Oliver Bateman Does the WorkVerified account

One of the saddest media-related things I can imagine is being one of those people who always fires off or agrees with the Approved Takes, and yet still lacks a following or even a part-time job in the "biz." They're doing the work, but for nothing. It's fascinating

They all wait and study the tweets, hoping they can score with a "safe" dunk ("this ain't it, chief") from Chait, A Sullivan, Matty Ice Yglesias, Katie Herzog, @tereseaimee, or someone else on the "approved to abuse for laffs/clout" list. They'll even steal each other's dunks

They're just Waiting, for the Big One. For their chance at Glory, at Clout, for a job with far less security and often less pay than managing an In n Out Burger

This is what’s impossible to explain to fans of like Alex Press/ Micah Utrecht etc; sure they’re only making like 40k and yeah, they’re technically working class but within a decade they’ll be making 300k at NPR and they know this. They just have to struggle with the plebes