Twitter CEO Elon Musk suspended left-wing Washington Post reporter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/straight-trash-twitter-explodes-as-washington-post-reveals-who-runs-libs-of-tiktok-account">Taylor Lorenz</a> on Saturday night after saying late last week that her &#8220;shameful behavior&#8221; would not be tolerated on the platform in the future.
Lorenz claimed in a blog post that she &#8220;received zero communication from the company on why I was suspended or what terms I violated.&#8221;
She suggested that she was suspended because she tweeted at Musk asking him for a comment on a story.
&#8220;Never once in my 13 year career in social media have I received a single terms of service or community guidelines violation, for my personal account or any account that I’ve run,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;Twitter has served as an essential real time news source and played a crucial role in the journalism world, but Musk’s arbitrary suspensions of journalists who report on him should worry anyone who values free speech and expression.&#8221;
The popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok posted a screenshot of Lorenz&#8217;s account being suspended.
&#8220;Taylor Lorenz- the person who doxxed me was just suspended from Twitter,&#8221; Libs of TikTok posted. &#8220;Taylor campaigned Twitter to ban me multiple times. She also campaigned substack and shopify to ban me and complained when [Instagram] and Facebook gave me my account back. I have ZERO sympathy.&#8221;
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Taylor campaigned Twitter to ban me multiple times. She also campaigned substack and shopify to ban me and complained when IG and Facebook gave me my account back. I have ZERO sympathy. <a href="https://t.co/iGkQNTuwJu">https://t.co/iGkQNTuwJu</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1604344037015781376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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On Friday, Musk responded to a tweet from Ariadna Jacob, who wrote: &#8220;I’m not famous and I wasn’t a public figure either when Taylor Lorenz asked for my address, said it wasn’t for publication and then proceeded to dox me in the NYT with the address she had assured me she wasn’t going to publish. The article was shared many x on Twitter.&#8221;
Musk responded to the tweet: &#8220;Such shameful behavior will not be tolerated going forward.&#8221;
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Such shameful behavior will not be tolerated going forward
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603903999870062592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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While many conservatives typically oppose online censorship, it seemed as though there was a near-unanimous consensus from the right side of the political spectrum that this was not a typical censorship case.
Podcast host Tim Pool tweeted: &#8220;Taylor Lorenz finally got suspended for all the awful things she&#8217;s done.&#8221;
&#8220;Banning Taylor Lorenz is the best thing Elon Musk has done for this website,&#8221; said digital strategist Caleb Hull.
&#8220;Elon Musk decided to stop entertaining the liars on the far left. Good,&#8221; writer Ian Miles Cheong tweeted. &#8220;We need more of this. These people will stop at nothing to destroy you and all that you stand for.&#8221;
Political commentator Mike Cernovich tweeted: &#8220;Was out with friends and then checked in to see this. Is that what people mean by a night cap (sic)?&#8221;

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Podcaster Tim Pool released a brutal new song on Friday that heaps a whole lot of sarcastic praise on people like ousted CNN host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-disgraced-former-cnn-host-chris-cuomo-gets-hired-by-news-network" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Cuomo</a> and Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz as it goes to number one on iTunes
Pool and Trash House Records released a song, called &#8220;GENOCIDE (Losing My Mind),&#8221; his third single and second musical collaboration with former Offspring drummer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/listen-tim-pool-releases-first-single-with-ousted-offspring-drummer-pete-parada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pete Parada</a>, according to a press release obtained by The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Journalists today provide an invaluable service to humanity and protect Democracy from fascists and anti-vaxxers,&#8221; Pool said sarcastically, noting that his new song &#8220;pays tribute to the brave journalistic practices&#8221; while his video takes swipes at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-lorenz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lorenz</a>, Cuomo, MSNBC host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rachel-maddow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rachel Maddow</a>, CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper, Fox News&#8217; Sean Hannity, and CNN host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/don-lemon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Don Lemon</a>.
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Throughout the music video, Pool uses headlines about everything from the pandemic lockdowns to inflation in order to mock the press’ reports that harmful things are actually good.
Some of these hilarious examples include messages that read, &#8220;Lockdowns are for your own good,&#8221; &#8220;Big Pharma has your back,&#8221; &#8220;$8 gas is a small price to pay for a clean conscience,&#8221; &#8220;Five ways nuclear war benefits you,&#8221; and &#8220;Fiery but mostly peaceful drone strike.&#8221;
At the conclusion of the video, a &#8220;reporter&#8221; seemingly appearing in a foreign country is actually just standing in front of a green screen — another obvious dig at the corporate media.
&#8220;Our goal was to highlight just how important the national media is in rallying support for foreign intervention and safety lockdowns,&#8221; Pool joked. &#8220;If it wasn&#8217;t for these great heroes of national media, we would have never liberated Iraq and Afghanistan and untold millions could have died without support for strict lockdowns.&#8221;
&#8220;Libya today is a shining example of the great work our national media does to ensure peace and prosperity around the world,&#8221; he added sarcastically. &#8220;If the fascists had their way, people would have visited their loved ones as they were dying in hospitals making the pandemic much, much worse.&#8221;
At the time of this publication, the video has been seen 141,000 times and counting.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/listen-tim-pool-releases-first-single-with-ousted-offspring-drummer-pete-parada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LISTEN: Tim Pool Releases First Single With Ousted Offspring Drummer Pete Parada</a>

