CUPP: Silicon Alley? Not so much. First, Amazon leaves New York high and dry. And now, BuzzFeed gets into a Twitter war with the city's mayor. It all started on Monday when the BuzzFeed News Union complained over Twitter that management stood them up at a meeting about recognizing them, and eventually posted this. BuzzFeed management is engaging in clear union busting. Because the scuttle meeting was in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, a pro-union progressive, had to chime in. He Tweeted, memo to BuzzFeed News, New York is a union town. You didn't just snub BuzzFeed News Union yesterday, you insulted working New Yorkers. To the union, this city stands with you. To the management, come to the table. And that's when suits snapped back in a statement BuzzFeed said, this process is not going to benefit from the involvement of a deeply unpopular mayor who has expressed an open disdain for journalists during his time in office. Ouch. And they're not wrong. A new Quinnipiac poll finds that 76 percent of New Yorkers don't want de Blasio to run for president. I don't think that's because they like him so much at City Hall. We'll be back in two minutes.
Mayor Bill De Blasio (D) New York Spars With BuzzFeed Over Unionizing