WNYC IS TALKING ABOUT MAYOR
DE BLASIO IN NEW YORK CITY.
HE IS GETTING A LOT OF
HEAT FROM THE PRESS.
IT'S A HILARIOUS JOKE WHEN THEY
SAY THAT THE MEDIA IS LIBERAL.
THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING EVERY
HATCHET THERE IS INTO DE
BLASIO'S BACK FROM THE MOMENT
HE TOOK OFFICE.
WHY?
BECAUSE HE IS AGAINST
ESTABLISHED POWERS LIKE THE
POLICE.
HE WANTS TO REIN
IN THEIR ABUSES.
HE IS NOT AGAINST THE POLICE.
I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING
DE BLASIO IS DOING.
SO NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO AGREE
ON EVERYTHING, BUT YOU CAN
TELL IN THEIR CRITICISM WHETHER
THE ARE BEING GENUINE OR
ARE MAKING STUFF UP.
EVEN THE NEW YORK TIMES HAD A
ARTICLE ABOUT THE OPTICS.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE SUBSTANCE TO
CRITICIZE SOMEBODY, YOU GO
TO OPTICS.
OH, HE DOESN'T
GO TO ENOUGH EVENTS.
WHAT ARE EVENTS FOR?
THEY ARE JUST PHOTO OPS.
SO HE DOESN'T GO TO THE
STANDARD POLITICAL STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE NEW YORK
TIMES IS JUST HURT BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.
THEY 
DIDN'T WAIT FOR FACTS.
THEY HATE THIS GUY BECAUSE HE'S
ACTUALLY TRYING TO THREATEN
THE ESTABLISHMENT.
GUESS WHAT?
THEY ARE ALL IN THE
ESTABLISHMENT.
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW
ABSURD THE CRITICISM IS,
ñ THEY SEE THE MAYOR IS
EXERCISING AT THE Y.
THEY SAID NO, HE COULD'VE
BEEN AT ANOTHER EVENT BUT
INSTEAD HE WENT TO EXERCISE.
THE HEADLINE THERE WAS,
"COWARDLY DE BLASIO
DELEGATES AT THE CRIME SCENE
TO POLICE COMMISSIONER."
I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE THE
PERFECT PERSON TO DELEGATE
A CRIME SCENE TO. AND THEY SAY
INSTEAD HE WENT TO EXERCISE.
THEY HATE HIM.
WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT A
LOUIS C.K. PICTURE?
THE NY WNYC IS HAVING
PEOPLE CALL IN ON THIS.
THIS GUY CALLS IN THAT
SOUNDS A LOT LIKE LOUIS C.K.
YOU CAN'T CONFIRM THAT IT IS
HIM, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE HIM.
HE MAKES A GREAT POINT.
HEAR HIM OUT.
LEWIS IN THE VILLAGE, YOU
ARE ON WNYC.
HI THERE.
I REALLY LIKE THIS MAYOR AND IT
HAS BOTHERED ME THAT THERE
IS A CULTURE OF CLICK BAIT IN
THE NEWS RIGHT NOW THAT
ONLY NEGATIVE STORIES
GET ATTENTION.
THE IDEA THAT THE CRITICISM OF
THIS MAYOR IS THAT HE
DOESN'T GO OUT AND HOLD RALLY TO
PROVE HOW 
WELL HE'S DOING,
TO ME THAT IS A HUGE
WASTE OF TIME.
I DON'T WANT A MAYOR THAT
SPENDS ALL HIS TIME WRITING
AND TAKING PICTURES.
YOU WANT A GUY OR A WOMAN THAT
DOES GOOD AND THEN MOVES ON
TO THE NEXT THING.
BUT THE PRESS TODAY THEY DON'T
MAKE ANY MONEY ON ARTICLES
ABOUT HEY, JOB NUMBERS ARE UP.
THEY GET MONEY ON ARTICLES BY
CLICKING ON STORIES.
I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED OF THE
NEW YORK TIMES, WHICH IS MY
NEWSPAPER, FOR WRITING AN
ARTICLE THAT SAID THOSE
THINGS ACCUMULATE TO
REAL NEGATIVES.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE.
I DON'T
THINK THEY IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THE WAY MOST POLITICIANS RUN
THEIR ENTIRE LIVES IS
LOOKING AFTER THOSE LITTLE
THINGS SO THAT THEY CAN
IGNORE THE BIG THINGS.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ON
THE COPS, THEY DON'T HAVE
TO TRY AND MAKE MOVES WHICH ARE
SOMETIMES EMBARRASSING AND
DIFFICULT AND UNPOPULAR
WITH POWERFUL PEOPLE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
IT.
I REALLY LIKE THIS MAYOR.
I THINK HE DESERVES A BETTER
CHANCE THAN HE IS GETTING.
WHETHER IT'S LEWIS OR
LOUIE, WHOEVER THE CALLER IS,
NOBODY IS DOING LOUIS'S
VOICE LIKE THAT.
ANYWAY, HE MAKES A GREAT POINT.
WHAT THE CONSERVATIVES DO IS
THEY CONTINUE ATTACKING
SOMEONE, AND THEY TURN AROUND
AND SAY THEY HAVE BAD OPTICS.
AND THEN THEY SAY HE IS A
POLARIZING FIGURE.
YOU ARE THE ONES THAT POLARIZE
PEOPLE AGAINST THEM.
IF YOU HAVE THE STORIES
ABOUT HOW BLOOMBERG IS
EXERCISING, ALTHOUGH BLOOMBERG
MIGHT NOT BE CAUGHT DEAD AT THE
YMCA.
THEN YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND SAY
PEOPLE ARE CRITICIZING HIM,
BAD OPTICS.
BUT THEY CHOSE NOT
TO DO THAT WITH BLOOMBERG.
AND THEY ARE CHOOSING TO
DO IT TO DE BLASIO.
IT IS THE OLDEST
TRICK IN THE BOOK.
YOU HAVE LEGITIMATE CRITICISM,
ABSOLUTELY FINE, BUT DO IT
ON POLICY AND SUBSTANCE.
THAT'S WHAT JOURNALISTS
ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
NOT LIKE OH, HE DIDN'T SHOW UP
TO AN EVENT, I DON'T LIKE HIM.
I DON'T LIKE HIM SO I AM GOING
TO MAKE UP A STORY ABOUT HIM.
IT'S THE BIGGEST BULL SHIT
CRITICISM THERE EVER WAS.
THEY ARE DOING A PURPOSE, AND IF
YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY,
DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE.
I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN NEW
YORK SAY THAT THEY'VE HEARD
A LOT OF BAD THINGS
ABOUT DE BLASIO.
LISTEN TO LOUIS C.K.
DON'T BUY INTO THAT BULLSHIT.
