There seemed to be a time there when all journalists (except those “journalists” at Fox News) were united in a common cause: doing whatever they could to drive Donald Trump out of office. Now, though, journalists are turning on each other. For example, Matt Taibbi, who reported on the first dump of #TwitterFiles, is now just “Substack Man” and is not to be taken seriously. Taibbi joins other “right-wingers” like Glenn Greenwald in the penalty box.
As Twitchy reported earlier, one of Greenwald’s tweets, a parody of mainstream journalists, went right over the head of troll Ron Filipowski:
The ongoing attacks on Matt Taibbi from jealous employees of NBC, CNN, the Daily Beast and collapsing Brookyn-based digital outlets is a form of stochastic terrorism that is literally putting him in harm's way and straight-up inciting violence against him and his family. cc: @FBI pic.twitter.com/F6QqesoQTO
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 5, 2022
The joke apparently went over the head of NYU journalism professor Elizabeth Spiers, who responded thusly:
GG has spent endless time on this website directing his followers to women on this site for purposes of harassment (ask @TaylorLorenz about rape and death threats) but he's making an argument here that Matt is in danger because people are calling him a reactionary. pic.twitter.com/bEnukibYxh
— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) December 5, 2022
Lizzy Emmons reports for The Post Millennial:
NYU journalism professor baselessly claims Glenn Greenwald incites 'harassment' of Taylor Lorenz https://t.co/jfXQfHdyTd
— Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) December 7, 2022
On Monday, New York University journalism professor and New York Times contributor Elizabeth Spiers took to Twitter to spread baseless claims about Glenn Greenwald, suggesting he had used his platform to incite “harassment” against fellow journalist Taylor Lorenz.
Her comments came in response to Greenwald’s warning that should anything happen to Matt Taibbi, “the pundits and media employees who spend 4 straight days purposely inciting intense hatred toward Matt and his reporting” would have “blood on their hands.”
Spiers dug deeper:
Every time bigoted media liberals like you attack me, my email inbox, DMs and replies fill up with homophobic and anti-Semitic hatred. The Intercept had to provide me with armed security on multiple occasions. I've posted many examples. You (and @TaylorLorenz) are doing it again.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 5, 2022
No, Glenn, you craven troll. People don't show up in your DMs threatening to rape you bc another journalist says your work is bad. They do that when someone like you goes on Tucker Carlson and spreads conspiracies. Don't pretend you're suddenly concerned for other people's safety
— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) December 5, 2022
He’s concerned that journalists are a bunch of snowflakes. We also share his concern that the claim of “stochastic terrorism” is being used to silence the opposition. If you criticize something liberals like, you’re just inciting your right-wing followers to violence. The libs are using “harassment” as an excuse to shut down debate.
Thought Crimes. The Left believes they are real.
— 9thcitizen (@9thcitizen1) December 7, 2022
The new trope for POS "journalists" who are blatant mouthpieces of some PR narrative is to cry about being harassed for being such assholes.
If you respond to them you are being a bully, regardless of what you say. It's supposed to be a one-way discourse. No debate.
— Paul Miil of miil.ca (@PaulMiil) December 7, 2022
Well-stated.
Taylor Lorenz is an awful human being. Any criticism she gets is well warranted.
— Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica (@WarEagle1223) December 7, 2022
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 5, 2022