In January, liberal blogger Ezra Klein, formerly of the Washington Post, promised a “new way of delivering the news.” That “new way” is ready for launch, as announced by Klein and Slate’s Matt Yglesias, who will serve as executive editor of Vox:
Project X is dead. Long live http://t.co/wJVLN0dCYV! http://t.co/QW3w41dgeA
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) March 9, 2014
Welcome to http://t.co/qMCTTtKtEE and of course #FollowSunday to @voxdotcom
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 9, 2014
Long live http://t.co/nMSjtCR7s9! Check out our launch video here: http://t.co/f1mrPuaSey
— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 9, 2014
The best part?
http://t.co/8spv3o4oP5…launch partner GE!
LOL
— Kendall Clark (@kendall) March 9, 2014
Feel free to use this next time @mattyglesias rails on about the evils of corporatism. pic.twitter.com/eBbXgFP09m
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 9, 2014
The launch sponsor is General Electric. Both Klein and Yglesias have blasted a system that offers corporations like G.E. major tax loopholes. But if the surplus is invested in the “proper” venture, apparently they’re willing to look the other way.
This anti capitalist rant about the 1% at Vox brought to you by @mattyglesias & GE. #JuiceVoxers
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 9, 2014
The launch of a new, free, open, news site that is sponsored by GE is the kind of thing you do as parody. http://t.co/Iyox8QLF9c
— David Putney (@putneydm) March 9, 2014
—–> .@ezraklein's http://t.co/KCjA6M2oCj is sponsored by GE. Remember Jeff Immelt, Obama's JOBS Czar? Yeah, that was a winner!
— KRenner (@KRenner2) March 9, 2014
Vox… Brought to you by GE. Super cool. Rebellious. Cutting edge.
— Kevin (@kevkevkevkevin) March 9, 2014
http://t.co/kVVwaoo7sa. New media. Breaking all the rulez, yo! (Sponsored by GE) translation- nothing's different, just spun differently.
— Mr. Calvin (@mrcalvin) March 9, 2014
Yglesias also used General Electric as an example of “terrible” corporate behavior in a December column titled “Dividends are Evil.”
