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Michael Tracey (born August 8, 1988) is an American independent journalist who covers American politics, freedom of speech, censorship and America's culture war, among others.

Personal life

Tracey was born on August 8, 1988. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Summary of career

Tracey's articles have been published in The Federalist, The New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, Vice, the New York Post, The Nation, Fox News, The Guardian U.S., 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.

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.

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.

References

1. @mtracey (August 9, 2020). "While today is technically my birthday, I now self-identify with a different birthday (TBD). There's a spectrum of birthdays and I won't be held down by the birthday binary. Thank you" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. "Why all this trans stuff?" on YouTube
3. 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
4. "Michael Tracey". vice.com. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
5. Tracey, Michael (February 4, 2021). "How AOC links the personal with the political, stifling dissent". New York Post.
6. "Michael Tracey – The Nation". The Nation.
7. Tracey, Michael (July 8, 2020). "Michael Tracey: Minority businesses suffering in Minneapolis following rioting after George Floyd's death". Fox News.
8. What He Saw at the Riots National Review interview with Tracey, July 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
9. 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.
10. Left Heretics and the New Media Collective Tablet, September 15, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
11. Tracey, Michael (January 22, 2017). "A Note On Joining The Young Turks". Medium.
12. @mtracey (July 3, 2018). "Programming note: I've departed The Young Turks. It was an interesting experience. Other things are in the works, but I'm always open to suggestions... get in touch" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
13. Michael Tracey Blasts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Emotional Manipulation,' Faces Backlash Newsweek, February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

External links

• Twitter profile
• Medium blog
• UnHerd author profile

• 1988 births
• American male journalists
• Journalists from New Jersey
• New Jersey Independents
• The Young Turks people
• Living people