Taylor Lorenz says she has "severe PTSD" from being a journalist

This is the same Taylor Lorenz who has built a fairly lucrative career out of punching down on social media.

Pardon me if I'm not overly sympathetic.

 

Around election time -- particularly in the days right after the election -- any Republican event included a bunch of guys with AK-47s calling our reporters by name and patting the guns. A few of them liked to recite the female reporters home addresses while waving the guns. Trump supporters thought that shit was hilarious. For a few months we had concrete barricades around the newsroom. Our chief political reporter started to break down physically after that.

For about a month after the election our field crews had armed security and flak jackets.

Agree with all of this, and on a side note, it's always been astounding to me that the meanest, shittiest emails and calls about a female anchor or reporter's appearance typically come from other women. We had one that complained about an anchor and said "It's sad that a woman that age feels she has to expose her shoulders like a cheap whore."

 

Trauma comes in multiple forms, not just from being in a war zone.

As a tech/social media reporter, she's likely dealt with a fair number of unhinged individuals who could have had a negative impact on her mental health.

She also experienced this: Journalist Taylor Lorenz punched while filming aftermath of fatal attack

 

It always struck me as odd that someone like Bill O'Reilly, who had no problem taking other people apart, seemed to have such thin skin when he was criticized. There are other examples as well of noted journos who were able to "dish it out" but had a hard time "taking it." Cyber-bullying has been around as long at the internet though - it's not a new deal. Perhaps if people didn't feel "doxxing" was such a bad thing, people would be more civilized on the web. I have zero problems with people being held accountable for what they write and post.

 

Some Spiers on Greenwald action here. Thread:

 

If you can’t imagine how the internet could fuck with someone’s head, I say “Welcome friend, to your first day on the internet!”

 

Bill's just one of the most famous faces of the "fuck your feelings except mine which are very delicate and must be nurtured" crew currently trying to dismantle America.

 

Isn’t this the lady who just sat on Clubhouse all day waiting to pounce on anyone famous who said anything inappropriate? I mean what did she expect? Remember when your parents told you “TV rots your brain”? Social media fries it.

 

cough cough Clay Travis cough cough the entire Daily Wire staff

 

I don't know Clay Travis personally, but the former Deadspin guys won't defend him, and in fact openly loathe him. And they defend all former Deadspinners, or at worst don't comment.

When Deadspin breaks its own omerta because of who you are, that should say something.

 

are there are former deadspinners who are convservative? Is this about deapsin omerta or about left vs right like everything else?