Twitter Wants to Make It Harder to Search Journalists’ Post Histories After NYT Racism Scandals

"Journalists" have been hoisted with their own petard and don't like it. So Twitter protects them ... but not any conservatives.

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Twitter has long been a hub of public shaming, where old tweets are dug up — often by journalists— to shame and embarrass users, or destroy their reputations and careers. Some media outlets, like now-defunct Gawker, specialized in it.

Having ignored the problem for years, Twitter is now scrambling to find a solution. Why?


Because mainstream journalists are now falling victim to the same tactic they regularly use on other people, ranging from viral charity fundraising heroes to anonymous Trump-supporting meme-makers.

Following a number of scandals, some of which were exclusively reported by Breitbart News, including anti-semitic tweets from a New York Times editor and racist, anti-semitic tweets from… another New York Times editor!

Cancel culture — long a weapon of left-wing and mainstream journalists — is now affecting journalists themselves. So cancel culture must end, obviously!

According to Twitter product lead Kayvon Beykpour, the platform is exploring ways to make it harder to dig up old tweets.

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