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    Why the <em>Times</em>' White House Reporter Quit Twitter

    Even in the age of a tweeting president.
    by Robinson Meyer Sep 28, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Yuri Gripas / Reuters

    Not long ago, Glenn Thrush, a White House reporter for The New York Times, sat down at 7:30 a.m. to plan his day. His schedule and laptop sat arrayed before him. With so much time to spare, he checked Twitter—an easy mistake to make—where he noticed someone saying something vile and ill-considered.

    And then, somehow, 90 minutes passed. It was 9 a.m. No planning had gotten done.

    “Someone had said something nasty and it had totally hijacked my day,” he and logged off. At least for now.

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