Now you are not allowed to criticize the media?

Away co-CEO Steph Korey is planning to step down a second time amid an uproar over her Instagram posts bashing journalists and the news media.

The luggage start-up’s impending leadership change comes after some Away staffers reportedly expressed concerns about the posts in an email to company honchos, saying Ms Korey was putting her reputation ahead of her company and employees.

Posting on her Instagram Story this week, Ms Korey suggested that journalists target female executives because stories about them get more “clicks”.

She also mused that it should be easier to sue news organisations for defamation because “misrepresentation *is* the business model of some outlets”.

“I know there are a few [journalists] who are using the media platform they have access to further their careers by knowingly misrepresenting female founders for clicks $ their own profile/fame,” Ms Korey wrote, according to screenshots of the posts shared on Twitter.

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