{"id":1523961,"date":"2022-06-20T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1523961"},"modified":"2022-06-20T12:34:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:34:11","slug":"taylor-lorenz-rips-fellow-libs-covid-quip-showing-again-no-one-at-wapo-can-take-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-lorenz-rips-fellow-libs-covid-quip-showing-again-no-one-at-wapo-can-take-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Lorenz Rips Fellow Lib\u2019s COVID Quip, Showing Again No One At WaPo Can Take A Joke"},"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\">34<\/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-rips-fellow-libs-covid-quip-showing-again-no-one-at-wapo-can-take-a-joke%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=1523961&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>More evidence has emerged that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington-post\">Washington Post\u2019s<\/a> newsroom can\u2019t take a joke after lightning rod reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/taylor-lorenz\">Taylor Lorenz<\/a> took offense at a Father\u2019s Day COVID quip by a fellow left-wing journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Yglesias, co-founder of Vox and an influential liberal pundit, tried to crack wise on Twitter after learning he had contracted COVID-19. But Lorenz, like former colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wapo-suspension-of-weigel-and-firing-of-sonmez-highlights-the-tawdry-manners-of-elite-media\">Felicia Sonmez<\/a>, who was fired after blasting a colleague and the paper over a mildly sexist joke, didn\u2019t think it was funny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cSome personal news: I have contracted the novel coronavirus,\u201d Yglesias tweeted Sunday.\u00a0\u201cFrankly, I think the virus should respect Father\u2019s Day more than this.\u201d He then went on to quip that \u201cFYI, all future typos are due to long Covid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wash Post still working out the struggle I guess. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DIDtZKnrrf\">pic.twitter.com\/DIDtZKnrrf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1538610939217424384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lorenz, who was recently dropped from the newspaper\u2019s vaunted features team after an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wapos-taylor-lorenz-removed-from-features-staff-after-false-claims-in-story-report\">embarrassing screwup<\/a> in a story on content creators and the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial, wasn\u2019t laughing or expressing concern for Yglesias\u2019 health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad it\u2019s a joke for u Matt and that you\u2019re lucky enough to get access to great care, but for those who have had their lives destroyed by the virus and who have had loved ones die from or suffer w\/ LC it\u2019s not funny. Hope you can have a little more empathy, especially today,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the newsroom was rocked by another attempt at humor. Star reporter David Weigel retweeted a joke that offended Sonmez, who publicly called out the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it\u2019s polar or sexual,\u201d was the joke that prompted Sonmez to question on Twitter why the newspaper would employ someone who would share such a joke. Sonmez then continued to complain about her colleagues when some defended Weigel, who had immediately apologized.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/washington-post-reporter-suspended-without-pay-after-coworker-criticizes-him-for-retweeting-a-joke\">suspended Weigel<\/a> for a month without pay but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/washington-post-fires-reporter-who-trashed-paper-colleague-over-retweeted-joke\">then fired Sonmez<\/a> when she refused to stop publicly complaining.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, \u201cReal Time\u201d host Bill\u00a0Maher said the Washington Post\u2019s newsroom was like a \u201cdaycare center\u201d full of spoiled and entitled scolds. And that was before Lorenz objected publicly to Yglesias\u2019s tweet. Maher\u00a0invoked the Post\u2019s storied past, including breaking the Watergate story nearly 50 years ago. \u201cBob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were focused on getting stories, not finding offense in their colleagues\u2019 behavior,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bill-maher-calls-modern-newsrooms-daycare-centers-after-wapos-bye-felicia-saga\">he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf someone named Deep Throat called the paper today and wanted to meet in a parking garage, this crew of emotional hemophiliacs would have an anxiety attack and report it to HR that they didn\u2019t feel safe,\u201d Maher said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More evidence has emerged that the\u00a0Washington Post\u2019s newsroom can\u2019t take a joke after lightning rod reporter Taylor Lorenz took offense at a Father\u2019s Day COVID quip by a fellow left-wing journalist. Matthew Yglesias, co-founder of Vox and an influential liberal pundit, tried to crack wise on Twitter after learning he had contracted COVID-19. 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