Taylor Lorenz Has Been Fired And Faced Backlash Over Her Instagram Post About Joe Biden
Taylor Lorenz has been fired after facing backlash over a recent Instagram post.
American journalist Taylor Lorenz, 37, was born on October 21, 1987, in New York City, United States.
Highlights
- Taylor Lorenz got fired after she mentioned Joe Biden as a war criminal.
- Lorenz has an estimated net worth of around $1.5 million.
- Following her post, there was speculation online that Taylor was making an unclear reference to musician Lucy Dacus.
She is a podcaster for Vox Media, hosting a show called Power User, and founded the Substack publication “User Mag.”
Previously, Lorenz was a columnist for The Washington Post, a technology reporter for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and Business Insider, and a social media editor for the Daily Mail.
Taylor is mainly known for covering Internet culture. In 2023, she published Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet.
She has said that the social media site Tumblr caused her to become interested in Internet culture.
Lorenz has been the subject of online harassment, often used as a tactic to attempt to discredit her reporting and skills as a journalist.
The harassment has included graphic r*pe threats, death threats, and even threats against her parents and other family members, some of them children.
Technology Reporter Taylor Lorenz Exits Washington Post After Investigation Into Instagram Post
On October 1, 2024, Taylor Lorenz announced that she was leaving The Washington Post, less than two months after the newspaper launched an internal review following her Instagram post about President Joe Biden.
Lorenz went viral after a screenshot of an Instagram post obtained by New York Post reporter Jon Levine showed her taking a selfie at a White House event with Biden in the background with the caption “war criminal.”
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Lorenz replied to Levine through her Twitter handle, saying,
“You people will fall for any dumba– edit someone makes,”
Taylor admitted it was real and insisted it was a joke. Lorenz told,
I never ‘denied it was real,’”
There had been speculation online that Taylor was making an unclear reference to musician Lucy Dacus, who called former President Obama a “war criminal” on social media last year.
According to Fox News, the post was made in an Instagram story using the close friends feature.
Previously, NPR reported that four people with direct knowledge of the post confirmed its authenticity.
A spokesperson for The Washington Post previously told Fox News that,
“We’re aware of the alleged social media post and are looking into it”
Taylor did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Biden has been repeatedly attacked by the far-left for his handling of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Taylor Lorenz Amassed A Hefty Net Worth From Her Journalism Career
Taylor Lorenz has an estimated net worth of around $1.5 million as of 2024.
As a technology columnist for the Washington Post, she earned an annual salary between $53k and $99k.
She earned between $66k and $117k as a technology reporter at The New York Times.
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Moreover, she had an annual salary between $41,878 and $66,635 as a technology report of The Atlantic.
Additionally, Lorenz owns a 400-square-foot apartment in Brooklyn worth around $350k.
Additional Information
- Taylor Lorenz announced her engagement to Christopher Mims, a columnist at The Wall Street Journal, in January 2015.
- Lorenz identified herself as a vegan in 2022.
- She had severe PTSD from experiencing online harassment.
