- Legacy media operates on hierarchical reporting chains, bureaucratic editorial layers, and the risk-averse culture of credentialed access. Their journalists are institutionally insulated from immediacy...
- 𝕏, by contrast, is frictionless. It enables information to emerge in real time. Users such as Laura Loomer published screenshots indicating Caldwell's identity in the chat. Others, like DiligentDenizen, confirmed Caldwell’s post-incident social media lockdown, further cementing the connection. Snarky replies from anonymous accounts raised sharp, forensic questions the Times never dared ask: did Caldwell add the Atlantic journalist to the Signal chat? Was he a scapegoat? Or worse, a saboteur? These questions emerged instantly, organically, and publicly. They could not be contained.
Of course, one might object: is not 𝕏 full of misinformation? Yes.
But this objection misses the point.
All information systems are fallible.
The distinction lies not in infallibility, but in responsiveness...
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