> A spokesman for President-elect Joseph R. Biden declined last week to comment on the expected rule, but activists said they expected him to quickly work to suspend and then repeal it.
Did you mean NY Times?
I too also hate when this sort of language is used. Typically it's "Twitter thinks" or "Facebook reacts" when the correct terminology should be "These 3 users on Twitter" or "This specific person on Facebook".
80k views is nothing to sniff at, but that's hardly "viral".
Not really the same as what you're talking about, but I was reminded because it's another example of lazy use of language by journalists.
I think we're in agreement here; stop lazy journalism.