Lets Get Real:
The Uber liberal NYT can afford the cost of getting the blue tick, it just to mean and is losing money thus why spend something for a blue tick that does not cause you any loss, people will know that the NYT is the source, there politics is so far left, Lenin would have a hard time getting a job there. Also let's recall that the NYT covered up Stalin's crimes in the Ukraine, when he stole ALL their food in the 1930s. It has to be stated that Mr Musk spent 44 billion in having ownership of twitter, if you want the blue tick you have to pay, its the point of capitalism, Adam Smith would be proud, and let's recall that Mr Musk is one of the richest people on earth. This blog even likes bankers and the traders on Wall Street, its about money at the end of the day, if you want money you have to work hard for it, that is life. So hat off to Mr Musk.