Taylor Lorenz's tantrum over Bari Weiss says a hell of a lot more about Lorenz than it does about Weiss

Bari Weiss is a pretty buzzy journalist, particularly in light of her recent reporting on “The Twitter Files,” in which, with Elon Musk’s blessing and assistance, she and Matt Taibbi have exposed the insidious culture of corruption and collusion and left-wing bias that infected Twitter prior to Musk’s takeover. Yesterday, Axios ran a story about The Free Press, Weiss’ effort to restore journalism to at least some semblance of its former glory with — brace yourselves — actual journalism:

Bari Weiss, the New York Times columnist turned independent newsletter writer, has hired ten full-time employees and over a dozen contractors to help build her new media company, The Free Press, Weiss told Axios in an interview.

Why it matters: The success of Weiss’ Substack newsletter and podcast, both of which she launched last year after leaving The New York Times, shows there’s an appetite for coverage that’s meant to rebuke traditional media products.

“I’m responding to a demand, and I’m expanding based on the hunger of the audience. And that hunger and appetite is just huge. We’re at the very, very beginning of what this could be,” Weiss said.

Sounds like something we could really use right about now. Also sounds like something that could pose a threat to Washington Post tech columnist Taylor Lorenz. Based on Lorenz’s reaction to Axios’ story, it sure sounds like she feels threatened by Weiss:

https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1602752930746023937

https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1602753743224643584

Just as a heads-up: if you’re thinking about responding directly to Taylor’s tweets, you’ll have to do so via quote-retweet or screenshot, because she’s limited replies only to those she follows. Go figure.

The best is she silenced any debate about her pure hit piece. Bari is from Pittsburgh from a middle class family😂 pic.twitter.com/6CSyvr7pzJ

— CandidReflection (@CandidReflect) December 14, 2022

Taylor Lorenz has gone to great (if not undue) lengths to keep her biographical information off the internet even as she unearths that of others; suffice it to say 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑟.

— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) December 14, 2022

Taylor Lorenz is:
1. From a rich family, went to Swiss boarding schools
2. Has a narrow focus in her media job most don't care about
3. Doxxed people as a journalist

Is there anyone more odious than Lorenz in journalism today? pic.twitter.com/Z2vZX61Nzc

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) December 14, 2022

4. works for Jeff Bezos

— Richard Harambe (@Doc_Chimpanzee) December 14, 2022

Ah yes. We mustn’t forget that part.

This person works for the planet's 2nd-richest man and went to Swiss boarding school, yet constantly talks as if she's a low-paid hourly worker just getting by as a cook for a homeless shelter. She also has more corrections appended to her articles than most people have socks. pic.twitter.com/8p3lTl8YvP

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 14, 2022

Greenwald definitely has a way with words. We couldn’t’ve come up with a better description for Taylor Lorenz.

Imagine being @taylorlorenz and having the audacity to complain about *anyone’s* adherence to journalistic ethics.

I can’t tell if this is a cope, or if she’s just that stupid, but either way, I appreciate the laugh this morning.

What a doofus! https://t.co/ckmRMHK3yP

— Christina Sobel (@tunatweets) December 14, 2022

“If you start off rich…don’t follow any journalistic ethical rules”

…you can be Taylor Lorenz! pic.twitter.com/IbkTGpwNLQ

— John Hasson (@SonofHas) December 14, 2022

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