We’re not the only ones who have been getting a good laugh out of the launch of Hillary superfan Peter Daou’s new project, Verrit.
It’s been a few days now, and we think Verrit is some kind of combination social media trading card and website; read the cool fact on the trading card, and then enter the 7-digit authentication code at the website to confirm it’s true. It it doesn’t pop up, it’s counterfeit. No more chance of a candidate like Hillary being sunk by fake news … and Russia, and James Comey, and Bernie Sanders, and WikiLeaks, and sexism, and …
Hmm… People say Hillary is "the past" but within 24 hours of her @Verrit endorsement, we have more followers than @CHAPOTRAPHOUSE.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/905169430593843200
The Daily Beast is anything but a conservative site, but even politics reporter Asawin Suebsaeng couldn’t help but ask:
.@peterdaou what is the point of you
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) September 6, 2017
A reporter at the Daily Beast. ? https://t.co/GinpkoMCqb
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) September 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/905560476872044544
Good point. But now that somebody asked, what is the point of Peter Daou?
https://twitter.com/iamshvin/status/905559166701498372
It's a good question, Peter
— Irregular Baxter (@kbaxter) September 6, 2017
Same question. https://t.co/Fbt1NgW9Gv
— Dr. Hapless Man for President, PhD (@Hapless23) September 6, 2017
He has a point.
— bropundit (@bropundit) September 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/cmdeb/status/905560909933891584
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Are you going to answer his question?
— Glutton4Pnshmnt (@Glutton4Pnshmnt) September 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/905560440750706688
https://twitter.com/Voodoo_Ben/status/905563310770200576
https://twitter.com/TheSmokingYeti/status/905563083158016002
I'd say it's a good question, but we all know your purpose: to take sycophancy to heretofore unimagined heights with your God-Queen, HRC.
— gloomhauer (@gloomhauer) September 6, 2017
I think he means he's confused about whether your whole cloth sycophancy negates you or if there's more to you than that.
— Ed Kirwan (@EKDramatist) September 6, 2017
That’s what we were thinking, but Suebsaeng seems to be confused, still, about the point of Verrit. After all, Daou is trying to undercut right-leaning media outlets like The Daily Beast by offering “authenticated” red meat to Hillary’s 65.8 million voters.
trying to think of a lamer website. Like, daily stormer dating community page about Asian women is more enlightening https://t.co/2BPNvMeBzA
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) September 6, 2017
Uh-oh … it looks like POLITICO isn’t big on “shameless propaganda rag” Verrit either:
New @politico: The Pro-Hillary Site That Looks Like North Korean Agitprop https://t.co/DItlr2NLQ3
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) September 6, 2017
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Let the hate flow through you; It only gives Peter Daou focus, validation https://t.co/0fGi4L1oEJ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 4, 2017