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Taylor Lorenz, who covers technology and online culture for The Washington Post, has once again found herself the subject of ridicule online.
On Monday, Lorenz again questioned the woman behind the Libs of TikTok account on Twitter, asking her for comment on a colleague&#8217;s story.
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Why is she obsessed with me? <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TaylorLorenz</a>, I don’t want to date you <a href="https://t.co/YivZhCxDBS">pic.twitter.com/YivZhCxDBS</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1569457137642008577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lorenz said her colleague was publishing a story on influencers who &#8220;spread narratives about election fraud in 2020.&#8221;
&#8220;You are not one of these influencers, but your account has received extensive promotion from them. We mention in the story that your account has helped to foster violence and that your posts led to death threats against medical providers at Boston Children’s Hospital, and a bomb threat caused the hospital to be evacuated. We also say you intend to continue to target hospitals. Do you have any comment?&#8221; Lorenz wrote.
Lorenz&#8217;s deadline for comment was less than five hours away at the time she messaged Libs of TikTok. She followed up again before the deadline.
&#8220;I’m sorry but I can’t date you. I’m straight,&#8221; the Libs of TikTok founder replied, adding in a tweet with screenshots of the exchange, &#8220;Why is she obsessed with me?&#8221;
&#8220;I think you accidentally replied to the wrong DM. This is Taylor Lorenz from the Washington Post and we’re asking you to reply to the question above,&#8221; Lorenz replied.
&#8220;Hey Tay, I know getting rejected must be really difficult. In some good news, Ross has a 55+ senior discount on Thursday so maybe that will make you feel better,&#8221; the Libs of TikTok founder shot back.
Lorenz&#8217;s exact age is unknown, with Wikipedia estimating her birth year somewhere between 1984-87 and <a href="https://fortune.com/40-under-40/2020/taylor-lorenz/">several</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/style/egg-freezing-fertility-millennials.html">different</a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cries-of-oh-my-god-heard-on-moving-amtrak-train/">newspapers</a> stating different ages.
Libs of TikTok was briefly suspended from Twitter recently for &#8220;hateful conduct&#8221; after tweeting out recordings of employees at Children&#8217;s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., saying the hospital performs gender-affirming hysterectomies on 16-year-old girls. The hospital later said those employees were incorrect and it does not perform gender-affirming surgery on minors.
Police said a bomb threat called in to Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital after Libs of TikTok tweeted about the hospital&#8217;s gender program <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-boston-childrens-hospital-fake-bomb-threat-20220831-7bsd2qp36ngd3c7tolozsw6t6u-story.html">turned out</a> to be a hoax.
In April, Lorenz wrote a controversial article for the Post revealing the identity of Chaya Raichik, the woman behind Libs of TikTok. Lorenz knocked on the doors of Raichik&#8217;s family members in the process of writing the story.
Initially, the Post story linked to Raichik&#8217;s real estate license, which showed her name, real estate license number, and possible physical address. The Post removed the link after being accused of doxxing Raichik.
Lorenz frequently complains about facing online harassment herself, even sobbing about her troubles during an MSNBC interview.
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NEW: Taylor Lorenz says she has &quot;severe PTSD&quot; from being a journalist and breaks down in MSNBC interview <a href="https://t.co/G9FymoSdH8">pic.twitter.com/G9FymoSdH8</a>
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On Monday, Lorenz skewered NBC News reporter Morgan Radford, who conducted the April segment on women journalists who are harassed online for their reporting.
&#8220;No bigger regret in my career than making the mistake of thinking @MorganRadford knew how to accurately report on abuse/harassment. Her complete mishandling of the story has led to immense fallout and months of abuse. I cannot warn women loudly enough to stay away from her/MSNBC,&#8221; Lorenz tweeted.
Lorenz added that women journalists should &#8220;NOT trust anyone in the media to tell your story or report on harassment accurately, especially TV news people. They do not care about u or getting it right.&#8221;

