Current and former Post employees say the paper is in a 'rut' and are pointing fingers at leadership.
Fox News Digital spoke with five current and former Post employees, many echoing a similar theme that The Post took a turn for the worse when its executive editor Marty Baron stepped down in February 2021 and his successor Sally Buzbee [below right] took over that June. ...
Perhaps Buzbee's most high-profile recruit so far was Taylor Lorenz [left], who made a name for herself as the controversial technology reporter at The Times. Her tearful appearance on MSNBC about cyberbullying and her outspoken left-wing social media presence have made her a distraction at times.
"Taylor Lorenz was somebody we never should have hired," the ex-staffer said without hesitation. "I was told by colleagues who worked at The New York Times who said champagne corks were popping when it was announced The Post hired her." ...
Lorenz, known by her critics for her prolific tweeting and her reporting that doxxed popular Twitter personality Libs of TikTok, was engulfed in a controversy last year regarding a column that had an erroneous claim, prompting multiple corrections by the paper. Lorenz took to Twitter and blamed her editor for allegedly including the error without her knowledge.
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