{"id":1444998,"date":"2022-04-18T22:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T02:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444998"},"modified":"2022-04-18T22:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T02:59:49","slug":"taylor-lorenz-criticized-for-her-plan-to-dox-anonymous-libs-of-tiktok-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-lorenz-criticized-for-her-plan-to-dox-anonymous-libs-of-tiktok-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Lorenz Criticized For Her Plan To Dox Anonymous Libs Of TikTok Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaylor-lorenz-criticized-for-her-plan-to-dox-anonymous-libs-of-tiktok-account%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/laptop-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz was criticized Monday after it appeared she was planning to reveal the woman behind Libs of TikTok, an anonymous Twitter account that re-shares videos leftists post on social media to expose their radicalism.<\/p>\n<p>The plans to reveal the woman behind the account came after Ron DeSantis spokesperson Christina Pushaw shared an email she received from Lorenz saying she planned to release a story about it. Lorenz herself recently gave a tearful interview speaking about online harassment she has received as a journalist.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Bezos Post\u2019s internet hall monitor is so excited to \u201cexpose\u201d @libsoftiktok. Here is my comment: \ud83e\udd21,\u201d Pushaw wrote as the caption to the screenshot of the email. Many other followers shared her outrage.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Bezos Post\u2019s internet hall monitor is so excited to \u201cexpose\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@libsoftiktok<\/a>. Here is my comment: \ud83e\udd21 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SodXls9NV7\">pic.twitter.com\/SodXls9NV7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1516207818675785733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Backlash was immediate, especially considering how Lorenz recently gave a tearful interview on MSNBC in which she claimed to have \u201csevere PTSD\u201d from being a journalist and being on the receiving end of mean tweets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt takes a special kind of psychopath to cry on television over internet harassment and then dox the woman behind an anonymous Twitter account less than two weeks later,\u201d Greg Price, a political digital strategist, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1516214206068051971\"><span>replied<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSHOCKER it\u2019s Taylor Lorenz who LIVES for cancel culture then cries on TV about it lol,\u201d podcast host Alex Clark <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yoalexrapz\/status\/1516212487435157510\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSurely not the same Taylor Lorenz who was crying like a child over online harassment? Amazing,\u201d YouTube personality Blair White <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsBlaireWhite\/status\/1516212877371269120\"><span>shared<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Journalist Glenn Greenwald also had some harsh criticism. \u201cTaylor Lorenz is about to \u2018expose\u2019 the private citizen behind some anonymous account on Twitter, and when people criticize her for it, she and her friends will claim Taylor is the Real Victim\u2122 and anyone criticizing this type of \u2018journalism\u2019 will be guilty of causing her trauma,\u201d he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1516212493756026880\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Libs of TikTok has attracted more than a half-million followers and tens of millions of views on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube since launching the account in 2020. The feeds showcase the most deranged videos of leftists, especially teachers, and have helped expose a variety of scandals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The creator spoke with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/02\/the-mystery-woman-behind-the-viral-libs-of-tik-tok-account\/\"><span>The New York Post<\/span><\/a><span> in February. She said, \u201cI don\u2019t do this for money or fame. I\u2019m not some politician or blue-check journalist. And people feel like they have someone they can talk to when they have no one else to ask to help them spread.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She went on to talk about how many contributions she receives in her inbox daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWith me, they have a place to reach out to to get the message out,\u201d the Libs of Tik Tok creator continued. \u201cI feel like there are so many small stories that are so important that aren\u2019t getting out \u2014 and that\u2019s what I\u2019m here for. It sometimes feels like a mini Project Veritas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She also told The Post that negative comments and threats are common.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI can\u2019t see any of the people I\u2019ve posted about coming to my home,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t think they\u2019re violent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The account creator said she\u2019s been called a \u2018Nazi,\u2019 \u2018white supremacist,\u2019 \u2018grifter,\u2019 and a \u2018liar.\u2019\u201d However, she says she tries not to let it affect her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m not offended \u2014 I think these people are so broken. The people on the left who all day call people Nazis and white supremacists are so broken. All the left-wing media are brainwashing people,\u201d she told The Post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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