Matthew Yglesias

@mattyglesias ↗

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

But if you're a working journalist on staff at a publication, you will end up getting the check just as a routine part of your job — like how you'll probably get a laptop and some business cards or whatever. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 3, 2022 Deleted after 9 days Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Because news is a very important part of Twitter, when Twitter set up their verification system they ended up treating journalists as a kind of special class. All kinds of people *can* be verified, but you usually need to be pretty prominent to get that check. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 3, 2022 Deleted after 9 days Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

As a longtime working journalist, longtime check-haver, and someone who knows lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of media professionals I can promise you that working journalists derive zero value, social status, or self-esteem from this. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 3, 2022 Deleted after 9 days Hibernated