{"id":1446256,"date":"2022-04-19T14:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1446256"},"modified":"2022-04-19T14:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:30:35","slug":"wapo-peddles-anti-semitic-trope-within-doxxing-strike-on-libs-of-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-peddles-anti-semitic-trope-within-doxxing-strike-on-libs-of-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo Peddles Anti-Semitic Trope Within Doxxing Strike On \u2018Libs Of TikTok\u2019"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwapo-peddles-anti-semitic-trope-within-doxxing-strike-on-libs-of-tiktok%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=1446256&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--><p>Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz\u2019s hit piece on the popular \u201cLibs of TikTok\u201d Twitter account was not her first foray into doxxing private citizens, but she certainly brought a new twist to the genre when she portrayed the account owner as a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorlorenz\/status\/1516422153067024385\">\u201cpowerful\u201d<\/a> Orthodox Jew who is <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/1a0yV\">\u201cshaping\u201d<\/a> the media. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-9.52.35-AM-703x1024-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270915\" width=\"453\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-9.52.35-AM-703x1024-1.png 703w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-9.52.35-AM-206x300-1.png 206w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-9.52.35-AM-768x1119-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-9.52.35-AM-1054x1536-1.png 1054w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-9.52.35-AM.png 1182w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Instead of exploring the more interesting phenomenon of how left-wing educators\u2019 TikTok videos became viral sensations, even jumping from social media to cable news, Lorenz had her mind set on \u2014 in her own words \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1516207818675785733\">\u201cexposing\u201d<\/a> the woman behind the account. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-14.png 683w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-14-263x300-1.png 263w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Instead of asking why so many teachers are making TikTok videos about their political agendas in the classroom, Lorenz lazily turned to activists at far-left institutions like Media Matters and the ACLU for comment on how an account curating these public videos is \u201csecretly fueling the right\u2019s outrage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gillian Branstetter, a media strategist for the ACLU, characterized the Libs of Tik Tok account as \u201cfinding new characters for right-wing propaganda,\u201d as opposed to what the account is actually doing, which is sharing already viral online public videos posted by the so-called \u201ccharacters\u201d themselves. <\/p>\n<p>Lorenz\u2019s \u201creporting\u201d is similar to usual corporate media hit pieces on conservatives, with the obvious goal of chilling speech and intimidating anyone who dares to challenge the regime\u2019s narrative, which apparently now includes private citizens. But Lorenz took it a step further by dabbling in the long-held anti-Semitic trope that \u201cJews control the media.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The piece is so clearly agenda-driven that it would be laughable if it wasn\u2019t so dangerous and appalling. At a time when anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S. are at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2022\/02\/05\/anti-f05.html\">all-time high<\/a>, editors at The Washington Post thought it was a good idea to identify a private citizen as an Orthodox Jew, a detail that is entirely irrelevant to the story, then link to said person\u2019s real estate license, including the person\u2019s name, real estate license number, and physical address. The newspaper only removed the link after public pushback. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-11.19.00-AM-1024x796-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270916\" width=\"521\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-11.19.00-AM-1024x796-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-11.19.00-AM-300x233-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-11.19.00-AM-768x597-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-11.19.00-AM.png 1242w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Jew who somehow pulls puppet strings \u2014 be it politically or by influencing the media \u2014  is a core anti-Semitic trope and stereotype that has emerged throughout history. By portraying her subject as a \u201cproud\u201d Orthodox Jew and \u201cas a powerful force on the Internet, shaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation,\u201d Lorenz\u2019s \u201creporting\u201d feels uncomfortably close to that stereotype. <\/p>\n<p>Right on cue, after Lorenz\u2019s story went live Tuesday morning, the now-doxxed Jewish woman behind the Libs of TikTok account became an open target. Felix Biederman, host of the \u201cdirtbag left\u201d podcast, \u201cChapo Trap House,\u201d tweeted this: <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-10.01.04-AM-1024x490-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270918\" width=\"612\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-10.01.04-AM-1024x490-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-10.01.04-AM-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-10.01.04-AM-768x367-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-10.01.04-AM.png 1196w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Even though Lorenz has a history of calling doxxing \u201creporting,\u201d even going as far as doxxing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2018\/03\/01\/instagram-stars-harassed-lose-talk-show-after-daily-beast-doxes-them-as-pamela-gellers-daughters\/\">children<\/a> of Jewish conservative commentators, it remains unclear how The Washington Post justified putting journalistic ethics aside to let its resources be used to intimidate private individuals and their family members for the sake of silencing and discrediting political enemies. <\/p>\n<p>Lorenz set out to paint a picture of Libs of TikTok as someone doxxing innocent LGBT teachers and private individuals by reposting their own publicly-shared TikTok videos, but ironically, Lorenz ended up doing the very type of doxxing she falsely accuses her subject of \u2014 and with an anti-Semitic trope to boot. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Madeline Osburn is managing editor at The Federalist. 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