Michael Ballaban

Senior Editor, News & Special Projects @ CNN /// [email protected] /// Photo by Victor G Jeffreys II

[Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia]

I'm not the first one to say this, but it's really a bummer how just totally useless this app is during breaking news events. Completely awash with misinformation from paid blue checks.

[Haley Britzky @halbritz]

A person familiar with the removal said the move appeared to be a “knee-jerk reaction” because “no one actually knows what they mean by DEI content … therefore, they’re like ‘Well, let’s just take down all the photos of women.’”

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

@CrotonLibrary Can you please post these on BlueSky? Barely on X anymore, thank you!

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

@AdlerYonatan Nevermind, I found you! Boy do I feel silly now

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

@AdlerYonatan I love these threads, just wish you'd do them on Bluesky instead!

[David Gilbert @daithaigilbert]

Incredible scoop from my colleague Tori Elliot, who found out that Musk is installing his lackeys in the highest positions at the Office of Public Management — including a former Neuralink intern who graduated from high school in 2024

https://t.co/QLFbW1y5wN

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

Cirques Jobson

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

@ManilanH And here I was utterly convinced you were already a landsman. Guess I wasn’t wrong!

[Jeremy Frank @MLBRandomStats]

Kind of crazy: Babe Ruth hit more homers in Jimmy Carter's lifetime than any currently active player (Stanton leads with 429)

[shoshana || שושנה @TheTonightSho]

if you’re wondering who in the world follows beit shammai, it’s sir paul mccartney

[Jake Swearingen @JakeSwearingen]

Last year we discovered a COVID relief fund meant for struggling arts venues had given $200M+ to wealthy musicians. But we didn't know HOW they spent it — until now. We got the literal receipts, with @TheNewsHam and @ByKLong reviewing thousands of pages of accounting docs

[Bozi Tatarevic @BoziTatarevic]

"So there’s no salary for a pit crew member, it’s just the salary of their main job. For mechanics that can still be a good income, but it’s not massive — from what I’ve gathered, we’re talking in the region of $60k a year and up (although that is a rough number..."

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

@poppy_haze what company is this?

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

@FarroYossi Can’t believe Modi isn’t on this list

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

Just slightly more than Judge Judy’s final salary

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

Is this like one of those NFL contracts that’s entirely fake or is he really getting $50m a year

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

Sometimes it’s about the money shpidaman

[Lava @LivinWithLava]

it’s not always about the money shpidaman

[U.S. Politics Alert @USPoliticsAlert]

🆕 @jdvance has started following @cobratate

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

@redford would he want them

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

@neuroticjewgay Okay but the author of the book did say it was at least in part inspired by fascism and the holocaust https://t.co/hLj7Z020mF

[Michael Ballaban @Ballaban]

Lindsey’s great!