As Twitchy reported, Vox’s Matt Yglesias seemed pretty bummed about having to fact-check before publishing.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/593721075739054080
Mockery ensued, natch, because the JuiceVoxer’s lament was just too hilariously on-the-nose.
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/593758129122344960
Vox mission statement https://t.co/yZa1Ejksma
— Hair (@SHannitysHair) April 30, 2015
Since when has THAT stopped you? MT @mattyglesias Had a really great post ruined by recalcitrant data this morning.
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) April 30, 2015
@mattyglesias well, that explains why you're so spectacularly wrong most of the time…maybe you should find a new day job…
— ThewlynOh (@ThewlynOh) April 30, 2015
.@mattyglesias Pretty much sums up the motto and editorial guidelines for .@voxdotcom
— NorseThunder (@Odinsonsmjolnir) April 30, 2015
@mattyglesias Ok, seriously. How are you paid to be a writer? I'm trying to work out how you guys get paid for crap like this.
— ((DarkTechObserver)) (@DarkTechMonitor) April 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/593786890731552768
@mattyglesias That post explains everything.
— Aaron Henager (@AaronHenager1) April 30, 2015
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@mattyglesias @StrokesofCandor Isn't that basically the Vox business plan? Well, that plus stealing material anyway.
— Wodeshed, Peep Derple (@Wodeshed) April 30, 2015
@Wodeshed @mattyglesias don't forget perpetually screwing up maps
— Rick (@StrokesofCandor) April 30, 2015
But hold up, you guys — apparently he was just joking:
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/593793087937355776
Get it? Get it?
Sorry, Matt. But the only joke here is you.
But it was funny because it's true! https://t.co/RGyygSa9wY
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) April 30, 2015
You're not funny and you actually seem to never fact-check, So. RT @mattyglesias "This morning I made a joke."
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) April 30, 2015
So.
Such impertinence! That must fog your lavender spectacles something dreadful. https://t.co/Uxno9fVTZM
— jon gabriel (@exjon) April 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/593794808344408064
Witless idiots? More like people that still think integrity matters. You need a new line of work, bud! https://t.co/vu7l4594gn
— Mrs. Rutter ™ (@lindarutter) April 30, 2015
Says the witless idiot… https://t.co/6gS6Lyx7Yj
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) April 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/593794022986022912
Four pinocchios. MT @mattyglesias This morning I made a joke.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) April 30, 2015
@mattyglesias Might want to look up the definition of joke.
— Chris Tsotsoros (@ctsotsoros) April 30, 2015
Speaking from authority. https://t.co/RBMov24oWA
— John Davey (@juanitocabrone) April 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/593794634838634498
@mattyglesias thinking maybe the joke's on you?
— Kay Taylor (@KayTaylor3) April 30, 2015
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Matthew Yglesias reveals secret to Vox success: ‘Never check facts before publishing’