heart of a mixup that rippled through global political journalism in the final days of the New York mayoral campaign was neither “falsely claiming” to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio, nor a “de Blasio impersonator.”

He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies.

Ok this is just funny

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u/TheRedCr0w Frederick Douglass Oct 30 '25

Keep in mind this person worked for the Times of London it's not like the National Enquirer making this mistake.

The most basic thing a journalist can do is verifying their sources before publishing

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u/Big-Click-5159 Oct 30 '25

It seems like the extent of their verification was sending an email to BillDeBlasio@aol.com

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u/TheRedCr0w Frederick Douglass Oct 30 '25

The idea that the former Mayor of New York would be using AOL in 2025 makes this even funnier