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Liberals trashed reporter Matthew Yglesias — for the second time in recent days — after learning that he had dared to venture outside to take a walk in the nice weather despite being infected with COVID.
Iglesias, who revealed on <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/country-singer-jennifer-nettles-shares-heartbreaking-news-about-her-dad-on-fathers-day/">Fathers Day</a> that he had contracted <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/trump-surgeon-general-suggests-fauci-got-covid-because-others-were-careless/">COVID</a>, tweeted on Monday about taking a walk outside while the weather was nice.
&#8220;Me after spending all day walking around in nice weather: Manhattan is amazing, why did I ever leave? [checks real estate prices] Oh,&#8221; he tweeted.
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Me after spending all day walking around in nice weather: Manhattan is amazing, why did I ever leave? 
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Oh.
&mdash; Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1538972328738148359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Yglesias continued his thread, wondering about how big New York City could potentially get in a &#8220;Yes, In My Back Yard&#8221; YIMBYtopia — that is, a city filled with people who were not opposed to excess development in order to keep housing costs manageable.
&#8220;Something I always wonder about is how big could Greater New York get in a YIMBYtopia? In theory there is supposed to be some balance point between agglomeration benefits and congestion disamenities, but real wages are already higher in Boston &amp; DC so I’m a little skeptical,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1538975271189204993">said</a>, adding, &#8220;Given that the United States has so many more people than Japan, I think unconstrained New York should probably grow to be meaningfully larger than Tokyo — more than doubling the current population of the metro area.&#8221;
He went on to note that New York had &#8220;a lot of unused subway capacity&#8221; that, if updated and used efficiently, could bring the United States closer to the advanced transportation infrastructure in place in Japan.
&#8220;And the land use near existing commuter rail stations is total garbage. So there’s plenty of room for growth even without improving the infrastructure (which we should of course improve),&#8221; he concluded.
But despite his efforts to raise a legitimate question about urban planning and efficient use of transportation structures, critics quickly harped on Iglesias&#8217; first comment about spending time outside and enjoying the weather.
&#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t you be isolating?&#8221;
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Shouldn&#39;t you be isolating?
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The Washington Post&#8217;s Taylor Lorenz, who had previously <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1538595952566542336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1538595952566542336%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fwashington-posts-taylor-lorenz-scolds-matt-yglesias-joking-covid">scolded</a> Yglesias for joking about the fact that he tested positive for COVID on Fathers Day, quickly piled on.
&#8220;He should. People who walk around in public knowingly positive w/ a highly contagious deadly virus put those of us who are medically vulnerable at risk,&#8221; she said.
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He should. People who walk around in public knowingly positive w/ a highly contagious deadly virus put those of us who are medically vulnerable at risk <a href="https://t.co/RAoVThDQZK">https://t.co/RAoVThDQZK</a>
&mdash; Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1538982421667819520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lorenz had <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/taylor-lorenz-rips-fellow-libs-covid-quip-showing-again-no-one-at-wapo-can-take-a-joke/">lashed out</a> at Iglesias on Sunday for suggesting that COVID should have had &#8220;more respect&#8221; for Fathers Day. &#8220;Frankly, I think the virus should respect Father’s Day more than this,&#8221; Iglesias tweeted, followed by: &#8220;FYI, all future typos are due to long Covid.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m glad it’s a joke for u Matt and that you’re 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’s not funny. Hope you can have a little more empathy, especially today,&#8221; Lorenz shot back.

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More evidence has emerged that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-post">Washington Post&#8217;s</a> newsroom can&#8217;t take a joke after lightning rod reporter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-lorenz">Taylor Lorenz</a> took offense at a Father&#8217;s 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. 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&#8217;t think it was funny.
&#8220;Some personal news: I have contracted the novel coronavirus,&#8221; Yglesias tweeted Sunday. &#8220;Frankly, I think the virus should respect Father’s Day more than this.&#8221; He then went on to quip that &#8220;FYI, all future typos are due to long Covid.&#8221;
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Wash Post still working out the struggle I guess. <a href="https://t.co/DIDtZKnrrf">pic.twitter.com/DIDtZKnrrf</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1538610939217424384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lorenz, who was recently dropped from the newspaper&#8217;s 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&#8217;t laughing or expressing concern for Yglesias&#8217; health.
&#8220;I’m glad it’s a joke for u Matt and that you’re 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’s not funny. Hope you can have a little more empathy, especially today,&#8221; she tweeted.
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.
“Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual,” 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.
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.
On Friday, &#8220;Real Time&#8221; host Bill Maher said the Washington Post&#8217;s newsroom was like a &#8220;daycare center&#8221; full of spoiled and entitled scolds. And that was before Lorenz objected publicly to Yglesias&#8217;s tweet. Maher invoked the Post’s storied past, including breaking the Watergate story nearly 50 years ago. &#8220;Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were focused on getting stories, not finding offense in their colleagues’ behavior,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-maher-calls-modern-newsrooms-daycare-centers-after-wapos-bye-felicia-saga">he said</a>.
“If 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’t feel safe,” Maher said.

