Governor Mike Pence Can Make His Own State-Sponsored News, Thanks

You may remember a post from nearly a year ago about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s attempts to present the public with a more “transparent” (read: flattering) portrait of his administration via its own YouTube channel.

While the “pilot” episode of the government vlog “The State of New York” (which does NOT run on taxpayer dollars) no longer lives online, the series continues. Here’s its latest weekly webisode:

Note the anemic number of views for these videos; when we made the mistake of scrolling through the comments on the original last February, we encountered overwhelmingly negative sentiments as citizens criticized Cuomo for making an attempt to direct the public narrative about his government.

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