Yesterday Elon Musk’s Twitter removed legacy blue checks from accounts that were verified under previous ownership, and the accompanying soundtrack should have been REM’s “it’s the end of the world as we know it.”
–Bette Midler was furious after the wind beneath her blue checkmark’s wings disappeared and reminded Elon Musk that she “contributed mightily to your platform.”
–Alyssa Milano had a meltdown that proved Who’s the Boss (and the answer is Elon Musk).
–Stephen King lost his blue check but then regained it courtesy of the trolling generosity of Elon Musk.
–Other legacy blue checks were also saltier than the Dead Sea.
Add it all up and it’s been a fun way to cap off the week, but look how CNN framed it:
Twitter users awoke Friday morning to even more chaos on the platform than they had become accustomed to in recent months https://t.co/FMCiWZcqvG
— CNN (@CNN) April 21, 2023
You’ll notice that there’s no blue check on that account, but there’s another way to tell it’s actually CNN’s account:
Is this the real CNN? YES, you can tell by the idiocy. https://t.co/mAjAQyj5za
— Jim (@Jim655R) April 21, 2023
HAHA! Yes, it’s very on-brand for CNN.
They lost their blue check and now its full tantrum time!!🤣🤣 https://t.co/vO0SbmbhQU
— Heywood Jiblomi (@LMJ0fficial) April 21, 2023
CNN and others have made all this far more entertaining than it should have been!
CNN can’t afford to pay $8 per month for Twitter Blue…#CNN #Twitter #TwitterBlue https://t.co/2VuGrcBzsq pic.twitter.com/VZCDonlLou
— Jonathan Bowen (@January1st2022) April 21, 2023
Certainly not after losing their arse on CNN+.
The $8 crybaby chaos.
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) April 21, 2023
Can't vouch for the unverified source here, but their reporting seems accurate. Hos were indeed mad. https://t.co/OHz8PjVZAS
— Carpe Donktum🔹 (@CarpeDonktum) April 21, 2023
You hacks predicted Twitter‘s death about four CNN+s ago. pic.twitter.com/yOuks310ZF
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) April 21, 2023
Everyone good out there? https://t.co/qrUExbGB7r pic.twitter.com/g60ZqWKGaA
— Don Povia (@HHReynolds) April 21, 2023
When your instinct is to describe twitter's blue check changes as "chaos", you are fully and completely out of touch with 99% of people on the planet. https://t.co/krLXUpfJEz
— Sarah Smith (@Hale_Storm) April 21, 2023
THIS. Is CNN.
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