{"id":51750,"date":"2021-02-08T19:49:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T23:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=51750"},"modified":"2021-02-08T19:49:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T23:49:44","slug":"finally-an-app-that-takes-down-the-ever-prevaricating-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=51750","title":{"rendered":"Finally, an app that takes down the ever-prevaricating New York Times!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>New Twitter App Blocks Over 800 New York Times Journos In &#8220;Fight Against Disinformation&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHdege.com<\/p>\n<p>A new Twitter app encourages people to &#8216;fight disinformation&#8217; by blocking over 800\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0reporters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/jA48aAVB.jpg?itok=ZsIrw0I3\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/jA48aAVB.jpg?itok=ZsIrw0I3\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/jA48aAVB.jpg?itok=ZsIrw0I3\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"30607b1c-57bf-4076-af9e-4161890fc940\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time to block,&#8221; reads an introductory tweet from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blocknyt\">@blocknyt<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blocknyt.com\/\">www.blocknyt.com<\/a>). &#8220;<strong>Twitter users have begun mass-blocking New York Times-linked accounts to control the flood of corporate disinformation online<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For a limited time, block 800 NYT reporters for the low price of $0,&#8221; the tweet continues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1358807740856979459&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fnew-twitter-app-blocks-over-800-new-york-times-journos-fight-against-disinformation&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1358807740856979459\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>When one visits the blocknyt.com website, created five weeks ago, they&#8217;re greeted with several mock articles detailing the Times&#8217; failings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The New York Times Company now faces an economic and reputational reckoning. Employees are revolting, traffic is plummeting, colleagues are scathing, and readers are blocking,&#8221; reads one teaser.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cade Metz and Pui-Wing Tam, senior employees of the New York Times Company, set out to intentionally reveal the identity of a private citizen against his will. An outcry ensued, and the paper backed down, but the damage was done,&#8221; reads another.<\/p>\n<p>Once authorized,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/api.twitter.com\/oauth\/authenticate?oauth_token=n3QxbQAAAAABHKYdAAABd4KnK3A\">the app<\/a>\u00a0automatically blocks the journalists &#8211;\u00a0<strong>and then tells you that you can uninstall it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_borderTop__2PX5m Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1358826534602223617&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fnew-twitter-app-blocks-over-800-new-york-times-journos-fight-against-disinformation&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1358826534602223617\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Some Twitter users thought it was such a great idea,\u00a0<strong>they want one for other mainstream media journalists<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1358815669899378689&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fnew-twitter-app-blocks-over-800-new-york-times-journos-fight-against-disinformation&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1358815669899378689\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Caveat emptor: We have no idea who&#8217;s behind the app, nor what they do with the permissions given upon installation.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/new-twitter-app-blocks-over-800-new-york-times-journos-fight-against-disinformation\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/new-twitter-app-blocks-over-800-new-york-times-journos-fight-against-disinformation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Twitter App Blocks Over 800 New York Times Journos In &#8220;Fight Against Disinformation&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}