Gilly doesn't think anyone can point their smartphone at news happening and post it in Twitter and have that considered journalism. No, she thinks that in order to be considered a "journalist" you have to get a failing broadcaster to hire you to point your smartphone at yourself with your tits out and whine on TikTok that a politician you don't like shook hands with a guy who makes memes you don't like

There were several 24/7 livestreams going on downtown Ottawa. You didn't have to take anyone's word for it you could see it for yourself

I don't have to tell anyone here Trudeau is a bag of shit

https://twitter.com/SheilaGunnReid/status/1589693439691874304

Chill out, TikTok snob. Don't be mad that our citizen journalists are outworking you while you post Band-aid selfies and whine about mean tweets.

https://twitter.com/SheilaGunnReid/status/1589693686535049216

The uppity gatekeeping from cry baby blue check journos is delicious.

Another blue check (Business reporter at @CanadianPress) whines about Ezra's comment, saying "Journalism isn't an activity. It's a job.". Blocks replies to her tweet because of course she does: https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1589713134888943616

That's not a dichotomy. It is an activity that can also be a job. Whether or not you're paid for it doesn't determine if it's journalism. In fact, if you cash a cheque from Trudeau (as 99% of Canadian journalists do), I'd argue that the "job" part undermines the journalism part.

https://twitter.com/SheilaGunnReid/status/1589748443618344962

A job subsidized by Trudeau is neither morally superior nor higher in quality than one done independently, and maybe unpaid, in the pursuit of the facts.