The argument you make is that @SeymourHersh is no more authoritative a source of news and information than @FreedomLover837474, so why can't they both have blue

The argument you make is that @SeymourHersh is no more authoritative a source of news and information than @FreedomLover837474, so why can't they both have blue checks. While true in theory, in practice, it turns out professional journalists are more reliable, which has led to people going elsewhere. Even if Twitter got it wrong with blue checks sometimes, by and large, the old approach led to a platform that was a vastly more reliable source of information than the cesspool we have today.