Wow, Talia Lavin really is a piece of work. After smearing a former Marine and double-amputee by mistakenly identifying him as a neo-Nazi, she was promoted to Media Matters to focus on the far right. Now she’s a journalism instructor at New York University teaching about writing about the far right. The problem is everyone she sees is “far right.”
We wonder if she’s teaching a section on libel because she seems to be good at that, smearing Ben Shapiro in a Washington Post piece as a “far-right pundit” whose tweets about the Notre Dame fire “evoked the specter of a war between Islam and the West.”
They absolutely did not, and The Washington Examiner wrote a piece about it, saying that like many late-night comedians who go political and then retreat into, “I’m just a harmless comic” mode when challenged, Lavin had her own clown-nose on, clown-nose off routine:
Talia Lavin’s clown nose-on, clown nose-off routine is becoming tiresome. And nowhere was her hypocrisy on full display more than in her hackneyed hit-job against Ben Shapiro in the pages of the Washington Post.
…
So, Lavin willfully and shameless smeared Shapiro, not only branding him an Islamophobe but also strongly insinuating that he’s inciting literal terrorism. This is a pattern of behavior for her. It certainly doesn’t pass the threshold of defamation, but Lavin has no journalistic integrity. That the eighth-most-read newspaper on the internet and across the globe deemed her suitable for publication is unconscionable.
Here’s Lavin’s counter-argument:
Recommended
this article is ludicrous, i've never worn a clown nose and i did not claim to be a victim in this situation. i have zero control over what my former employer chooses to tweet. https://t.co/CNVg1Pq2Ya
— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) April 17, 2019
Based on your grasp of reality, I'd wager you're wearing a clown nose right now. https://t.co/afnVo7XrTt
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) April 17, 2019
BAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/9zvB8LSp8r
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) April 17, 2019
She has totally worn a clown nose.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 17, 2019
Well Snopes? pic.twitter.com/lICnurhvAj
— TheRightWingM ?? (@TheRightWingM) April 17, 2019
Love your work! pic.twitter.com/hwJDcWDN3o
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) April 17, 2019
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) April 17, 2019
Maybe you should start wearing a clown nose … to remove all doubt
— roamin_rick (@rupdyke) April 17, 2019
NYU must now be a clown college
— Max Peters (@TikiMaximus) April 17, 2019
When you make your debate opponent write the sentence "I have never worn a clown nose…"
— Jim Antle (@jimantle) April 17, 2019
You. Have. Won.
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) April 17, 2019
The only remaining question at that point is how many debate opponents can you fit inside a tiny car.
— Jim Antle (@jimantle) April 17, 2019
You took a cheap shot at the guy and now you're crying because consequences.
?
— Baldy Monergist (@baldy_monergist) April 17, 2019
1. Baselessly smears someone without doing a modicum of research
2. Pretends to be a victim rather than a public figure when rightly called out for her lies
3. Then doubles down in a tantrum while her allies try to grant her coverSure sounds like you – you just did it again
— Joe Mama (@IBacitizen) April 17, 2019
You still have a job? ?
— Delilah Montori (@DelilahMontori) April 17, 2019
Didnt you get fired for being a trash human being?
— Adrian V (@BostonAce2) April 17, 2019
Throwing your former employer under the bus eh?
— Frederick Leathers (@FrederickLeath5) April 17, 2019
Wow, I just googled you. You really are a wildebeest.
— Michael Gunn (@ShadowWorldKing) April 17, 2019
Your are horrible.
— Tahoe (@Tahoejrd) April 17, 2019
Face it, your track record isn’t too great.
Mediocre at best. Willfully smearing people? Maybe, jury is out on that.
— Mike (@MikeH1230) April 17, 2019
No, she’s guilty.
Weren't you fired as a "fact checker" because you made up vicious lies about a veteran?
— Fugacious (@fugaciouslaw) April 17, 2019
She's not evil, she's just dumb.
— Some guy tweeted something ??♂️ (@jtLOL) April 17, 2019
Spot on article.
— GI_ATX (@JustGreggo) April 17, 2019
She locked her account and unlocked it to reply to this. Good work lol
— ART TAVANA (@arttavana) April 17, 2019
Stellar hire, NYU.
Related:
‘Disgusting bulls***’! Ben Shapiro drops the hammer on WaPo and Talia Lavin for this blatant, ‘gross’ smear job; UPDATED https://t.co/n7PFP6RtRs
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 17, 2019