As Twitchy reported, it's been a bad couple of weeks for the mainstream media. Sports Illustrated laid off its entire staff. The Los Angeles Times laid off 115 people. Business Insider and Forbes also announced layoffs.
Back when X was Twitter, you could be suspended for telling a journalist to "learn to code" (something CNN alumnus Chris Cillizza claimed no journalist had ever said, before being inundated with screenshots of headlines). A lot of people weren't feeling much sympathy for the journalists, particularly the ones at the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper famous for its pieces on the necessity of mocking the dead who were unvaxxed and the white supremacy of Larry Elders.
Before shutting replies off, Tanya Chen, former digital culture reporter for Insider, posted a message for all the trolls junking on journalists.
u trolls relishing in individual people getting laid off cause we were attached to a brand you hate are sooo dimwitted. If u can’t understand that some of us have to take on jobs we may not necessarily love or totally align with to make rent and have healthcare, idk how to help u
— Tanya Chen (maybe: Bitchin’ Sauce 😎) (@tanyachen) January 26, 2024
That's the spirit. https://t.co/EefJ10igPJ
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 27, 2024
Awww. She’s growing up. Tanya, meet the real world. She’ll get it, I hope, or she may choose to play victim.
— Duncan Idaho 🇮🇱 (@Duncan_Idaho_fh) January 27, 2024
“…Culture Editor, Buzzfeed News.” 100% relishing.
— Chance the Gardner (@C_Gardner55) January 27, 2024
For my cheat day today, I’ve had 4 donuts, a delicious sugared-up latte, and then plan to have a lots and lots of wings later.
— Silence Dogood (@SilenceDogood46) January 27, 2024
But that tweet is the most delicious thing I’ve seen today.
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I’m am going to show you all the same sympathy, compassion and understanding you have so generously shown oil field workers, coal miners, farmers… oh and remember when Biden shut down that oil pipeline on day one and put 1000’s out of work?
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) January 27, 2024
Yeah… that. https://t.co/OpgdOO3TQ1
Don't think for a second we forgot how ALL OF YOU cheered the Covid shutdowns, mocked people who died, pushed get-a-jab-or-get-fired.
— john jackson (@pvtjokerus) January 27, 2024
Now you want grace?
Not gonna happen, honey. https://t.co/EVIQV0ZGBd
https://t.co/ka20taJmNj pic.twitter.com/pmmjGSg4qk
— Lizzy Lou Who ❄️ (@_wintergirl93) January 27, 2024
You’ve just described 99% of the normal working world and this post does not make your case any better, in fact quite the opposite. https://t.co/6AyP9TbFxQ pic.twitter.com/SV33bLf8Lf
— That Chick From Seattle (@burnedinseattle) January 27, 2024
Said most of America while never actually getting a shot at their dream job.
— Rick Robinson 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 (@RowdyRick73) January 27, 2024
We know why you lost your job and you know why you lost your job.
If you get another like it maybe try being intellectually honest. https://t.co/Y9mBDz4PFa
I love the smell of accountability in the morning. https://t.co/6GZTulLnJN pic.twitter.com/IvOLZ5XI2M
— Stat Woman (@Stat_Woman) January 26, 2024
You are a PROPAGANDIST. You know it and we know it.
— JohnGalt 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@JohnJGaltrules) January 27, 2024
Your employer failed because instead of reporting the news you reported lies and made up garbage.
I have no empathy for people who try to destroy the country.
Period https://t.co/fGvYZjlGd4
You've earned every bit of the scorn you're receiving.
— Frank (@richardrahl1086) January 27, 2024
Posts like this simply reinforce the perception that "journalists" are both out of touch with reality and lack self awareness. https://t.co/yBZDCzCG7A
I am not relishing- I don't take pleasure or even vindication from the misfortune of others, and being laid off is a miserable, scary experience.
— NDencodarlin (@dencodarlin01) January 27, 2024
But I'm fascinated by the sheer nastiness of your insistence that others treat you with a grace your industry gleefully denied others https://t.co/Juq5fKWi2V
The propagandists didn’t want to work for media outlets where journalistic ethical standards were not a serious consideration and that would gleefully publish articles that routinely maligned approximately half the country. They just had to pay rent and get insurance coverage. 🙄 https://t.co/dRL3WLO0ba
— Gregory Scott Maness (@GregorySManess) January 27, 2024
We're assuming journalism was a job she loved.
Comments shut off. Typical. Can’t handle the ratio. Well,… here is an idea. You can always learn to code. Just my 2 cents. You know the trades are always looking for people. I would suggest a trade school first. https://t.co/uALJyEG5kN
— Grumpy Old Marine (@GrumpyMarine14) January 27, 2024
The individuals are why we hate the brand. The whole brand is the words they write and speak. https://t.co/34oJDBijhD
— Kooka-cabra 🇺🇲✡️🛵 (@KooKooKaJu) January 27, 2024
Truth: We didn't just hate the brand, we hated the journalists who made up the brand.
"We were attached to a brand" This is why so many "journalists" are loathed. Her language choice implies she had no choice in her affiliation. Her passive language is a lie, and you cannot hate most "journalists" enough for their constant lies and attempts to manipulate language. https://t.co/4kxsmeEGzG
— (((Road Bear Life))) (@bearshrugged) January 27, 2024
Oh we understand
— JulieSimone (@JulieSimone15) January 27, 2024
It’s just we don’t care if the chronically lying activist journos don’t love their next job or don’t totally align with it.
If you can’t understand that, idk how to help you https://t.co/XL3nElpD2j
Right now I’m making more money in journalism & writing than you are… https://t.co/ffaXlKsSqA pic.twitter.com/N2E37ORcR3
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) January 27, 2024
https://t.co/GthGh12CYD pic.twitter.com/oSMHHjFmEm
— Luki (@hpygoluker) January 27, 2024
Oh no, take on jobs they don't necessarily love or align with.
Build solar panels.
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