Not entirely sure why Matthew Yglesias felt the need to chime in on the discussion about blue-checks and verification but here we are. He had to know people would just slam him, especially claiming media types get zero social status/self-esteem from being verified.
PUH-LEASE.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588190763413868553?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
Uh-huh.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588191262154399744?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588191483236163585?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
Blah blah bah …
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588191782193487874?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588192296708734976?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
Plenty of prominent people on the Right have been overlooked for verification for a long long long time … and he knows this. Because of their political lean.
*cough cough*
So whatever dude.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588192559595241473?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
Every single Twitchy editor knows this claim is BULLSH*T …
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588192811664478209?s=20&t=0QbQ-GV9oAMcK-OmmwbcDg
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
*gasp*
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
*gasps again*
Working journalists derive zero value, social status, or self-esteem from being verified.
RIIIIIIGHT.
That’s why so many of them are freaking out about paying $8 a month for it.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588193146072088576?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
Media TOTALLY see themselves as above the rest of us. Dude.
And we all know it.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588193355019714563?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
No, they’re not mistaken.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588193914640539658?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588195344453713922?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
The irony of him missing the point completely …
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1588196534033829889?s=20&t=rhUS4kd6tXYrk0uj4lOBrQ
Hey, why not?
Keep it simple.
At the same time, a lot of journalists seem to casually pretend they're not status-seeking when in fact they appear to be astonishingly status-seeking. The correspondence dinner stuff really felt like they viewed hob-knobbing and recognition as akin to the Oscars.
— John Lund (@AttilaTheLund) November 3, 2022
Mind-boggling to see blue-checks be oblivious to how the check mark increases the literal visibility of their tweets and accounts and helps their engagement.
— Cosmo Wenman (@CosmoWenman) November 3, 2022
Liar 🤥
— TexTodd Anti-War (@ToddCee23) November 3, 2022
You just did a #fakenews
— Ingenuous Firebrand 🐆 (@ING2Firebrand) November 3, 2022
*shakes fist*
There's a reason why they're often referred to as blue checkmarks… they absolutely rely on it to feel validated
— Misha ⚔️🇺🇸🇪🇨🇷🇺 (@MishaLGiancoli) November 3, 2022
Validated.
Status.
Self-esteem.
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