Hoax?!: NY Post Dragged For Alleged Mamdani 9/11 Story

Source: The Washington Post / GettyOn Monday (August 3), independent journalist Judd Legum delivered an update on a bombshell report that showed that The New York Post published a cover story claiming ‘thousands’ of 9/11 families were trying to ban New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from the 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero.” On Legum’s Popular Information Substack, it was reported that The New York Post’s July 26 cover story written by Rich Calder claimed that the petition “has collected 3,515 signatures in a little over a week, most from victims’ family members.” That account in the print edition differed greatly from the online version, which stated tat the petition by organizer Giovanni Galante “has collected over 1,100 signatures in a little over a week, including from at least 300 victims’ families.”Galante was contacted by Popular Information about the discrepancy, and admitted that even the lower number in the online story wasn’t substantiated. “We don’t have a list,” Galante said. “If you know 10 people and they give it to 10 more people they know that lost. That’s how we got the 300 number.”The New York Post would go on to quietly edit the story twice, notably con...