Twitter put their thumb on the scale over the controversy surrounding Sarah Jeong, officially verifying the newest member of the New York Times editorial team earlier this week.
Jeong, who spent most of her existence online without official verification as a senior writer at The Verge and elsewhere will now enjoy the all the algorithm privileges afforded to the platform’s elite group of blue check holders. She was not verified as of Aug. 13, 2018, according to an internet archive snapshot.
A spokesperson for Twitter told TheWrap that the request for verification came in through The NY Times, which was standard for their reporters and that it subsequently went through the normal verification process.
Also Read: NY Times' New Hire Sarah Jeong Trashed Paper's Op-Ed Writers in Old Tweets: 'Absolute Nitwit'
While Twitter has gone through various forms of distributing the coveted blue check, it has increasingly become a mark of endorsement by the social network,...
Jeong, who spent most of her existence online without official verification as a senior writer at The Verge and elsewhere will now enjoy the all the algorithm privileges afforded to the platform’s elite group of blue check holders. She was not verified as of Aug. 13, 2018, according to an internet archive snapshot.
A spokesperson for Twitter told TheWrap that the request for verification came in through The NY Times, which was standard for their reporters and that it subsequently went through the normal verification process.
Also Read: NY Times' New Hire Sarah Jeong Trashed Paper's Op-Ed Writers in Old Tweets: 'Absolute Nitwit'
While Twitter has gone through various forms of distributing the coveted blue check, it has increasingly become a mark of endorsement by the social network,...
- 8/16/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
New York Times features writer Elizabeth Williamson apologized for and deleted a tweet on Thursday that was critical of her new colleague, Sarah Jeong.
“I just deleted my earlier tweet about this column. It was inappropriate,” she said in a statement. “I apologize.” Williamson also included a link to Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens’ most recent piece in which said he was willing to look past the Jeong outrage.
I just deleted my earlier tweet about this column. It was inappropriate. I apologize. https://t.co/Z6tNMHHzMD
— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) August 9, 2018
Also Read: NY Times' New Hire Sarah Jeong Trashed Paper's Op-Ed Writers in Old Tweets: 'Absolute Nitwit'
The tweet that sparked the retraction also shared the Stephens piece, but instead of contrition, carried a sharp summary of Williamson’s thoughts on her new colleague.
“Here’s @BretStehensNYT offering a classy welcome to a colleague who has yet to prove she deserves one,...
“I just deleted my earlier tweet about this column. It was inappropriate,” she said in a statement. “I apologize.” Williamson also included a link to Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens’ most recent piece in which said he was willing to look past the Jeong outrage.
I just deleted my earlier tweet about this column. It was inappropriate. I apologize. https://t.co/Z6tNMHHzMD
— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) August 9, 2018
Also Read: NY Times' New Hire Sarah Jeong Trashed Paper's Op-Ed Writers in Old Tweets: 'Absolute Nitwit'
The tweet that sparked the retraction also shared the Stephens piece, but instead of contrition, carried a sharp summary of Williamson’s thoughts on her new colleague.
“Here’s @BretStehensNYT offering a classy welcome to a colleague who has yet to prove she deserves one,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Twitter has apologized to pro-Trump political commentator Candace Owens over after briefly locking the agitator and Kanye West muse out of her account over the weekend.
“Hello, we have restored your account, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Twitter takes reports of violations of the Twitter Rules very seriously. After reviewing your account, it looks like we made an error,” said the company in a brief statement to Owens on Sunday — which she promptly shared to her more than 600,000 followers.
“Blown Away by the amount of patriots that just came to my side to make this happen,” she said, promising more info in a periscope live stream later that today
Also Read: Candace Owens Promises Legal War on Media Companies Who 'Smear' Her: 'Remember Gawker?'
Blown Away by the amount of patriots that just came to my side to make this happen.
I will be...
“Hello, we have restored your account, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Twitter takes reports of violations of the Twitter Rules very seriously. After reviewing your account, it looks like we made an error,” said the company in a brief statement to Owens on Sunday — which she promptly shared to her more than 600,000 followers.
“Blown Away by the amount of patriots that just came to my side to make this happen,” she said, promising more info in a periscope live stream later that today
Also Read: Candace Owens Promises Legal War on Media Companies Who 'Smear' Her: 'Remember Gawker?'
Blown Away by the amount of patriots that just came to my side to make this happen.
I will be...
- 8/6/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
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