Elon Musk's most "controversial" Twitter decision was charging people $8 for verification. Entities who got their blue checkmark the old-fashioned way -- bribing Twitter and/or having the same worldview as the people who worked for Twitter -- couldn't stand the thought to be aligned with those of us who felt the eight bucks was worth it for the edit feature. The New York Times declared they will NOT pay the money.

So Elon said "YEET!"

I think Elon was motivated by the New York Times being sanctimonious about it, declaring "The New York Times, which has nearly 55 million followers on Twitter, said on Thursday that it would not pay for the verified badge for its institutional accounts, including @nytimes. The Times also told its journalists that it would not reimburse them for a Twitter Blue subscription, except in rare cases when it was necessary for reporting."

Musk said the real tragedy is when it comes to NYT's propaganda. It's not that interesting.

I guess Elon doesn't feel The Times caping for pedophiles is all that interesting. Though his issue could be their Elon-specific hit pieces. Like when they called him a global chaos agent. Or was so desperate to stop him from buying Twitter, they attempted to tie him to apartheid.

The Head Twit In Charge also finds NYT's new anti-paying for subscriptions stance to be curious. It's not the propaganda as much as it is the hypocrisy.

The Times would pay $1000 as an organization and then $50 a month for every verified employee. It's more than the $7 a month. But they could easily redistribute $1 per Times subscriber to cover it.

At the end of the day, I hope Elon and the New York Times can work it out. Without their blue checkmark, we have no idea if a tweet from the Times is their usual bullshit, or someone satirizing their usual bullshit.

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