New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named educator and YouTube star Ms. Rachel to his inauguration committee on Wednesday, elevating the children’s content creator and frequent lightning rod for conservative backlash into a high-profile role ahead of his Jan. 1, 2026, swearing-in.
Mamdani’s transition team said the committee will help plan and host a free public inauguration block party, billed as a citywide celebration that reflects the coalition behind his election. The group includes artists, labor leaders, organizers, business figures, and several campaign field leads who worked on Mamdani’s run.
No mention of Miss Rachel. Not a catchy headline whatsoever. Likely on purpose.
Likely because they’re a local news station with reasonable journalistic integrity who expect that their readership wants to gasp read news. This attitude to me is depressing and completely ethically bankrupt – that a fascist news piece with a hyper-clickable headline is better than one that just discusses the news undramatically as it is.
A catchy headline is mandatory for news to get views. The headline of WashingtonExaminer isn’t a lie either. In fact it shows what people would likely be most interested in.