News Brief: How Brandon Johnson's Win Upends US Media's Patronizing, Simplistic "Crime" Narratives

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this public News Brief, we break down Johnson's "surprise" win and how it undermines every lazy media trope involving local Democratic politics pushed over the last two years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to a Citations Needed News Brief.
0:06.4	I am Nima Shirazi.
0:07.7	I'm Adam Johnson.
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0:19.9	All your support through Patreon is so incredibly appreciated.
0:22.7	As we are 100% listener funded, we do these news briefs in between our regularly scheduled
0:27.7	full-length episodes.
0:29.0	And the news cycle demands it.
0:31.4	And so we're recording this news brief, the evening of Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, because
0:39.0	the news cycle is demanding that we talk about this.
0:41.6	And I am so thrilled to be joined by Citations Needed, Senior Chicago correspondent and my
0:46.7	co-host, Adam Johnson.
0:49.0	Adam, I think we need to talk about the mayoral race in Chicago.
0:53.0	Yeah.
0:54.0	So, as everyone knows, I'm Adam Johnson in YCCHI.
0:56.9	I've lived in Chicago about five and a half years.
0:59.3	So I'm basically an expert.
1:01.1	I know I'd about the brats and the bears and the white socks.
1:04.4	No, I kid.
1:05.4	I've fallen over Chicago.
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