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Washington Post columnist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-lorenz">Taylor Lorenz</a>, who controversially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-shows-times-square-billboard-trolling-wapo-calls-out-taylor-lorenz-hypocrisy">revealed</a> the identity of the woman who owns popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok, has been removed from the features staff at the newspaper and placed on the technology team, three sources told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/business/media/sally-buzbee-washington-post.html">The New York Times</a>.
The report comes after the Post had to make two corrections earlier this month to Lorenz’s story on content creators and the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial.
“Ms. Lorenz has been moved from the features staff to the technology team, according to three people with knowledge of the move,” the Times wrote, adding that Senior Managing Editor Cameron Barr “has been asked to review her articles before publication, two of the people said.”
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-shuffles-taylor-lorenz-different-team-top-editor-review-work-publication">asked</a> the Post if Lorenz&#8217;s move means she will now be considered a reporter instead of a columnist, but the newspaper declined to comment.
In her <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/02/johnny-depp-trial-creators-influencers/">piece</a> published June 2, Lorenz inaccurately attributed a comment to Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman. YouTubers ThatUmbrellaGuy and Alyte Mazeika also said Lorenz failed to reach out to them before publication, even though she wrote that both content creators did not respond to a request for comment, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-issues-correction-stealth-edit-scrubbed-false-claim-taylor-lorenz-report">reported</a>. 
A note at the bottom of the problematic story said that it had been “updated to clarify comments made during Waldman&#8217;s testimony,” but initially, no correction was admitted when the Post edited out Lorenz’s claim that Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy did not respond to a request for comment.
The Post later issued a correction on the request for comment, writing, “The story has also been amended to note The Post’s attempts to reach Alyte Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy for comment. Previous versions omitted or inaccurately described these attempts.&#8221; 
In a final effort to make things right, the Post mentioned its failure to provide readers with a note when Lorenz’s false claim was first corrected. “The Post removed the incorrect statement from the story but did not note its removal, a violation of our corrections policy,” the newspaper explained. “The story has been updated to note that Mazeika declined to comment for this story and ThatUmbrellaGuy could not be reached for comment.”
But Mazeika said even this attempted correction was not accurate, explaining that she was not asked for comment until after she had called out Lorenz for publishing claims that she had not responded to her requests for comment. 
The leftist newspaper has also been dealing with internal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-fires-reporter-who-trashed-paper-colleague-over-retweeted-joke">drama</a> related to a retweet from one of its employees that sparked outrage. 
Earlier this month, reporter David Weigel retweeted a sexist joke that got on the nerves of fellow reporter Felicia Sonmez, who took her frustration with Weigel and the newspaper public. Weigel was suspended a month without pay for the social media post, and Sonmez was later fired.
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COVID-19-fearing and attention-seeking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-post">Washington Post</a> reporter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-fires-reporter-who-trashed-paper-colleague-over-retweeted-joke">Taylor Lorenz</a> asked Twitter for safety advice before taking a long flight, and she received a Boeing full of responses.
It was unclear where the Post was sending Lorenz, the lightning-rod social media reporter whose <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-fires-reporter-who-trashed-paper-colleague-over-retweeted-joke">latest editorial imbroglio</a> involved stealth edits and an embarrassing correction to an article about how YouTubers cashed in on the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial. But in her Twitter plea, she referred to a health condition that she believes could make flying especially risky for her.
&#8220;I have to fly soon for work &amp; as someone who is medically vulnerable I’m so scared,&#8221; Lorenz wrote. &#8220;All COVID precautions that keep high risk people safe have been dropped. I plan to keep an N95 on my face for all 7 hours w/ zero water breaks, but I’m scared it may not seal perfectly. Any tips?&#8221;
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I have to fly soon for work &amp; as someone who is medically vulnerable I’m so scared. All COVID precautions that keep high risk people safe have been dropped. I plan to keep an N95 on my face for all 7 hours w/ zero water breaks, but I’m scared it may not seal perfectly. Any tips?
&mdash; Taylor Lorenz @ VidCon (@TaylorLorenz) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1535392801759776768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Indeed, the CDC requirement that had travelers mask up in airports and on flights was struck down in April, and more recently, the government announced that U.S.-bound international travelers would soon no longer had to show a negative test for the virus.
Some of Lorenz&#8217;s 324,500 Twitter followers jumped in with what they considered helpful advice.
&#8220;You are choosing between your job and your health,&#8221; one answered. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry to have to put it bluntly, but I don&#8217;t think flying is safe right now for anyone, let alone someone medically vulnerable.&#8221;
Several told her to don a device called an &#8220;elastomeric,&#8221; a tight-fitting rubber mask with built-in air-purification filters. Others advised to bring her own hepa air purifier.
&#8220;[W]hen I was fitted for an n95 I was fitted through my work and they did this whole test on me to check it was sealed. put air on, visor, a n95, a hoodie on. id avoid using the bathroom personally. eat and drink after the service,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/anoushasakoui/status/1535398034757935104?s=20&amp;t=yYJkDHWxTHod7aE5gjAtYg">advised Anousha</a>. &#8220;U will be good.&#8221;
One of the strangest warnings was to avoid brushing her teeth while in an airport bathroom.
&#8220;My girlfriend and I recently flew to Europe,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/notseanlynch/status/1535395564216385536?s=20&amp;t=yYJkDHWxTHod7aE5gjAtYg">replied Sean Lynch</a>. &#8220;We wore N95s the entire time with breaks only to eat. She got covid—best guess was tooth brushing at JFK (she got a covid exposure notification and I didn’t). Dont brush your teeth in an airport bathroom!&#8221;
Some advice was sarcastic.
&#8220;I was triple layered last week on a transcon flight and safely made it,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/SiIIyDilly/with_replies">advised a Twitter user named SillyDilly</a>. “Wear a N95 and seal the edges with surgical tape. Then wear a surgical mask on top of the N95. For a 3rd layer wear a cute cloth mask of your choice. You can also add a plastic face shield as 4th layer.&#8221;
&#8220;Tip: Consider driving instead, spare us the theatrics,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonRobergeVA/status/1535405688175833088?s=20&amp;t=yYJkDHWxTHod7aE5gjAtYg">wrote Jason Roberge</a>.
&#8220;Superglue and then a layer of caulk around the edges,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/jmasseypoet/status/1535415295531163648?s=20&amp;t=yYJkDHWxTHod7aE5gjAtYg">offered Joseph Massey</a>.
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Lorenz, who worked at The New York Times before joining The Washington Post in February, specializes in social media stories. Recently, The Washington Post was forced to <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/04/washington-post-adds-two-corrections-to-taylor-lorenz-piece/">issue corrections</a> to an article she wrote on the Depp-Heard trial in which she initially claimed to have sought comment from two YouTubers, Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy. Both said that Lorenz never contacted them ahead of the story’s publication, and the claim was then removed without a correction. When <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-issues-correction-stealth-edit-scrubbed-false-claim-taylor-lorenz-report">Fox News</a> asked if Lorenz herself quietly made the edit, a Post spokesperson said, “That’s not something we’d discuss on the record.”
In the same article, Lorenz wrongly attributed a statement to Johnny Depp lawyer Adam Waldman. A note on the article said that the story was indeed “updated to clarify comments made during Waldman’s testimony.”
Two months ago, Lorenz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-behind-libs-of-tiktok-gets-full-on-assassination-threat-pic-of-gun-twitter-initially-shrugs">came under fire</a> for revealing the identity of the woman behind Libs of TikTok, which reposts leftist content on its various social media pages. Lorenz ran a hit piece on the woman — which included her name and originally linked to personal work information, though the link was subsequently removed from the article. Several people made death threats to the woman — a Jewish stay-at-home mother — in the wake of the doxxing.
Libs of TikTok <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/holed-up-in-a-safe-location-libs-of-tiktok-creator-provides-update-on-her-safety-after-being-doxxed-by-washington-post">posted photos</a> of the Washington Post reporter visiting her family members’ homes. Lorenz accused Libs of TikTok of purportedly having a “deep and far-reaching” impact, as well as “shaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and influencing millions by posting viral videos aimed at inciting outrage among the right.”

