There is a rather curious controversy brewing over one of the Washington Post\u2019s most controversial writers, Taylor Lorenz.<\/strong>\u00a0The \u201ctech columnist\u201d for the Post has drawn continual criticism over public\u00a0meltdowns<\/a>\u00a0and alleged\u00a0doxxing<\/a>. However, the Post seemed to value her notoriety\u2026until she posted a picture of President Joe Biden with \u201cwar criminal\u201d on it.<\/strong>\u00a0Lorenz appeared to suggest that others added those words before various mainstream media outlets contradicted her account. She is now denying that she denied it was her words and the Post is investigating. What is most curious, however, is what it takes for the Post to investigate alleged false claims by its columnists.<\/p>\n Lorenz posted the image during the White House Creator Economy Conference with the President.\u00a0<\/strong>Many on the left have characterized Biden as a \u201cwar criminal\u201d for his stance on Gaza.<\/p>\n Mainstream media outlets reported the posting by a prominent Post columnist in echoing the criticism of Biden.<\/p>\n Lorenz then responded by seemingly denying that she posted the words, chiding others on\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0that \u201c[y]ou people will fall for any dumbass edit someone makes.\u201d<\/p>\n Many outlets then covered the story that Lorenz was denying the post. However, that produced a torrent of skepticism from even liberal outlets.\u00a0For example, NPR ran a story that\u00a0verified<\/a>\u00a0that the photo and \u201cwar criminal\u201d caption were real:<\/strong><\/p>\n NPR has obtained a screengrab of Lorenz\u2019s actual post, which contained that caption. \u2026 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n After the NPR and other stories questioned her account, Lorenz publicly issued her denial of the earlier denial. She\u00a0tweeted<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cI literally never \u2018denied it was real.\u2019\u201d She added \u201cYeah that\u2019s saying they\u2019re falling for (charitable view) something that\u2019s an obvious meme reference by taking it seriously. Please don\u2019t put words in my mouth[.]\u201d<\/p>\n So now, the\u00a0Post<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0looking into it<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n For some of us, the controversy only adds to the uncertainty over the current standards at the Post. For example, there is apparently no problem in a White House Post reporter\u00a0supporting government censorship<\/a>\u00a0of Donald Trump as an \u201cAmerica issue.\u201d<\/p>\n Likewise, the Post has publicly stood with reporters who have repeatedly published false claims and conspiracy theories. Take Philip Bump, who had a\u00a0meltdown in an interview<\/a>\u00a0when confronted over past false claims. After I wrote a column about the litany of such false claims, the Post surprised many of us by\u00a0issuing a statement that they stood by all of Bump\u2019s reporting<\/a>, including false columns on the Lafayette Park protests, Hunter Biden laptop and other stories.\u00a0 That was long after other media debunked the claims, but the Post stood by the false reporting.<\/p>\n There was no announced or apparent investigation into those claims, or similar alleged false or misleading claims by\u00a0political<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0legal<\/a>\u00a0columnists. Many of those past controversies involved false claims directed against former president Donald Trump.<\/p>\n The future of Taylor Lorenz is hardly a weighty question for American journalism. However, the lack of consistency on these issues is a matter of concern, particularly as the Post tries to come to grips with\u00a0falling readership and revenue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/GU94V9EXEAAMWwXaa.jpg?itok=20Lrekrf\")
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