Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: What do you consider the de facto newspaper of record in the US?NYT58.3%WaPo11.2%Demagogue Twitter9.5%Crowd Twitter21.1%242 votes·Final results4:40 PM · May 29, 20181 Retweet1 Quote Tweet1 Like
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 29, 2018Replying to @theartlavThe informal "official" newspaper in a liberal democracy with a theoretically free press... the one the courts/laws will treat as "in the news" where necessary11
Jeff Richman@jcrichman·May 31, 2018Replying to @vgrNOT the one owned by a Mexican burner-phone billionaire.
Danger & Cuddlekins@Chiliandgarlic·May 29, 2018Replying to @vgrDoes "paper of record" mean anything beyond "what the elites have decided are the facts and opinions acceptable at this time"?
Keith Klundt @WebSolve·May 29, 2018Replying to @vgrWSJ. Increasingly referenced by other news orgs (see 60 Minutes stories 2 weeks ago)