{"id":1446025,"date":"2022-04-19T12:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T16:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1446025"},"modified":"2022-04-19T13:00:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T17:00:17","slug":"insufferable-wapo-journo-taylor-lorenzs-hit-piece-upon-woman-behind-libs-of-tiktok-backfires-spectacularly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/insufferable-wapo-journo-taylor-lorenzs-hit-piece-upon-woman-behind-libs-of-tiktok-backfires-spectacularly\/","title":{"rendered":"Insufferable WaPo Journo Taylor Lorenz\u2019s Hit Piece upon Woman Behind \u201cLibs of TikTok\u201d Backfires Spectacularly"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Finsufferable-wapo-journo-taylor-lorenzs-hit-piece-upon-woman-behind-libs-of-tiktok-backfires-spectacularly%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=1446025&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--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Taylor Lorenz, the Washington Post\u2019s internet culture beat reporter, is being accused of \u201cdoxxing\u201d the anonymous woman who operates the popular Twitter account \u201cLibs of TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lorenz, the former New York Times journalist who earlier this month <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/04\/taylor-lorenz-slams-msnbc-over-online-harassment-segment-you-f-ed-up-royally\/\">broke down in tears on MSNBC<\/a> while recounting \u201charassment\u201d she has experienced online, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/04\/19\/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published an article<\/a> on Tuesday revealing the identity of the social media user.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoxxing\u201d is the term used to describe the act of posting the personal information of those who wish to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n<p>Critics accused Lorenz of hypocrisy after it was claimed that she showed up at the home of the woman\u2019s relatives to ask questions.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLibs of TikTok\u201d account, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/02\/the-mystery-woman-behind-the-viral-libs-of-tik-tok-account\/\">which posts TikTok videos from liberals and has generated more than 662,500 followers<\/a>, posted an image of Lorenz outside the home of one of her relatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich of my relatives did you enjoy harassing the most at their homes yesterday?\u201d read the caption attached to the photo of a woman who bears Lorenz\u2019s likeness.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The same people who \u2013 just 2 weeks ago \u2013 were insisting that criticizing Taylor Lorenz is wrong because it generates &#8220;harassment&#8221; toward her are now cheering as she shows up at the homes of the relatives of Twitter users to dox them.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists at the top of the caste order.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1516410381501149196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" 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><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Glenn Greenwald, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, slammed Lorenz, tweeting: \u201cThe same people who \u2013 just 2 weeks ago \u2013 were insisting that criticizing Taylor Lorenz is wrong because it generates \u2018harassment\u2019 toward her are now cheering as she shows up at the homes of the relatives of Twitter users to dox them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Shapiro, the conservative commentator and Daily Wire co-founder, tweeted: \u201cTaylor Lorenz is a terrible journalist and worse human.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Shapiro added: \u201cTargeting a Twitter account that literally just posts Leftists owning themselves because that account damages the Left is pure Lorenz.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Lorenz defended her decision to reveal the woman\u2019s identity, tweeting: \u201cReporters make phone calls, send messages, show up places, and knock on doors when reporting out a story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lorenz added: \u201cI reported this story out extensively, using every tool I had, to ensure I had the correct woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to criticism that she targeted a private citizen who wished to remain anonymous, Lorenz tweeted that the social media user \u201cisn\u2019t just some average woman with a social media account\u201d but is instead a \u201cpowerful influencer operating a massively impactful right wing media shaping discourse around LGBTQ+ rights.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/taylor-lorenz-55.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Lorenz was slammed for revealing the identity of a private citizen just weeks after she broke down in tears on television complaining of being \u201charassed\u201d online.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a segment that aired April 1 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y5gNfVF7ixE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MSNBC\u2019s\u00a0Meet the Press Daily<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y5gNfVF7ixE\">,<\/a>\u00a0Lorenz revealed that online harassment targeting her and her family caused her to experience \u201csevere PTSD\u201d and contemplate suicide in the recent past.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC\u2019s segment detailed how\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/11\/tucker-carlson-escalates-battle-with-new-york-times-taylor-lorenz\/\">Fox News host Tucker Carlson ripped Lorenz<\/a>\u00a0in March 2021 for calling for an end to online harassment. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, Lorenz, then a reporter for the New York Times, said she had endured a \u201csmear campaign\u201d that had \u201cdestroyed her life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/libs-53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/libs-53.jpg\" alt=\"The \" Libs of TikTok \/><\/a><figcaption>The \u201cLibs of TikTok\u201d is a parody account which posts videos of liberals on TikTok.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The dustup kicked off in February 2021, when journalist Glenn Greenwald\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greenwald.substack.com\/p\/the-journalistic-tattletale-and-censorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called her a \u201cjournalistic tattletale\u201d<\/a>\u00a0after she incorrectly accused Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen of using the \u201cR-word\u201d \u2014 meaning \u201cretard\u201d \u2014 during a private discussion on the members-only Clubhouse app.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at New York University found tweets with harmful language directed at Lorenz spiked 144% after Greenwald posted the tweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Lorenz, the Washington Post\u2019s internet culture beat reporter, is being accused of \u201cdoxxing\u201d the anonymous woman who operates the popular Twitter account \u201cLibs of TikTok.\u201d Lorenz, 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