New York Times Loses Twitter Verification Badge

The New York Times has lost its Twitter verification badge, becoming one of the first accounts to lose its verified status due to Twitter’s new paid-subscription model. The newspaper, also known as the “Gray Lady,” recently had its badge removed and has yet to make any moves to regain it.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, criticized the paper in a tweet, saying that their “propaganda isn’t even interesting” and adding that their Twitter feed is “unreadable” and “the Twitter equivalent of diarrhea.” He suggested that if the company only posted its top articles, it would have far more real followers.

Twitter announced that it would begin to phase out its legacy verified program and remove verified checkmarks, with April 1 being the date when the process would start. Twitter users can still keep or obtain their verification badge by paying an $8 monthly subscription fee for a Blue subscription. Musk believes that paid subscriptions could help combat bots and trolls while also benefiting the social media platform financially.

Although Twitter has shared a link for organizations to sign up for “Verified Organizations”, a spokesperson for The New York Times informed The Daily Wire that the newspaper has no plans to pay a monthly fee for verified status on its institutional accounts. Furthermore, they do not plan to reimburse reporters for the Twitter Blue subscription, except in rare instances when it is essential for reporting purposes.

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