Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @clancynewyork: "These women journalists were doing their jobs. That made them targets." By @TaylorLorenz. Gift link: [https://t.co/CD0b… — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

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@julieposetti Attacking women journalists is a fast, easy way to generate engagement on social media, experts say. Platforms reward outrage, and entire cottage industries have formed around attacking certain prominent women journalists. https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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@julieposetti “Nobody wants to be hated. Emotionally, it takes a toll on you. It’s exhausting. It robs time and energy that would be better deployed researching my stories. I feel physically vulnerable.” https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WashPostPR: In the first installment, @TaylorLorenz writes that tackling difficult subjects + holding powerful people accountable often… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @majidsnizami: “I see my male counterparts — they’re also abused, but not abused for their bodies, their genital parts,”... “If they’re… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GFarooqi: These women journalists were doing their jobs. That made them targets. In 2018, when (Imran) Khan was elected prime ministe… — PolitiTweet.org

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I hope every newsroom leader at every single legacy institution reads this piece. Our goal is to provide a clear picture of how these campaigns operate, and how the way news outlets currently respond is silencing women and pushing them out of the industry https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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“A corporate PR approach to managing what a journalist says in response to their abuse is deeply problematic,” @julieposetti said. “It removes the sense of autonomy, it removes the sense of empowerment from a journalist deciding to address online violence” https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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"Heavily partisan pseudo-journalists trigger pile-ons against particular journalists and lace attacks with disinfo to discredit them. Ultimately, they discredit the journalist not just w their audience but their employers, who in worst cases have pushed them out of their jobs.” — PolitiTweet.org

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"It’s extremely troubling when you see women journalists being penalized, whether they’re being suspended or sometimes even sacked, in the middle of an online violence campaign, and we see this happen to journalists around the world" https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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It's a HUGE mistake to tell women who are targeted in smear campaigns and online attacks not to respond, experts said. Not countering a hate campaign with a robust counter narrative only creates a vacuum for damaging lies and smears to flourish. https://t.co/7srexQBeHA https://t.co/gswnCBH7CE — PolitiTweet.org

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This article is part of “Story Killers,” a reporting project led by the Paris-based journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories, which seeks to complete the work of journalists who have been killed. https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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The result of these smear campaigns is often that the target is pushed out of her job or forced to quit. Others stay in the business but in less prominent roles. Very few women are able to navigate these waters successfully. https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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The attacks follow a pattern that is consistent across countries and regions, generating controversy over everything a woman does and says. https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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The playbook typically unfolds like this: Powerful people, usually popular online figures or government officials, target a woman journalist who is subjecting them to public scrutiny, often over allegations of wrongdoing https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jewstein3000: A frustrating part of this is how many male journalists either join in or stay silent in smearing and discrediting the wo… — PolitiTweet.org

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Time and again, research shows, the news organizations that employ women journalists who are under assault turn against them, depriving them of career opportunities. Others leave the profession due to the relentless online hate. https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

I interviewed 13 women journalists around the world about the effect hate & smear campaigns have had on their careers These campaigns are a serious threat to press freedom globally. https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

Online smear campaigns inflict very real psychological injury on women journalists, they chill public interest journalism, kill women’s careers, and deprive society of important voices and perspectives. https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

Online abuse aids and abets impunity for crimes against journalists, including physical assault and murder. It is designed to silence, humiliate, and discredit women who are doing some of the most important work holding power to account https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

The uptick in online violence/smear campaigns against women journalists is one of the most serious contemporary threats to press freedom. Read our months long investigation into how these attacks are seeking to silence women around the world https://t.co/7srexQBeHA — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CorbinBolies: SCOOP in tonight’s Confider: Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn), who was fired from Insider last year after its politics te… — PolitiTweet.org

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Conservative podcasters were 11 times as likely as liberal podcasters to share a claim that fact checkers could refute. https://t.co/SxW5pD3Cyz — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nandoodles: Once again, an article about how dangerous War Room is drops without a single mention of the work we're doing to demonetize… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chafkin: I don’t think people have really grappled with how frequently these ai systems just make stuff up, nor with the problems this… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @_alastair: Absolutely incredible that one of the two suggested responses is "I admit that I was wrong and I apologize for my behaviour" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @19joho: According to Dr. Vinay Prasad, vaccine advocates are “idiots”, indifferent to the death of a mentally ill woman & her family. M… — PolitiTweet.org

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Happy pub day to @BigMeanInternet I cannot wait to read every word of this book!!! Get yours now https://t.co/8EWUmWgG9r — PolitiTweet.org

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