Taylor Lorenz, the controversial reporter at The
Washington Post, is in serious trouble. You might have seen a certain
photo of her masked up, taking a selfie with Biden in the background
with the caption “war criminal.” She tried to mock those who exposed
this nasty post, claiming it to be misinformation, an edited photo.
There’s one problem: it’s not. Now, senior editors at the paper are
deciding what to do next. Even NPR reported on this:
The Post’s Taylor Lorenz attended a White House event for
digital influencers on Wednesday. In the photo she shared with a circle
of friends on Instagram, Biden appears over her shoulder; the damning
caption rests just below him, accompanied by a text frowny face.
After
the New York Post’s Jon Levine — a frequent critic of hers — revealed
the Instagram photo caption yesterday in a tweet, Lorenz wrote back at
him: “You people will fall for any dumbass edit someone makes.”
A
fact-check appended to Levine’s tweet cited her apparent denial. (The
contextual note to the tweet says, “Taylor Lorenz says this is a digital
manipulation which has added a false caption.”) Lorenz told her editors
that someone else had added the caption to the photo.
NPR has
obtained a screengrab of Lorenz’s actual post, which contained that
caption. It was not shared with her wider Instagram audience of 143,000
followers.
Four people with direct knowledge of the private
Instagram story confirmed its authenticity to NPR. They spoke to NPR on
condition they not be identified due to the professional sensitivity of
the situation for Lorenz.
“Our executive editor and senior
editors take alleged violations of our standards seriously,” a
spokesperson for the newspaper told NPR. “We’re aware of the alleged
post and are looking into it.” Lorenz declined to comment.
What a disaster for Lorenz, but she’s earned it. Do you think the publication will let her go?
No because she's a stupid democrat 😂
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