{"id":1751104,"date":"2022-11-25T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T11:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751104"},"modified":"2022-11-25T08:48:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T13:48:11","slug":"taylor-lorenz-cant-stop-whining-about-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-lorenz-cant-stop-whining-about-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Lorenz Can\u2019t Stop Whining About Elon Musk"},"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\">16<\/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-cant-stop-whining-about-elon-musk%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=1751104&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 class=\"speakable\">Washington Post tech and online culture reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/tiktok-agent-files-million-defamation-suit-ny-times-crybully-taylor-lorenz-dhillon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Lorenz<\/a> skewered Elon Musk\u2019s management of Twitter, calling it a &#8220;disaster&#8221; during a recent interview on BBC World News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Lorenz also ripped the billionaire for calling himself an advocate of free speech, saying he has gone to &#8220;insane lengths to silence people&#8221; on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenz\u2019s BBC spot aired on the international channel last week, providing commentary in the wake of Musk laying off several workers and asking Twitter employees to commit to either work &#8220;extremely hardcore&#8221; or leave the company.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/lorenz-musk.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz called Musk&#039;s management of Twitter a \" disaster \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz called Musk&#8217;s management of Twitter a &#8220;disaster.&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Screenshot\/BBC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/elon-musk-mocks-media-claiming-neutrality-takeover-freakout-will-have-fact-check\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ELON MUSK MOCKS MEDIA CLAIMING NEUTRALITY AFTER TAKEOVER FREAKOUT: \u2018WILL HAVE TO FACT-CHECK THAT\u2019<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lorenz did not pull her punches. Right out of the gate, she stated, &#8220;Well it\u2019s an absolute disaster, as you mentioned. You know Elon has basically alienated the vast majority of the company, telling everyone that unless they basically clicked a link last night and agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/twitter-reportedly-losing-more-staff-members-after-musks-hardcore-ultimatum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">be \u2018hardcore,<\/a>\u2019 you know, they were gonna be out of a job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And most Twitter employees said that they\u2019d rather leave than agree to those terms,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The host asked what &#8220;hardcore&#8221; meant, to which Lorenz replied, &#8220;It\u2019s completely unclear.&#8221; She claimed that &#8220;Elon has kinda been firing people at whim, um he has notoriously fired people who have spoken out or just retweeted or engaged with negative tweets about him or posted something making fun of him in Slack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She then characterized him as an overbearing dictator running the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think hardcore basically means unwavering loyalty to Elon,&#8221; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lorenz also said that &#8220;a lot of former Twitter employees are just grateful to be out of there,&#8221; adding that before Musk, Twitter had a &#8220;really positive and open culture and one of free speech and transparency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, under Musk, Lorenz claimed there has been a &#8220;complete backslide&#8221; from that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/WaPo-Musk.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The Washington Post reported that Elon \" Musk \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      The Washington Post reported that Elon &#8220;Musk\u2019s \u2018free speech\u2019 agenda dismantles safety work at Twitter, insiders say&#8221; on Nov. 22, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters\/Photo Illustration)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The host mentioned Musk being a &#8220;free speech advocate,&#8221; a notion the Washington Post columnist disputed. Lorenz replied, &#8220;Well there\u2019s absolutely nothing about Elon Musk that\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/elon-musk-wants-free-speech-reign-internet-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free speech advocate<\/a>, I mean he\u2019s just notorious been super anti-free speech over the years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cracking down on anybody that speaks out against him, um, you know, he has intimidated journalists, he has intimidated whistleblowers, um, and now you see him on Twitter once again just cracking down super hard on any sort of open expression and free speech,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, he will really go to insane lengths to silence people and to kind of, get them to shut up,&#8221; the reporter said in summary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/elon-musk-pokes-fun-cbs-short-lived-twitter-hiatus-network-resumes-tweeting-48-hours-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>ELON MUSK POKES FUN AT CBS\u2019 SHORT-LIVED TWITTER HIATUS AFTER NETWORK RESUMES TWEETING LESS THAN 48 HOURS LATER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some critics on Twitter did not buy her arguments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Conservative journalist Ian Miles Cheong, who shared the clip to Twitter Wednesday, wrote, &#8220;Washington Post hack Taylor Lorenz went on the BBC to lie about @elonmusk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Skewering Lorenz\u2019s argument, Cheong added, &#8220;Since @elonmusk took over Twitter, not a single activist or journalist who lied about him, his education, upbringing, or how he runs his businesses has been silenced or deplatformed. They continue to lie about him with no consequences. The claim that he is censorious is a lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conservative influencer Ariadna Jacob commented, &#8220;She never stops lying\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Popular conservative account &#8220;The Columbia Bugle&#8221; tweeted, &#8220;Would be hilarious if [Musk] sued her into oblivion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elon-twitter.gif\" alt=\"Billionaire industrialist Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October and immediately fired several top executives.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Billionaire industrialist Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October and immediately fired several top executives.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Jakub Porzycki\/NurPhoto, CARINA JOHANSEN\/NTB\/AFP via Getty Images (Photo illustration))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Gabriel Hays is an associate editor for Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post tech and online culture reporter Taylor Lorenz skewered Elon Musk\u2019s management of Twitter, calling it a &#8220;disaster&#8221; during a recent interview on BBC World News.Lorenz also ripped the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1751107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1751104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751104","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1751104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1751107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1751104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1751104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1751104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}