Reposted by Jenny Shen
NYT has gained monopoly power in the American liberal economy. With no comparable competition, they can say “fine, good luck elsewhere” to nearly any person, idea, or story they want
US liberalism’s ideas became more based in what NYT wants, not which ideas are strongest or best. Monopoly power!
![The highlighted passage is what Rivera claims was left out of the DNC’s report.
The DNC bears some responsibility for this ecosystem. During the 2019 nominating process, candidates seeking the presidential nomination had to meet grassroots donor thresholds as well as other benchmarks identified by the DNC to make the debate stage. This led many candidates to make significant investments in online fundraising and other tactics to capture grassroots donors. The intense pressure to make the debates left campaigns with few options.
[By Charter, the DNC has the authority and responsibility to publish a code of fair campaign practices “including but not limited to providing information to campaigns; agreements between the Democratic National Committee and campaigns; fundraising; and common
vendors.”46 The DNC Chair is required to put this code in place before each Presidential cycle.]
The DNC can and should adopt a fundraising code of conduct to ensure grassroots fundraising remains ethically aligned and is more effective going into the future.
As Bonica writes, the costs and risks for Democrats are compounding:
Every dollar spent on fundraising consultants, list rentals, and SMS spammers is a dollar
not spent on voter contact, organizing, or actual political communication. Campaigns
that should be building movements are instead building donor databases. Political
energy that could mobilize communities gets redirected into optimizing email subject
lines and testing which desperate plea extracts the most dollars from exhausted
supporters.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:25cztqjrqfedqg22bpoqjljr/bafkreig3b2j6gmn7vkztfkqvyenpxm3janraab7qavczq6ey36qhyl4zuu)
