NYT Reporter Glenn Thrush Is Deleting His Twitter Account

Remember Glenn Thrush? He’s the former senior Politico reporter who shamelessly asked Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair, John Podesta, to fact-check his work.

Podesta said he found “no problem” there. So that’s nice.

Thrush is now a White House correspondent for the New York Times. And listen– he’s tired of your crap. It’s exhausting. So he’s deleting his Twitter account, effective midnight.

Hey folks — I’ve decided to delete my Twitter account at midnight. Too much of a distraction. DM me for contact info. Thanks for reading!

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) September 18, 2017

I feel like this is the equivalent of those self-righteous posts people put on Facebook. You know what I’m talking about. Posts that go something like this:

“Just so everyone knows, I am taking a break from Facebook. Don’t worry about me, I just need to refocus and figure things out. Call me if you need me.”

I HATE those posts.

Why wait for midnight?

— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) September 18, 2017

Because this is way more dramatic. It’s all about the build up. Duh!

You’re a journalist. This is unwise.

— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) September 18, 2017

This is a massive loss for Twitter and all of us. https://t.co/yVWD7aToTj

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 18, 2017

Truly. RIP, Thrush’s Twitter account.

Glenn let me take over your Twitter account, I promise you won’t regret it for at least 10 minutes

— Mark Berman (@markberman) September 18, 2017

write the DNC for contact info. https://t.co/SAu3mO1idB

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) September 18, 2017

HA! For real though.

Instead of making a big production out of deleting your Twitter account, why not just stop tweeting?

Unless you have little self-control.

— Sean Hackbarth (@seanhackbarth) September 18, 2017

He needs the drama!

why are you deleting it? just take it off your phone. your feed could still be a resource/record etc etc

— Liam Stack (@liamstack) September 18, 2017

But that would be way less dramatic. I don’t think you guys understand how important this dramatic exit is to him and his ego.

This is the best thing to come out of the Trump presidency so far pic.twitter.com/og0MiACdky

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 18, 2017

All those people he’s blocked, all for nothing.

— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) September 18, 2017

Such a shame.

I seriously think Glenn only made this announcement, because he wants everyone to beg him to stay.

Seriously? You’re a journalist with a BIG following!

— Emma Lewis (@Petchary) September 18, 2017

No!

— Dan Rodriguez (@holyshityouguys) September 18, 2017

We’ll miss you!

— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) September 18, 2017

Don’t leave us.

— Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) September 18, 2017

Totally understandable–but I really appreciate the content you shared here. Please reconsider.

— Jean R. Westcott (@DigiDaunted) September 18, 2017

He wants more of that. It’s an ego boost. Trust me. He’s a hack. This is what they do.

Update: Look who had a change of heart.

As many of you told me… actually deleting a Twitter account turns out to be a terrible idea. So it's simply going dormant. Cheers.

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) September 19, 2017