Elon Musk Revokes NY Times' Verified Status Over "Uninteresting Propaganda"
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Elon Musk, who owns Twitter, has removed the blue check verification from the New York Times' Twitter account, which has 54.9 million followers. Musk did not explain why the Times lost its badge but criticized the newspaper's Twitter feed, calling it "the Twitter equivalent of diarrhea." The Times announced it would not pay the $8 monthly fee to retain its badge, and other major U.S. journalistic outlets have made the same decision.
- Elon Musk Makes His First Big Strike in the Great Blue Check Purge, Pulls the NY Times’ Badge: ‘Their Propaganda Isn’t Even Interesting’ Mediaite
- Elon Musk says the NYTimes' 'propaganda isn't even interesting' and their Twitter feed is 'diarrhea' Daily Mail
- Musk calls New York Times "propaganda"; outlet loses Twitter verified status after refusing to pay for it TheBlaze
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