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For Brooke Pryor, an ESPN NFL Nation Pittsburgh Steelers reporter and former DTH sports editor, the experiences she endured became a major talking point on social media. Last summer, Pryor reported on the Tyreek Hill investigation while working for The Kansas City Star, and fans took to social media to harass and threaten her.
“People felt that I had an agenda to push about Tyreek because of his background with domestic violence because I am a woman reporting about it,” Pryor said.
“...All of a sudden, I became a target for trolls.”
The harassment eventually escalated — one account threatened to release her personal information, such as where she lived and what floor her apartment was on.
“It really, really shook me,” Pryor said. “To that point, I had been pretty strong and reading things people are saying about me...
“The attacks when you're a woman and you're a journalist get very personal, very quickly. And in the same way that in one breath you can be objectified by another reporter or a player or coach, just as quickly, people will turn around and talk about how ugly you are or that you look fat in that dress or you have a double chin or you look like a bitch.”
In my defense, anytime I took a shot at Pryor, I also made sure to take a shot at the even more egregiously unqualified piece of shit that she answered to - Jeff Rosen.
So no, Brooke - you weren't castigated because you're a woman. It was because you and your male boss are both unprofessional hacks. [Reply]
You guys see she was at arrowhead today? Fucking probably trying to curse the stadium. Why the fuck is she there? I have no clue. She tweeted out a picture of arrowhead with the caption "hello old friend" Friend? What this bitch talking about? GTFO. [Reply]
