🧵It took a hell of a lot of personal harassment for me to think about how Twitter shapes media discourse. “This is not the case of people being mean to other people” says @edzitron.
🚨🚨 @cwarzel says newsroom leaders must pay attention. warzel.substack.com/p/newsrooms-do…
🚨🚨 @cwarzel says newsroom leaders must pay attention. warzel.substack.com/p/newsrooms-do…
My personal case? I’ve written fairly nuanced & technical pieces about the science behind Covid lab-leak arguments & repercussions of unsubstantiated allegations.
Trolls called me idiot,shill & made wild accusations. (I'm intentionally not posting them here but I have receipts)
Trolls called me idiot,shill & made wild accusations. (I'm intentionally not posting them here but I have receipts)
One troll alleged I had connections to Daszak, posting an old cropped photo. In this context, I thought it was doctored. It wasn’t. I *immediately* corrected my mistake. But hate & threats fill my inbox.
See @alicetiara journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
See @alicetiara journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
Matt Ridley -- who is working on a book with Alina Chan on Covid origins -- turned the hate-tweets on me into an article at CapX calling me a liar. He never asked for comment. 12 days later, the article was tweaked & amended 🙏🏼
I know my 🧵 may amplify the shit-storm, but I’m presenting it as a case study & cautionary tale since it is distressing! See A+ big-picture pieces by @cwarzel @alicetiara @edzitron. ez.substack.com/p/newsrooms-ne…
If you feel this is nothing but harmless men yelling at the TV, check out this UN report on the chilling effect of online violence against women around the world, designed to belittle, humiliate, induce silence and discredit them professionally. No thanks. en.unesco.org/sites/default/…
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