The only real difference is the NYT and other legacy institutions are now being cut out and are mad about it, but they know they can’t just say that so they are pretending that there is some big scandal going on
@michaelhobbes.bsky.socialThe story makes a lot of hay out of SECRET SIGNAL CHATS but this doesn't seem all that different from PR flaks emailing journalists. There's no evidence that influencers were paid for posts without disclosure.
