Washington Post issues two corrections to Taylor Lorenz article that had already been stealth-edited

The Washington Submit has issued two prolonged corrections to an article by its infamous “web tradition” reporter Taylor Lorenz.

The piece, which had already been secretly edited after it was revealed Thursday, detailed how content material creators made out massive within the sensational Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation lawsuit that ended final week.

Two YouTubers, “LegalBytes” host Alyte Mazeika and an nameless person named ThatUmbrellaGuy, had been singled out within the article.

Lorenz, citing Enterprise Insider, claimed Mazeika “earned $5,000 in a single week by pivoting the content material on her YouTube channel to nonstop trial protection and evaluation.”

ThatUmbrellaGuy “earned as much as $80,000 final month, based on an estimate by social analytics agency Social Blade,” Lorenz wrote, including that neither YouTuber responded to requests for remark.

Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy claimed Lorenz by no means reached out to them previous to publication of her story, Fox Information reported.

Lorenz additionally made a second error, wrongly attributing an announcement to Depp’s rep, Adam Waldman.

Though a be aware on the backside of the article acknowledged her story was “up to date to make clear feedback made throughout Waldman’s testimony,” the declare that Lorenz had reached out to the YouTubers for remark was deleted with none acknowledgment.  

After Fox Information revealed its story concerning the stealth-edit, the Washington Submit issued a correction on the backside of Lorenz’s report.

“A earlier model of this story inaccurately attributed to Adam Waldman a quote describing how he contacted some Web influencers. That quote has been eliminated,” the Submit wrote. “The story has additionally been amended to notice The Submit’s makes an attempt to succeed in Alyte Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy for remark. Earlier variations omitted or inaccurately described these makes an attempt.”

The Submit later adopted with a fair lengthier editor’s be aware posted on the high of Lorenz’s piece, although neither correction addressed who had edited the story after it was revealed.

When Fox Information requested particularly whether or not Lorenz herself made the stealth edit, a Submit spokesperson stated, “That’s not one thing we’d focus on on the report.”

“I’m certain the best wing media and cable information world is spinning one thing up,” Lorenz quipped on Twitter, downplaying the controversy.

The YouTubers slammed Lorenz’s article. 

“Um. This says I didn’t reply to requests to remark? I do know I’ve gotten plenty of emails over the previous two months, however I’ve simply double checked in your title, @TaylorLorenz, and I see no e-mail from you,” Mazeika stated. “Additionally, I didn’t instantly pivot. I began masking this earlier than trial started.”

Mazeika accused Lorenz of mischaracterizing Enterprise Insider’s protection of her, which she too thought was “unfair.” She later supplied an replace claiming Lorenz reached out to her for remark “after the piece was already revealed and I needed to name it out.”

“That is so dumb,” Mazeika wrote. 

Lorenz appeared to acknowledge Mazeika’s public grievance, tweeting, “Thanks for replying!” and including she “would love to include your feedback!”

ThatUmbrellaGuy additionally lashed out on the paper. 

“The Washington Submit LIED and DID NOT contact me earlier than together with me of their story on Johnny Depp, regardless of reporting they did so,” the YouTuber tweeted, sharing time stamps of his tweet calling out the article and Lorenz’s e-mail to him apparently, despatched minutes later.

He later continued, “The Washington Submit additionally FLAGRANTLY misrepresented my earnings report and must right it. Social Blade says I made between $4.9k and $79.1k. They ADDED TO the very best estimate, overreporting for dramatic impact.”

ThatUmbrellaGuy issued an announcement following Fox Information’ first report, tweeting in-part, “Taylor Lorenz wrote an apparent smear piece conflating Depp help with monetary acquire. She flagrantly ignored the actual fact I’ve coated this case for [a] yr whereas mischaracterizing what Adam Waldman stated throughout the Depp trial. She received the factual objects about their relationship flawed as properly. Crazier, she lied about contacting me in The Washington Submit and tried masking this up AFTER I referred to as it out publicly.”

Lorenz has been concerned in quite a lot of controversies over her journalism ethics – together with tales she’s executed on Kellyanne Conway and her daughter; tech entrepreneur Marc Andreessen; the would-be chief of the now-defunct “Disinformation Governance Board” Nina Jankowicz; and Matt Drudge.