{"id":1505905,"date":"2022-06-06T20:06:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T00:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505905"},"modified":"2022-06-06T20:06:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T00:06:28","slug":"washington-post-reporter-suspended-without-pay-after-coworker-criticizes-him-for-retweeting-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-reporter-suspended-without-pay-after-coworker-criticizes-him-for-retweeting-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Reporter Suspended Without Pay After Coworker Criticizes Him For Retweeting A Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-post-reporter-suspended-without-pay-after-coworker-criticizes-him-for-retweeting-a-joke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1505905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington-post\">Washington Post<\/a> reporter David Weigel retweeted a mildly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sexism\">sexist<\/a> joke: \u201cEvery girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it\u2019s polar or sexual.\u201d On Monday, he was suspended without pay.<\/p>\n<p>The joke \u2014 which Weigel retweeted from YouTuber Cam Harless \u2014 was noticed by fellow Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez. \u201cFantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!\u201d she said on her own Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zs4dX4qprH\">pic.twitter.com\/zs4dX4qprH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/feliciasonmez\/status\/1532763318804439047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Slack messages obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/06\/media\/dave-weigel-washington-post-suspended\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>, Sonmez continued her crusade by tagging Weigel in an internal Slack channel and writing, \u201cI\u2019m sorry but what is this?\u201d She added that the retweet sent \u201ca confusing message about what the Post\u2019s values are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later on Friday, Weigel wrote: \u201cI just removed a retweet of an offensive joke. I apologize and did not mean to cause any harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just removed a retweet of an offensive joke. I apologize and did not mean to cause any harm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Weigel (@daveweigel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daveweigel\/status\/1532771139323211776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post suspended Weigel for one month without pay in the wake of the incident, according to CNN. The Washington Post\u2019s Chief Communications Officer Kris Coratti told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/washington-post-suspends-dave-weigel-after-retweeting-joke-mocking-women\">Fox News<\/a>, \u201cEditors have made clear to the staff that the tweet was reprehensible and demanding language or actions like that will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as The Washington Post faces criticism for various editorial missteps.<\/p>\n<p>For one, the outlet was recently forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/04\/washington-post-adds-two-corrections-to-taylor-lorenz-piece\/\">issue corrections<\/a> to an article by Taylor Lorenz that originally claimed she had reached out to two YouTubers, Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy, mentioned in her piece. Both individuals said that Lorenz never contacted them ahead of the story\u2019s publication, and the claim was then removed without a correction. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/washington-post-issues-correction-stealth-edit-scrubbed-false-claim-taylor-lorenz-report\">Fox News<\/a> asked if Lorenz herself quietly made the edit, a Washington Post spokesperson said, \u201cThat\u2019s not something we\u2019d discuss on the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the same article, Lorenz wrongly attributed a statement to Johnny Depp lawyer Adam Waldman. A note on the article said that the story was indeed \u201cupdated to clarify comments made during Waldman\u2019s testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two months ago, Lorenz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/woman-behind-libs-of-tiktok-gets-full-on-assassination-threat-pic-of-gun-twitter-initially-shrugs\">came under fire<\/a> for revealing the identity of the woman behind Libs of TikTok, which reposts leftist content on its various social media pages. Lorenz ran a hit piece on the woman \u2014 which included her name and originally linked to personal work information, though the link was subsequently removed from the article. Several people made death threats to the woman \u2014 a Jewish stay-at-home mother \u2014 in the wake of the doxxing.<\/p>\n<p>Libs of TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/holed-up-in-a-safe-location-libs-of-tiktok-creator-provides-update-on-her-safety-after-being-doxxed-by-washington-post\">posted photos<\/a> of the Washington Post reporter visiting her family members\u2019 homes. Lorenz accuses Libs of TikTok of purportedly having \u201cdeep and far-reaching\u201d impact, as well as \u201cshaping right-wing media, impacting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and influencing millions by posting viral videos aimed at inciting outrage among the right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing joined podcaster and commentator Tim Pool in purchasing a billboard in Times Square criticizing Lorenz and her employer for exposing Libs of TikTok. \u201cHey WaPo, Democracy Dies In Darkness,\u201d the billboard said. \u201cThat\u2019s Why We\u2019re Shining A Light On You. Taylor Lorenz Doxxed @LibsOfTikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Lorenz complained about the billboard, Fox News host Tucker Carlson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tucker-carlson-shows-times-square-billboard-trolling-wapo-calls-out-taylor-lorenz-hypocrisy\">said<\/a>: \u201cSo she exposes the Libs of TikTok owner to violence. But when you say her name, you\u2019re a terrorist.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Washington Post reporter David Weigel retweeted a mildly sexist joke: \u201cEvery girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it\u2019s polar or sexual.\u201d On Monday, he was suspended without pay. The joke \u2014 which Weigel retweeted from YouTuber Cam Harless \u2014 was noticed by fellow Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez. \u201cFantastic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1505936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1505905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1505905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1505936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1505905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1505905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1505905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}