WaPo reporter Taylor Lorenz, who made headlines a few weeks ago for reporting on her experience with online harassment, has turned around and doxxed the woman behind the incredibly popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok; LoT shares posts from the far-left, holding a mirror up to some of its more radical members.
“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,” the Daily Wire reports. “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.”
“This is wrong,” Tim Pool, who has been a victim of doxxing, tweeted in response to the Post article. “One 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.”
https://twitter.com/timcast/status/1516386958557208577?s=21&t=7Uexc-HHEQG1XZbI1alcpQ
“So 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’s the editor that gave this the green light? I’ll have more shortly,” Ed Morrissey tweeted.
So 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's the editor that gave this the green light?
I'll have more shortly.
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) April 19, 2022
“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,” tweeted the Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro.
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.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 19, 2022
“This was Taylor Lorenz a couple of weeks ago. She was crying victim of ‘harassment’. Today she tracked down and harassed family members of the @libsoftiktok account for an article she’s working on. It turns out Taylor’s the perpetrator, not victim,” Avi Yemini tweeted.
This was Taylor Lorenz a couple of weeks ago.
She was crying victim of "harassment”.
Today she tracked down and harassed family members of the @libsoftiktok account for an article she’s working on.
It turns out Taylor’s the perpetrator, not victim.pic.twitter.com/CifXGvASCV
— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) April 19, 2022
“Is she trying to be the Doxxing Queen? She’s not young, or sweet…Washington Post hypocrite in chief @TaylorLorenz is trying to doxx the woman behind @libsoftiktok,” NewsBusters tweeted.
Is she trying to be the Doxxing Queen? She's not young, or sweet…
Washington Post hypocrite in chief @TaylorLorenz is trying to doxx the woman behind @libsoftiktok https://t.co/VJcpnf2pEm
— MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) April 19, 2022
“It 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,” Greg Price tweeted.
It 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. https://t.co/VKvTx4Kloq
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 19, 2022
Libs of TikTok replied to Lorenz’s story on Twitter, putting the WaPo reporter’s hypocrisy on full display:
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1516229662652968961?s=21&t=RFA_UOfw54r8ypgJwaEYtA
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1516403898952695813?s=21&t=kiP25Up3THLz-LbGipNurA
[h/t Daily Wire]
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