reporter: female reporters are at the center of the bull s eye. 73% experienced online attacks. i don t know if i can say this on tv. i m going to rape you. reporter: someone wrote the words i m going to rape you ? yep. reporter: taylor lawrence was targeted near lay year ago in a segment on fox news. she s at the very top of the repulsive food chain. reporter: tucker carlson mocking her. now she s at the center of a new study, among the first to actually quantify online hate against female journalists why this is the moment he aired that segment? yes. reporter: using large scale data to measure online language they tracked violent tweets after being targeted by two male media figures.