But that paradigm went out with the internet itself. Because she was part of the scene, part of what she was writing about, she didn’t keep the usual distance, wasn’t neutral in the way they were taught in J-school. Lorenz left the “New York Times”… I’ve heard her version, I’ve read the public version, but one thing is for sure, the usual suspects at the “Times” had no time for her. Like I’ve said again and again, if you’re not experiencing online hate, you’re not playing, or you’re not honest enough, not posting enough, because social media is a giant pecking order, a greased pole that everybody wants to climb, and if they can’t make it to the top they’re going to tear you down in the process. They don’t like Lorenz writing about their field, where they live, so they’re hating on her, just like everybody does on social media.
Because this is the key to the real America, the real world, that the boomers and the straight media pooh-pooh but drives all the viewers, eats up all the attention, generates all the dollars.įorget the backlash.
