As Twitchy reported, Hillary Clinton is on board with superfan Peter Daou’s new media thingamabob, Verrit. Apparently it’s some sort of social media platform with “verified” (if out-of-context) quotes and statistics that are cross-referenced in a database — it fact-checks itself. At least, that’s what we think it might be.
At least one journalist we know of has said it’s a bad idea to fight Fox News with a “progressive” equivalent (no one tell MSNBC). Others have outright said the idea sucks — or at least that’s what we presume after reading Daou’s response to the Internet’s impression of his new baby.
DEAR HATERS: You realize screaming "go away, shut up, you suck" at @verrit is PRECISELY why Leela and I launched it? Thanks for validating!
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 4, 2017
YOU launched it?
LOL.
Please do continue. https://t.co/2wd9ebPsWe
— Epstein Didn't Mush Himself (@MushKat) September 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/marxismflairism/status/904805260241358850
Yo haterz, when you tell Daou he and his idea suck, it only validates him — so, by all means, keep validating him.
By "HATERS," @peterdaou perfectly illustrates why yesterday's Democratic Party was so bad at bringing people together. But it can evolve… https://t.co/g0hvyfSlLU
— Curtis Morrison (@curtisatlaw) September 4, 2017
Or, it can devolve, lurching to the hard left and making Bernie Sanders look like … well, Hillary Clinton. Hello, Harris/Gillibrand 2020!
Imagine beginning a public statement with "DEAR HATERS" and not being a 13 year old girl. https://t.co/EkZnPEyzbO
— Over the Jezzer and Through the Woods (@Jezzerat) September 4, 2017
I too scream into the night at the haters after getting owned thank you peter https://t.co/gRar3gyk44
— tom (@TEL9032) September 4, 2017
You're a grown man. Don't say "haters". https://t.co/jwkguYK26v
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock aka Kimberly (@conkc2) September 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/lowtax/status/904836192889442304
By not wanting our product and saying it sucks you are playing right into our hands. This was our plan the whole time https://t.co/NwWDokb3ec
— Hayes Davenport (@hayesdavenport) September 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/nsmckinnon/status/904834227165945858
ok i get that but have you considered the possibility that you actually just suck https://t.co/LjctNqQbzX
— jordany baseball (@jonahloeb) September 4, 2017
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Hillary Clinton promotes new media platform but people have no idea what it even is https://t.co/GufUhUBcxp
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 4, 2017