Taylor Lorenz Celebrates the Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO
By: Isaac Schorr (Mediaite)
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Former Washington Post and New York Times journalist Taylor Lorenz did everything but throw a party after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in the middle of the Manhattan on Wednesday morning.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that the shooting was a not "a random act of violence," and instead had all the hallmarks of an assassination.
"I want to be clear — at this time, every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack," said Tisch.
Despite the fact that Thompson leaves behind two sons and a wife who said she was "shattered" by her husband's murder, Lorenz saw cause for celebration — and celebrate she did on BlueSky.
In her first post referencing Thompson's death, she shared a post about how Blue Cross Blue Shield, one of UnitedHealthcare's competitors, "will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries."
"And people wonder why we want these executives dead," commented Lorenz.
Next she suggested that healthcare executives should be restricted from good health insurance plans and denied care outside of them.
Then she did her best to put herself on a watchlist by declaring that she had woken up to see a celebratory graphic "spammed in my group chats."
"I am not alone," she added, sharing a similar graphic touted by another user.
The meltdown continued apace with Lorenz sharing an unmarked graphic about UnitedHealthcare claim denial rates, which independent journalist Ken Klippenstein called "the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Later, Lorenz shared another post about the Blue Cross Blue Shield policy change and posted the name and headshot of Blue Cross Blue Shield's CEO.
Over five hours later, Lorenz insisted that she did so to encourage "letter writing campaigns."
"I hope people learn the names of all of these insurance company CEOs and engage in very peaceful letter writing campaigns so that they stop ruthlessly murdering thousands of innocent Americans by denying coverage," she wrote. "Healthcare is a human right. We need universal healthcare now."
After that, she shared a post submitting that "Force, when used by the people, is called 'violence' and 'terror.' When used by the powerful, it is called 'law enforcement' and 'policy.'"
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I have never heard of Taylor Lorenz before this story.
It is never acceptable to be happy about someone being murdered unless their name is Hitler, Stalin, or Pol Pot , Manson, Bundy, JW Gacy, and a few others. And I think this will have negative repercussions on her career, whatever that is.
But beyond that there is the issue of how much health insurance companies are hated. If this is not the time to call attention to that, when will be?
Things are a bit more complicated when it comes to healthcare insurance. Coverage can change from year to year. That can include whether some conditions are covered or not and to what extent. Copays can change.....an ER visit now costs me $135 as compared to $90 last year. These rules are determined by people quite a bit removed from higher management.
If I remember correctly, large numbers or people were not happy with Obamacare when it first came out. Perhaps most CEO's are compensated too highly, but that shouldn't be a reason to kill them.
You left out Brian Thompson.
Taylor Lorenz the left wing media superstar who plays the "stop bullying me, I'm a victim" and "This person is bad, harass them" card as well anyone in the game. Despite being an obvious psychopath, the Times and Post fought for her services and defended all of her nuttiness for years. She's the living embodiment of how over the top crazy the MSM got in the last 10 years.
I must not be left wing then since I have never heard of her before today.
Also, I have had a New York Times and Washington Post subscription (although I cancelled The Times) and have never heard of her. The idea that she is some liberal superstar sounds questionable.
I never heard of her before today
or you don't read the Post, Times or Atlantic and missed all the stories she's been at the center of the last few years.
if you say so
Thats probably why I never heard of her, I dont pay any attention to social media editors.
Wow, this individual is going to look evil af if this turns out to be another case of death from infidelity. The public knows nothing about this guy’s circumstances. If you’re going to piss on his grave, you should let the facts come in first.
I agree , to a point. Three shell casings were found at the shooting site with words written on them that indicate unhappiness with the health care insurance industry.
But what better way to misdirect an investigation than to leave such pointed evidence behind? This whole thing so far sounds like the beginning of countless murder docuseries on tv, where the wife’s lover hires a dumbass to kill her husband. Who knows where this is going.
thats true