Hillary Clinton is promoting a new venture called Verrit which is billed as a “media platform for the 65.8 million” people who voted for her in the 2016 election:
I'm excited to sign up for @Verrit, a media platform for the 65.8 million! Will you join me and sign up too? https://t.co/bOLSMyk6bG
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 3, 2017
But what the heck is it?
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/904492757422665728
https://twitter.com/ebruenig/status/904491515178885120
— AJ (@ajchavar) September 3, 2017
From the looks of it, this “media platform” allows users to create cards with quotes on them:
Game. Changer? The key difference is someone is going to verify each of these stupid cards:
Verrit collects and contextualizes noteworthy facts, stats, and quotes for politically engaged citizens. Each “verrit” is a verified item of information marked with a 7-digit identification code. To authenticate a verrit, enter the code in the search bar and match it to our database.
But they’re already taking conservatives out of context:
Some verification process.
In other words, it’s just a giant bubble for like-minded people:
The right says the left doesn't want to debate and the left responds by creating a media platform only for like-minded people. https://t.co/fYiMvFPHre
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) September 3, 2017
Living in a bubble is a good thing now ¯_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/fYiMvFPHre
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) September 3, 2017
Verrit is the brainchild of Hillary superfan Peter Daou and his wife:
1. THREAD—EXCITING NEWS!! Hillary Clinton endorses @Verrit, the media platform we're building for the 65.8 million! https://t.co/NDk4A5Xi81
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 3, 2017
You see, Hillary superfans need their own media platform because they are underrepresented in the current media landscape:
2. @LeelaDaou and I founded @Verrit because Hillary Clinton's voters – an inspiringly diverse coalition – are unrepresented in the media. pic.twitter.com/OYN9IMvbft
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 3, 2017
Nobody is talking about these things?
3. @Verrit is necessary because we need to talk about how misogyny, sexism, and racism plague our politics and impact our elections.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 3, 2017
Verrit is also needed to protect Hillary voters from Bernie voters, apparently:
4. @Verrit is necessary because if you're #StillWithHer, you endure constant harassment and bullying from the radical right and fringe left.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 3, 2017
You can read the rest of Daou’s tweet storm here.
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