This was pretty fucking hilarious. You had Felicia Sonmez the very left WAPO reporter that in the past has sued (and lost) her own paper, that has now been fired.
It started out a week or so ago when a colleague retweeted a joke that she took issue with. Instead of allowing WAPO to internally investigate the matter, she went on the warpath publicly, and even after being told to stop, she continued. Eventually throwing down the all too familiar accusation, that the staff is "all white" so naturally they get away with it.
Even fellow reporters were telling her to stop, but finally WAPO had had enough, and they canned her ass.
This article came out before she was officially terminated.
It started out a week or so ago when a colleague retweeted a joke that she took issue with. Instead of allowing WAPO to internally investigate the matter, she went on the warpath publicly, and even after being told to stop, she continued. Eventually throwing down the all too familiar accusation, that the staff is "all white" so naturally they get away with it.
Even fellow reporters were telling her to stop, but finally WAPO had had enough, and they canned her ass.
This article came out before she was officially terminated.
Washington Post Reporter Slams ‘All White’ Co-Workers for Defending Paper as Twitter Meltdown Enters Day 7
Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez on Thursday called out her colleagues over their defense of the paper in a continuation of a Twitter spat that began a week ago.
“The reporters who issued synchronized tweets this week downplaying the Post’s workplace issues have a few things in common with each other,” Sonmez wrote on Twitter on Thursday morning. “They are all white…They are among the highest-paid employees in the newsroom, making double and even triple what some other National desk reporters are making, particularly journalists of color…They are among the ‘stars’ who ‘get away with murder’ on social media.”
Sonmez was apparently referring to tweets by several Washington Post reporters earlier this week saying the paper is not “perfect” but that they are proud to work there. The tweets were all issued within minutes of each other and featured nearly identical language.