Media Meme on NY-23 Dead Wrong, and the NY Times Proves It

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If you've heard it once, you've heard it 1,000 times: the New York 23rd Congressional District (NY-23) has had a Republican incumbent since the 1870s. It's a helpful talking point for mainstream media types bent on portraying the Hoffman loss in the district last night as evidence of how the Republican mainstream has moved away from conservatism.

The only trouble with the talking point is it is patently false and the New York Times [yes, that NYT] proves it. (h/t EyeBlast.tv's Stephen Gutowski)

[I.e, 17 Republican representatives since the civil war, most recently 1992 - but that didn't stop Pelosi from repeating the canard verbatim on TV).]

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