COVID-Fearing WaPo’s Taylor Lorenz Asks Twitter For Flying Advice, Gets Planeload Of Replies

COVID-Fearing WaPo's Taylor Lorenz Asks Twitter For Flying Advice, Gets Planeload Of Replies

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Taylor Lorenz is a reporter with The Washington Post who was roundly ripped last month after she named the woman behind Libs of TikTok, an anonymous Twitter account that retweets videos posted by leftists to expose their radicalism.
On Monday, she posted tweet on the social media site accusing the Drudge Report of threatening to ruin her career.
&#8220;After calling and texting me relentlessly for a week, the Drudge Report editor just called my personal cell phone number, yelled at me when I asked him to leave me alone and said he would &#8216;blast my name all over Drudge Report until it ruins my career,'&#8221; she wrote.
Lorenz has since deleted the tweet..
Lorenz&#8217; accusation was quite serious. Matt Drudge, the reclusive blogger who first reported on Monica Lewinsky&#8217;s affair with President Bill Clinton, runs a tight ship at his Drudge Report (disclaimer: the author of this piece ran the website in the mornings for several years).
The allegation prompted Oliver Darcy, CNN&#8217;s senior media reporter, to reach out to Drudge, who lives on a sprawling compound in Florida.
&#8220;@DRUDGE himself contacted @TaylorLorenz to ask for a correction after she said in tweets that a Drudge editor had harassed her. Drudge told me no one &#8216;associated with the DRUDGE REPORT&#8217; had contacted her prior. Lorenz says her tweets were mostly a joke,&#8221; Darcy wrote on Twitter.
&#8220;WaPo&#8217;s Taylor Lorenz walked back an allegation on Monday that an editor for the Drudge Report had repeatedly harassed her after she was contacted by Matt Drudge himself. Lorenz tweeted Monday that she had bene &#8216;relentlessly&#8217; harassed by a Drudge Report editor who had threatened to use the site to destroy her career. It was a serious allegation and so I checked in with Drudge who told me that he had &#8216;never contacted her, nor has anyone associated with the DRUDGE REPORT.&#8217; Drudge, who made clear to me he was not pleased with the allegations against his site, forwarded me an email he had sent Lorenz asking for a correction,&#8221; Darcy wrote.
&#8220;When Lorenz received Drudge&#8217;s request, she deleted her tweets and posted a clarification: &#8216;For anyone who saw my post abt this man claiming to be from Drudge calling me non stop, good news: I heard from Matt Drudge &amp; this man has zero power over Drudge! He&#8217;s claiming to be an editor all over the internet but he&#8217;s not. Sorry to disappoint everyone saying Drudge is based.&#8217; Lorenz told me that her initial tweets were a &#8216;joke&#8217; and that she found the idea someone could harm her career via the Drudge Report &#8216;hilarious.&#8217; Lorenz said she was &#8216;laughing very hard about the idea&#8217; and was simply joking about it online. &#8216;I am happy to correct the record that I have no drama with Drudge Report,&#8217; Lorenz told me,&#8221; Darcy wrote.
Darcy continued, &#8220;A WaPo spox said: &#8216;Taylor was repeatedly contacted by someone who claimed to be a Drudge editor. As soon as she learned the person had no connection to the Drudge Report, she deleted the original tweet and wrote a tweet apologizing for her comment&#8230;'&#8221;
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—<a href="https://twitter.com/DRUDGE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DRUDGE</a> himself contacted <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TaylorLorenz</a> to ask for a correction after she said in tweets that a Drudge editor had harassed her. Drudge told me no one &quot;associated with the DRUDGE REPORT&quot; had contacted her prior. Lorenz says her tweets were mostly a joke. <a href="https://t.co/At1XFWIdDb">https://t.co/At1XFWIdDb</a> <a href="https://t.co/XZsOgHQDIX">pic.twitter.com/XZsOgHQDIX</a>
&mdash; Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1521346779018629125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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WaPo Reporter Says She Was ‘Joking’ When She Accused Drudge Report Editor Of Vowing To ‘Blast My Name’ Until It ‘Ruins My Career’

