Matthew Yglesias reveals secret to Vox success: 'Never check facts before publishing'

We often wondered how Vox editor Matthew Yglesias could get it so spectacularly wrong so often. Now we know.

This tweet, from last summer, sums it up:

https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/504790726446964736

Update:

Listen up, you ‘witless idiots’! Matt Yglesias’ fact-check whining was just ‘a joke’

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