Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin
| Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin 1998 Manhattan, New York City |
| 🏫 Education | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 💼 Occupation | Political commentator |
Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin is an American political commentator and journalist. She has worked for publications including USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.[1] Moriarty-McLaughlin graduated cum laude from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Moriarty-McLaughlin was born on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She was raised bicoastal in both Manhattan and Los Angeles. Growing up, she spent summers in the European Union as she holds dual citizenship in Ireland.
She attended The Archer School for Girls and Santa Monica High School before graduating cum laude from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2020.[3]
In the media[edit]
The political commentator has appeared on international news networks including Fox News, Fox Business, Daily Mail TV and Newsmax TV.[4]
Career[edit]
Moriarty-McLaughlin began her career at the age of 14 working as a model for a women's fashion brand on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, California. While still in high school, she also worked for American Apparel, assisting the brand in casting models for ad campaigns.
During college, she worked public relations for Lacoste at their U.S. headquarters in New York City. She also had stints at Santa Barbara Magazine, C California Style Magazine and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Her Muck Rack profile shows previous employment with The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.[5]
She has amassed over one million views in her "woman on the street" newscasts she produced for Campus Reform interviewing students on college campuses nationwide.[6]
Controversy[edit]
While working on an assignment for the Washington Examiner concerning the aftermath of the George Floyd riots in an effort to highlight the work of Latinos completing backbreaking labor to cleanup looted storefronts, Moriarty-McLaughlin was targeted by activists who were allegedly hired to stalk and shoot an unauthorized of her for a viral hit piece on June 1, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. The activists then proceeded to attach a false narrative and sell the video to multiple global news sources from Daily Mail to the New York Post, monetizing on the false story as well as creating defamatory fake accounts on Instagram and Twitter.[7]
In addition, her name, employer, university, home address, cell phone number, work email and license plate were doxxed to billions across the globe inciting an onslaught of death threats and violence against her.[8]
Following the incident, many high-profile Hollywood elite targeted Moriarty-McLaughlin from LeBron James to Ava DuVernay and Pink (singer) spreading the libelous story through their Twitter and Instagram feeds to billions of followers worldwide.[9]
Her former employer the Washington Examiner immediately canceled her employment contract, providing no evidence or reasoning on the termination.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin". Muck Rack. Muck Rack, LLC. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ "Journalist Shamed for Santa Monica Cleanup Photo Berates 'Cancel Culture' and the 'Social Media Mob'". Los Angeles Magazine. Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 4 November 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin". LinkedIn. LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ "Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin on Fox Business". YouTube. Fox Business. Retrieved 4 November 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin". Muck Rack. Muck Rack. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ "Students react to California homeless crisis". YouTube. Campus Reform. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ "Young woman who went viral says she was victim of cancel culture: 'Social media mob is out of control'". Fox News. Fox News Media. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ "A video of me at a boarded-up store went viral. The social media mob got every fact wrong". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ "Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin Fired After LeBron's Reaction To Wrongly Reported Fake Activism". Republic World. Republic TV. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ "California intern seen posing with power drill in front of boarded-up store loses her gig". Fox News. Fox News Media. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
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- Activists from California
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- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Spanish descent
- American political commentators
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- Journalists from California
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- People from Los Angeles, California
- People from Santa Monica, California
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