There were plenty of hot takes about Queen Elizabeth II’s death Thursday, and this was the contribution of Morgan Sung, who explains the internet for NBC News.
all of formerly colonized twitter watching "now let's keep it respectful today" twitter pic.twitter.com/I1nBLJZD39
— morgan sung (@morgan_sung) September 8, 2022
Can anyone explain what Queen Elizabeth’s role was in colonization?
Love to get my history from NBC News TikTokkers https://t.co/NMMbtxcSZU
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 8, 2022
How many Lorenz clones does one news outlet need to "explain the internet"
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 8, 2022
When a 22 year old Snap addict for NBC is lecturing about UK history pic.twitter.com/lsD3jUfaP9
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 8, 2022
i'm 26 actually https://t.co/3GNYRF7afg
— morgan sung (@morgan_sung) September 8, 2022
That makes it worse. Great rejoinder.
— Guy Faux (@Faux_Guy_) September 8, 2022
Taylor Lorenz, the Washington Post’s “tech and culture” reporter, had some thoughts:
These men constantly demean women in their 20s as being too young to take seriously, then the minute a female journalist turns 30 she's an old hag that's too old to write about technology or culture https://t.co/V33VI79YwB
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) September 8, 2022
it's almost like no age is the right age when you're a woman
— "lex" (@lexbyanyname) September 8, 2022
💯
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) September 8, 2022
We wouldn’t have any idea how old any of you are if you didn’t post these childish takes to Twitter all the time.
Don't know the root cause, but this "journalist" has the maturity and skill of someone who shouldn't be taken seriously.
It has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with the destruction of journalism.
And you, Taylor, are another symptom of the same sickness. https://t.co/BVBhxwAQyG
— Cranky "Tech Gossip Girl" Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) September 8, 2022
Ask yourself:
Two skilled journalists or a scene from Mean Girls? pic.twitter.com/pTUREnumf3— Cranky "Tech Gossip Girl" Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) September 8, 2022
And let's be honest here, they're in your mould. "tech reporters" whose real work is gossip columnist of social media. pic.twitter.com/a1FPaYpyWK
— Cranky "Tech Gossip Girl" Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) September 8, 2022
What I find ironic about Taylor is she repeatedly pokes the bear & then runs & hides behind her locked account allowing her groveling few to glorify her “attack”.
Journalism at it’s finest. 😂— ✈️ Heather ✈️ (@wing_walker747) September 8, 2022
It blows me away how this works.
— Cranky "Tech Gossip Girl" Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) September 8, 2022
At least these brave women journalists have each other for support.
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Related:
Would Taylor Lorenz be treated the same way if she were a man? This ‘archival essay-documentary’ looks into it https://t.co/ah1uhuZCFq
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 6, 2022
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