The Gist

Is AOC Post-Truth Too?

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On The Gist, the empty political rhetoric that is "everyday people."

In the interview, fact-checking is big business in the age of Trump. But one politician diametrically opposed to the president—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—is playing fast and loose with statistics too, and journalists have noticed. Should she be called out? NY Magazine's Eric Levitz says it's complicated.

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