Taylor Lorenz and the Media’s Sacred Cows
11th March 2021
Emphasis on the ‘cow’.
How sacred is a New York Times reporter? Is one required to kowtow in their presence, or merely bow? If one eats a Times reporter, does one become ritually impure?
These critical questions are being settled right now in the clash over Times technology reporter and factually-challenged busybody Taylor Lorenz.
Lorenz spent the bulk of lockdown season stalking the nascent Silicon Valley chat app Clubhouse. In July, she vowed to quit the app forever for not caring enough about ‘user safety’, i.e. protecting Lorenz from all criticism. But of course, like most addicts who pledge to quit, Lorenz’s promise was a farce, and she was soon back on the app.