Snort! Yep, the #NYTguesses were awesome. As Twitchy reported, a New York Times editor giddily leaked a “groundbreaking” scoop, which led to hilarious guesses in the Twittersphere.
The actual scoop?
https://twitter.com/hyemstar/status/409908646504452096
Disappointment reigned.
So the big scoop was the revelation that there are still homeless people under a Democratic administration? #nytguesses
— TinyShortBunkerInspectionHat (@Popehat) December 9, 2013
Weepy @nytimes piece about a homeless girl? OMG unprecedented y'all. #nytguesses DISAPPOINTED.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/JSto/status/409913209663934464
Anyone else read homeless story? Good, but was it 'unusual, groundbreaking,' life-changing, etc.?
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 9, 2013
@MZHemingway seemed like a pretty regular magazine type story to me.
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) December 9, 2013
@JohnEkdahl Right. I liked it. But we were promised something that would blow our minds. So … still waiting.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 9, 2013
Blowing of minds? Not achieved!
Did anyone get #nytguesses right?
— Sam Colt (@scranecolt) December 9, 2013
Well, one Twitter user guessed one part correctly:
@MZHemingway seemed more like teeing up a desired DeBlasio social initiative to me.
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) December 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/410065994183237632
Ding, ding, ding! Because looky here:
Moving @nytimes piece on 1 of 22,000+ homeless children in NY—a painful symptom of NYC’s severe inequality crisis. http://t.co/zBr4bgcbfY
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) December 9, 2013
Huh. Weird!
NYT playing slow-pitch softball. RT @Heminator: …and it looks like @JohnEkdahl wins #nytguesses @MZHemingway https://t.co/kwT4laUXzL
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) December 9, 2013
Bingo.
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New York Times teases ‘groundbreaking’ scoop; Snark-tastic #NYTGuesses takes off