NY Times' Taylor Lorenz blasted for falsely claiming tech entrepreneur used 'r-slur' on social media app
Donald McNeil sorry for racist slur. New York Timestech and internet culture reporter Taylor Lorenz is facing intense backlash for leveling a false charge against business tech entrepeneur Marc Andreessen. Late Saturday, Lorenz alleged on Twitter that the Silicon Valley investor used what she called the "r-slur" during a conversation on the audio-driven social media app Clubhouse about Redditors' recent splash on Wall Street that promped the surge of GameStop's stock price. "@pmarca just used openly using the r-slur on Clubhouse tonight and not one othe person in the room called him on i...