So, like a phone book?

Journalism should be about illuminating a topic, including providing context.

I have my gripes with journalism that misuses facts and statistics to spin an alternate reality, but I don't think this was the case.

The twitter account never pretended to be a US official, it's always been clear that they are an "alt" account.

So for you to claim (someone who, if I'm not mistaken, has zero first hand knowledge about the situation) that your interpretation is more accurate than a "lousy" journalist who actually researched the issue is to my mind a little weird.

BTW, I'm sure you're aware that editors write headlines, not journalists right?