Washington Post Reporter Taylor Lorenz Says She Was 'Joking' When She Accused Drudge Report Editor Of Vowing To 'Ruin My Career'

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson reported on a billboard put up by YouTuber Tim Pool and Daily Wire co-CEO Jeremy Boreing during his show Wednesday night, highlighting the hypocrisy of Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz and her treatment of the Libs of TikTok owner.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-lorenz-trolled-with-times-square-billboard-calling-her-out-after-she-doxxed-libs-of-tiktok">billboard</a> purchased by Pool and Boreing stated, “Hey WaPo, Democracy Dies in darkness. That’s why we’re shining a light on you,” as The Daily Wire previously reported. “The Washington Post and Taylor Lorenz Doxxed @libsoftiktok,” the Times Square billboard continued. “They included a link to private work details and an address listed as Libs’ private home. They lied about it so I got an ad in Times Square calling them out. Thanks to @JeremyDBoreing for the assist.”
Carlson showed a video of the ad scrolling on a screen in Times Square, stating, “So Tim Pool of YouTube fame with the help of The Daily Wire’s Jeremy Boreing just put up a billboard in Times Square highlighting what The Washington Post tried to do to the founder of Libs of TikTok. Now of course, as predicted, Taylor Lorenz says she’s the victim here.”
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Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TimCast</a>, a billboard is up in Times Square exposing what The Washington Post did to <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LibsOfTikTok</a>. <a href="https://t.co/y7MwrqGGZd">pic.twitter.com/y7MwrqGGZd</a>
&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1519491199501012992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lorenz took to Twitter after the billboard went up, writing, “This billboard is undeniably so idiotic it’s hilarious, but don’t forget these campaigns have a much darker and more vile side. I’m grateful to be at a newsroom that recognizes bad faith, politically motivated attacks and has a strong security team.”
Lorenz’s words come with a touch of irony as she has recently been criticized for “doxxing” the owner of Libs of TikTok, a popular Twitter account that shares videos of leftist teachers and LGBTQ activists. Last week, Lorenz named the owner of the Twitter account and shared her personal information by linking to her real estate documents in the original piece published by the Post.
Carlson was quick to shine light on the supposed hypocrisy of Lorenz. “So she exposes the Libs of TikTok owner to violence,” Carlson said, “But when you say her name, you’re a terrorist.”
The Post continues to defend their journalist. “Taylor Lorenz is a diligent and accomplished journalist whose reporting methods comport entirely with the Washington Post’s professional standards,” Senior Managing Editor Cameron Barr said in a statement.
Boreing also advertised in front of Harry&#8217;s Razors in New York last month after launching his own razor company Jeremy&#8217;s Razors. &#8220;The Jeremy’s Razors ads were positioned directly across the street from Harry’s headquarters in New York City,&#8221; The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-lorenz-trolled-with-times-square-billboard-calling-her-out-after-she-doxxed-libs-of-tiktok">reported</a>.
After the ads had gone up across from Harry&#8217;s headquarters, Jeremy&#8217;s Razors tweeted, “It must be a breath of fresh air to walk out of the @harrys HQ to see that beautiful salt and pepper beard.&#8221;

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Tucker Carlson Shows Times Square Billboard Trolling WaPo, Calls Out Taylor Lorenz Hypocrisy

