Thread by @iowahawkblog

Nothing sends NBC News on a 5-alarm scramble for the Journalismobile like <checks notes> a disapproving tweet from an account with 1,027 followers

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1445880562120474630

@PronounsMatter69420987654321: Dave Chappelle hurt my feelings

3.2 seconds later:

Unfortunately for Twitter activists, Dave Chappelle and JK Rowling have both been inoculated with the miracle vaccine Fuck-You Money

But the good news is you can avoid the heartbreak of Chappelle Standup with another miracle vaccine: Don't Watch It

Once again, we need a national education program to teach people how to use a remote control

I guess I should turn on my notifications and hire a PR team to field inquiries from the press

https://twitter.com/MikeOfLeStreets/status/1446096580864528384

My joke has literally nothing to do with your critical tweet, the joke is about NBC News amplifying a critical tweet from an internet rando into a national news story.

https://twitter.com/taylor_ashbrook/status/1446207542984593414

FWIW, there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a Twitter rando making criticisms, because that's pretty much what I and everybody else on this hellsite is.

I just find it hilarious to watch billion dollar media corporation curate them into Breaking Stories

NBC NEWS REPORTERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY

1966: jumping out of Hueys and dodging Vietcong sniper fire to interview wounded Green Berets

2021: scrolling Twitter to look for people butthurt about something a celebrity said