Former Washington Post and New York Times tech reporter Taylor Lorenz repeatedly refused to offer outright condemnation of vigilante violence like that allegedly perpetrated by Luigi Mangione against the late UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Lorenz, who faced backlash for her initial reaction to the broad-daylight execution of the insurance executive, joined Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday — and every time he pressed her on the issue, she tried to qualify Thompson’s murder by suggesting that insurance company policies provoked violence.
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Lorenz sparked outrage when, during an interview with CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, she laughed off the idea that people were becoming “fans” of the alleged murderer, saying that he was seen as a “revolutionary, who’s…