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Tim Pool

The &#8220;Libs of TikTok&#8221; Twitter account has surpassed 1 million followers after its creator was at the center of national controversy for more than a week.
The account, which is known for reposting videos of radical left-wing activists on TikTok and other social media platforms, crossed the 1 million follower threshold Tuesday afternoon. The owner of the account posted a screenshot of her follower count, teasing the Washington Post and reporter Taylor Lorenz, who wrote the story revealing the identity of the woman behind the account. &#8220;So grateful to @TaylorLorenz and WaPo for helping me achieve this huge milestone! Is there an address I can send a thank you card @washingtonpost?&#8221; Libs of TikTok posted.
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So grateful to <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TaylorLorenz</a> and WaPo for helping me achieve this huge milestone! Is there an address I can send a thank you card <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@washingtonpost</a>? <a href="https://t.co/hLGPwn219q">pic.twitter.com/hLGPwn219q</a>
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1519053921167167488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
Libs of TikTok followed that tweet with another one mocking Lorenz for inadvertently helping the account achieve the milestone.
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Live snapshot of Taylor as she realizes she helped get me to 1M followers. Thanks Tay! 😚 <a href="https://t.co/SZ7jj8QIV2">pic.twitter.com/SZ7jj8QIV2</a>
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1519056964080218113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
Twitter users reacted to the tweet, with many offering words of congratulations and several pointing out that the account&#8217;s rapid follower growth is an example of the &#8220;Streisand effect,&#8221; where an attempt to censor someone instead draws more attention to that person. Notable reactions included:
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Th3Claude/status/1519058961412014082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1519058961412014082%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FTh3Claude2Fstatus2F1519058961412014082widget%3DTweet">Claude Thompson</a>, Fox News homepage editor: &#8220;Musk&#8217;s purchase of Twitter like the week after the WaPo hit piece so Libs of TikTok probably won&#8217;t get suspended again sounds like karmic justice to me, tbh.&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/GPollowitz/status/1519060211952144389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1519060211952144389%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FGPollowitz2Fstatus2F1519060211952144389widget%3DTweet">Greg Pollowitz</a>, Twitchy.com editor: &#8220;Good job, @washingtonpost. A few more promoted tweets might get her to 1.25 million.&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/OzraeliAvi/status/1519057072868175872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1519057072868175872%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FOzraeliAvi2Fstatus2F1519057072868175872widget%3DTweet">Avi Yemini</a>, Rebel News Australia reporter: &#8220;Last week  @libsoftiktok had 600k followers and was on the verge of permanent suspension when @TaylorLorenz doxxed the owner for being “too large and directing public discourse.” Now it has 1M followers thanks to the article and is here to stay thanks to Elon Musk. Delicious.&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/talkradiojoe/status/1519054302253301761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1519054302253301761%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Ftalkradiojoe2Fstatus2F1519054302253301761widget%3DTweet">Joe Kelley</a>, radio talk show host: &#8220;One of my favorite laws &#8211; the law of unintended consequences. And the Streisand Principle is also at play here.&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/JosephWulfsohn/status/1519056915782934528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1519056915782934528%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FJosephWulfsohn2Fstatus2F1519056915782934528widget%3DTweet">Joseph A. Wulfsohn</a>, Fox News media reporter: &#8220;@libsoftiktok now has over 1 million Twitter followers after The Washington Post ran its story about the account. Just a week ago, Taylor Lorenz wrote Libs of TikTok had &#8220;more than 648,000 Twitter followers.&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1519063362511982598">Andrew Sullivan</a>, former New York Times journalist: &#8220;One reason may be the WaPo&#8217;s decision not to link to any of the content it was criticizing. To understand the story at all, you had to go to @libsoftiktok because the WaPo believes in hiding reality from its readers.&#8221;</li>
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Lorenz recently published the article in the Washington Post that resulted in critics accusing her of &#8220;doxxing&#8221; the woman who runs Libs of TikTok. The reporter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/holed-up-in-a-safe-location-libs-of-tiktok-creator-provides-update-on-her-safety-after-being-doxxed-by-washington-post">claimed</a> that the account has a “deep and far-reaching” impact on discourse and plays a role in “shaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and influencing millions by posting viral videos aimed at inciting outrage among the right.” The woman, whom The Daily Wire is not naming out of respect for her privacy, said she was inundated with death threats from left-wingers but later posted on Twitter that she was &#8220;holed up in a safe location.&#8221; Lorenz was also harshly criticized for inadvertently directing a number of threats to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-on-you-woman-with-same-name-as-doxxed-libs-of-tiktok-reveals-threats-blasts-wapos-taylor-lorenz">another woman</a> with the same name as the Libs of TikTok owner and reportedly <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1516403898952695813?s=20&amp;t=1jeTlUz0_0Rmd6ngD67XRw">visiting the homes</a> of the woman&#8217;s family members.

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‘Libs of TikTok’ Twitter Account Hits 1 Million Followers After Creator’s Identity Revealed By WaPo

