“A mob pelting pilloried wrongdoers with rotten vegetables would seem to have little in common with one doing the same with 140-character invective, except of course the most important thing: the belief that they are in the right, and are even doing good by making the object of their contempt feel really, really bad.”

American journalist

Thomas Christopher Junod is an American journalist and senior writer for ESPN.com. He has worked in magazine journalism and has received two National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors. Junod is known for his writing in long-form journalism and magazine features. His work has been recognized twice by his peers in the field, through the National Magazine Awards, and he remains associated with ESPN.com as a senior writer.