Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

But Twitter is, among other things, a war zone where tech people and the tech press fight. And from the side of the tech people, the way totally random journalists would be casually granted their checkmarks was a source of annoyance and resentment. — 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

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

What's happened is that they have mistaken their own resentment at journalists' unearned checkmark privilege for something that journalists themselves care deeply about and are either willing to pay for or are mad that other people will be able to buy. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 3, 2022 Deleted after 9 days Hibernated