Some of the best grassroots campaigns happen on Twitter. 
Podcaster and YouTube commentator <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast">Tim Pool</a>, incensed like many at Washington Post employee Taylor Lorenz&#8217;s unmasking of the woman behind the wildly popular Libs of TikTok account, asked his 1.1 million <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1518305029769383938">Twitter followers</a> Monday if he should do something about it.
&#8220;Should I buy a billboard in Times Square saying Taylor Lorenz doxxed @libsoftiktok…I wouldn&#8217;t care if they just owned it but the gaslighting deserves a proper rebuttal,” Pool tweeted.
The query prompted a flood of replies, including one from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/jeremy-boreing">Jeremy Boreing</a>, co-CEO and god-king of The Daily Wire.
 “Yes. Do it. I’m good for half.” Boreing <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing/status/1518346463713103879">wrote.</a>
Calls were made, strings were pulled and on Tuesday, Pool shared a video of the digital billboard in Times Square.
“Hey WaPo, democracy dies in darkness, that’s why we’re shining a light on you,” read the message, in a jab at the maxim the pompous paper struggles to live up to.
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The Washington Post and Taylor Lorenz Doxxed <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@libsoftiktok</a> 
They included a link to private work details and an address listed as Libs&#39; private home
They lied about it so I got an ad in Times Square calling them out
Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeremyDBoreing</a> for the assist <a href="https://t.co/mIupTc2rZ6">pic.twitter.com/mIupTc2rZ6</a>
&mdash; Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1518982490781847552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“The Washington Post and Taylor Lorenz Doxxed @libsoftiktok,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;They included a link to private work details and an address listed as Libs&#8217; private home. They lied about it so I got an ad in Times Square calling them out. Thanks to @JeremyDBoreing for the assist.”
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The Washington Post and Taylor Lorenz Doxxed <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@libsoftiktok</a> 
They included a link to private work details and an address listed as Libs&#39; private home
They lied about it so I got an ad in Times Square calling them out
Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyDBoreing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeremyDBoreing</a> for the assist <a href="https://t.co/mIupTc2rZ6">pic.twitter.com/mIupTc2rZ6</a>
&mdash; Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1518982490781847552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lorenz named the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/libs-of-tiktok-creator-on-fame-whats-next-and-why-leftist-death-threats-wont-stop-her">Libs of TikTok creator</a> and even initially linked to real estate documents that gave her address, later saying she acted out of concern the site, which simply reposts left-wing crackpots&#8217; own TikTok videos, may have been a foreign disinformation plot. After the sign went up over the Big Apple landmark, she sought to lash out at her detractors.
“Tim Pool and the CEO of the Daily Wire took out a giant billboard in Times Square today in an attempt to discredit my reporting on Libs of TikTok,” Lorenz <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1518988205839699968">tweeted</a> along with a link to her article. She limited replies to those she follows or mentioned. 
Libs of TikTok also retweeted Pool’s video, <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1518983294762713088">reacting</a> with a succinct, “OMG.”
The Washington Post, the news organization known for breaking the Watergate story and now owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has stood by the dubious story and its writer amid the growing chorus of criticism.
“Taylor Lorenz is a diligent and accomplished journalist whose reporting methods comport entirely with the Washington Post’s professional standards,”Senior Managing Editor Cameron Barr said in a statement. 
It wasn’t the first time Boreing used billboards to troll adversaries. Jeremy’s Razors also put up advertisements for the new company, which Boreing started to compete with Harry’s after they pulled their advertisements from The Daily Wire in 2021 and then attacked the outlet for its &#8220;misalignment&#8221; of values.
The Jeremy’s Razors ads were positioned directly across the street from Harry’s headquarters in New York City.
“It must be a breath of fresh air to walk out of the @harrys HQ to see that beautiful salt and pepper beard,” Jeremy’s Razors tweeted after the ads went up.
Jeremy’s Razors shared in a press release that the company “will begin accepting pre-orders for shaving kits today that customers can expect to be delivered by Father’s Day.” Pre-orders are available at <a href="http://ihateharrys.com/">ihateharrys.com</a>.

Tourist admiring Times Square, New York City

Taylor Lorenz Trolled With Times Square Billboard Calling Her Out After She ‘Doxxed’ Libs Of TikTok

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Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz claims that her account on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump’s Twitter alternative, has been suspended. 
Lorenz, who was widely criticized last week for revealing the identity and personal details of the Libs of TikTok Twitter account in an article for the Post, announced that she was being “silenced by big tech.” 
“I’m being silenced by big tech,” Lorenz <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1517957007411597313">claimed</a> on Twitter sharing an image of an email purportedly from Truth Social telling her that her account had been suspended. She went on to say that she “didn’t do anything,” to get banned. 
Lorenz&#8217;s reference to being silenced by big tech could be facetious as Truth Social, which launched back in February, has had somewhat of a rocky start as some users have had to wait <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/truth-social-clears-waitlist-after-months-of-delays-for-some-users">months</a> before getting their accounts activated. 
Last Tuesday, Lorenz, formerly a reporter for The New York Times, published a piece for the Post revealing the name and other personal details of the woman who runs the Twitter account Libs of TikTok. The account is known for posting clips of leftist TikTok users or video from board meetings or other footage. 
On Sunday, Lorenz <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/rs/date/2022-04-24/segment/01">said</a> on CNN&#8217;s Reliable Sources show that it was possible that the Libs of TikTok could have been a &#8220;foreign actor,&#8221; which is one reason why she said she needed to investigate the account&#8217;s owner.
“I think it’s rare to see an account gain so much prominence so quickly and be shaping these narratives in such an effective way, especially against trans people,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And I think it’s incredibly important, you know, as someone that covers the influencer industry to know who is exerting influence in this way. I mean, for all we knew, this could have been a foreign actor, right, or someone — we just didn’t know.&#8221;
She also told Brian Stelter that Lib of TikTok was &#8220;targeting&#8221; LGBT people.
&#8220;This woman is targeting LGBTQ folks. I mean, she brags about getting multiple teachers fired. You know, the entire goal of the account is direct hate to trans and LGBTQ people,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;You know, she said that she doesn&#8217;t believe gay people who come out should be allowed to teach children.&#8221;
Libs of TikTok has posted videos of purported teachers discussing how they have talked about gender and sexual identity with students, as well as makings disparaging comments about students&#8217; parents.
Truth Social was launched as a competitor to Twitter, which is itself undergoing a potential change in leadership as Tesla founder and billionaire Elon Musk has offered to buy the company in cash. 
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-facing-mounting-pressure-from-shareholders-to-take-specific-action-over-potential-buyout-report">reported</a> yesterday that Musk and the company were set to meet to discuss the potential buyout. Musk has said that he has secured the $46.5 billion needed to purchase the social media platform.

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Taylor Lorenz Claims She’s ‘Being Silenced By Big Tech’ After Suspension By Trump’s Truth Social

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