{"id":1445731,"date":"2022-04-19T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1445731"},"modified":"2022-04-19T09:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:59:49","slug":"straight-trash-twitter-explodes-as-washington-post-reveals-who-runs-libs-of-tiktok-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/straight-trash-twitter-explodes-as-washington-post-reveals-who-runs-libs-of-tiktok-account\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Straight Trash\u2019: Twitter Explodes As Washington Post Reveals Who Runs 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\">28<\/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%2Fstraight-trash-twitter-explodes-as-washington-post-reveals-who-runs-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=1445731&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\/Washington-Post-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The wildly popular Twitter account known as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\">Libs of TikTok<\/a>\u201d simply holds a mirror up to the radical Left, but apparently that\u2019s just too embarrassing one media figure who doxxed the woman behind it.<\/p>\n<p><span>The move, by Taylor Lorenz, a reporter at The Washington Post and formerly of The New York Times, prompted a massive backlash from prominent figures on Twitter. Critics say revealing the identity of the woman, who scours TikTok for extreme hot takes from the far-left and posts them without comment, serves no newsworthy purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is wrong,\u201d Tim Pool <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timcast\/status\/1516386958557208577\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> in response to the Post article. \u201cOne of the most important journalistic ethics is to minimize harm. The story is not served by exposing a name, the story is served by explaining their background and motives. Based on the responses to the story you can see the true motivation was to cause harm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo today the @washingtonpost decided to doxx an anonymous Twitter user who got popular for reposting TikTok videos, complete with a link to her professional license listing. Straight trash. Who\u2019s the editor that gave this the green light? I\u2019ll have more shortly,\u201d Ed Morrissey <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdMorrissey\/status\/1516386885932826638\"><span>shared<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTaylor Lorenz is a terrible journalist and worse human. Targeting a Twitter account that literally just posts Leftists owning themselves because that account damages the Left is pure Lorenz,\u201d The Daily Wire\u2019s Ben Shapiro <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1516386375674875904\"><span>tweeted<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taylor Lorenz is a terrible journalist and worse human. Targeting a Twitter account that literally just posts Leftists owning themselves because that account damages the Left is pure Lorenz.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1516386375674875904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you don\u2019t like @libsoftiktok posting your insanely awful videos then maybe stop recording and sharing insanely awful videos. She isn\u2019t making you look stupid, you\u2019re doing that all on your own,\u201d The Foo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolitiBunny\/status\/1516245168504156162\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Libs of TikTok account, which has about 663,000 followers, also shared an update. The founder, who The Daily Wire is not naming, said she was safe and thanked everyone for their concern and well wishes as her identity, job details, and other personal details were published Tuesday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWords cannot express how appreciative I am of the support I\u2019m receiving right now,\u201d she <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1516279523049889797\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThankfully I\u2019m currently holed up in a safe location. I\u2019m confident we will get through this and come out even stronger. Grateful for all the thoughts and prayers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 press secretary, Christina Pushaw, shared the news that The Post was planning to \u201cexpose\u201d the person behind Libs of TikTok when Lorenz reached out for comment Monday. After Pushaw shared a screenshot of the email she received, multiple followers pointed out the hypocrisy of Lorenz giving an interview two weeks ago complaining about internet harassment, then turning around and exposing the identity of a private citizen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1516214206068051971\"><span>replied<\/span><\/a><span> to Pushaw\u2019s post.<\/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. She has given several interviews, but always anonymously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The creator of the popular account told <\/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 that she doesn\u2019t run the account for \u201cmoney or fame.\u201d She mentioned how most of her posts come from people sending clips to her inbox.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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 said she\u2019s \u201cnot offended\u201d by all the hateful messages and threats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c\u2026I think these people are so broken,\u201d she told The Post. \u201cThe 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<\/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. Believe the same?<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> <i><span>Become a member now and join our mission.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wildly popular Twitter account known as \u201cLibs of TikTok\u201d simply holds a mirror up to the radical Left, but apparently that\u2019s just too embarrassing one media figure who doxxed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1445740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1445731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1445740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1445731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1445731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1445731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}