Noam Blum (@neontaster) realizes there's 'not much more [he] can add to' his brief but brilliant exchange with blue-checked fact-checking expert

Author and blogger James Surowiecki has no patience for people like Joe Rogan who don’t subject all of their material to rigorous fact-checking by expert fact-checkers. For what it’s worth, James is absolutely right that good fact-checking is essential in today’s media environment, where misinformation and disinformation run rampant.

But who fact-checks the fact-checkers? That’s a totally fair question, one that Tablet CTO and Twitchy regular Noam Blum, aka @neontaster, would like an insightful answer to from James.

Here’s how that conversation went:

Not much more I can add to this. pic.twitter.com/Ruwc5dHROP

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) February 8, 2022

It’s pretty much perfect as-is.

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Tell the truth, Noam. You're playing a practical joke on us, right?

— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) February 8, 2022

Nope. It’s real, and it’s spectacular.

He deleted it. Not quick enough.

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) February 8, 2022

Oh, James … you gotta be quicker than that!

At least James had a defense for his now-deleted tweets:

Yeah – Rogan should fact-check his statements, and the statements of his guest, before putting them on the air.

— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) February 8, 2022

Hey, we didn’t say it was a good defense …

Here’s a “How to Wreck Yourself” tutorial by @JamesSurowiecki https://t.co/bIjZRnOoG1

— Stunk and Juff – NO DM (@69420AreFunny) February 8, 2022

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