The New York Times had the verification badge scrubbed from its main Twitter account early Sunday after a user of the social media platform flagged to Elon Musk that the news outlet had said it would decline to pay the monthly fee to keep it.

Oh OK, well take it off then, the Twitter CEO tweeted in response to the users comment. Musk later criticized the Times, calling the Pulitzer Prize-winning news organization propaganda and equating its Twitter feed to diarrhea.