Michael Tracey (American journalist)

Michael Tracey (born in 1988) is an American independent journalist based in New Jersey.

Summary of career

Tracey's articles have been published in The Federalist, The New York Daily News,[1] The Wall Street Journal, Vice,[2] and many other publications. He is known for sharing his political views on Twitter, where he has over 150,000 followers, and for covering the riots associated with the 2020 George Floyd protests, which he claims were mostly ignored by other journalists.[3][4]

He has been described, in analysis of the contemporary media landscape in the late 2010s and early 2020s, as a "Left Heretic", alongside other journalists such as Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani. "Left Heretics" are defined as those who hail from the left of politics, but nonetheless are widely detested by mainstream leftists because they deviate from consensus on certain issues, notably freedom of speech and what can be construed as identity politics.[5]

He joined The Young Turks in early 2017, however had left the group by mid-2018. He stated that his departure from the group was on amicable terms.

Personal views

Tracey supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 US Democratic primaries, and advocated "conscious abstention" in the 2016 Presidential election. He has been highly critical of the Clintons (Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton). He did not express a preference for either candidate in the 2020 Presidential election.

Tracey was in the news in February 2021 after he accused Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of "emotional manipulation" online.[6]

References
  1. For example, Never forget the Trump-Russia moral panic: By fearmongering far beyond the evidence, the media and politicians did a huge disservice to the public
  2. "Michael Tracey". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. What He Saw at the Riots National Review interview with Tracey, July 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  4. The election everyone got wrong ("Michael Tracey and Brendan O’Neill discuss the Trump years, the summer of riots and the collapse of journalism.") Spiked, November 19, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  5. Left Heretics and the New Media Collective Tablet, September 15, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  6. Michael Tracey Blasts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Emotional Manipulation,' Faces Backlash Newsweek, February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
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