{"id":1509958,"date":"2022-06-09T18:05:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509958"},"modified":"2022-06-09T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:06:08","slug":"washington-post-fires-reporter-who-trashed-paper-colleague-over-retweeted-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-fires-reporter-who-trashed-paper-colleague-over-retweeted-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Fires Reporter Who Trashed Paper, Colleague Over Retweeted 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\">22<\/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-fires-reporter-who-trashed-paper-colleague-over-retweeted-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=1509958&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/washington-post-reporter-suspended-without-pay-after-coworker-criticizes-him-for-retweeting-a-joke\">Washington Post<\/a> reporter who created a newsroom firestorm by trashing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington-post\">the paper<\/a> and a colleague who retweeted a mildly sexist joke has been fired, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Felicia Sonmez, who publicly attacked fellow reporter Dave Weigel on Twitter last week and then reportedly continued her onslaught in the newsroom\u2019s internal Slack messaging system, was canned Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/felicia-sonmez-exits-washington-post-amid-week-of-infighting\">The Daily Beast reported<\/a>. The Harvard-educated reporter, who covered breaking political news on the paper\u2019s national desk, did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery girl is bi,\u201d went the joke from YouTuber Cam Harless that Weigel retweeted Friday. \u201cYou just have to figure out if it\u2019s polar or sexual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We all owe a debt of gratitude to Felicia Sonmez for exposing the insane woke pandering of the WaPo management. And we can all only hope that the NYT picks you up as soon as possible, so you can do the same over there.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1535009089960435723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sonmez responded with a tweet that faulted both Weigel and the Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The response touched off a week of newsroom drama that had many siding with Weigel but nonetheless got him suspended without pay for a full month. Several colleagues reportedly scolded Sonmez for not keeping the issue in-house, and fellow reporter Jose Del Real publicly accused Sonmez of \u201crepeated and targeted public harassment of a colleague.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/06\/media\/dave-weigel-washington-post-suspended\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> obtained Slack messages that showed Sonmez tagging Weigel and writing, \u201cI\u2019m sorry but what is this?\u201d She reiterated her initial complaint, saying Weigel\u2019s retweet sent \u201ca confusing message about what the Post\u2019s values are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A contrite Weigel removed the retweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI apologize and did not mean to cause any harm,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Editor Sally Buzbee issued a memo on Sunday trying to calm the waters, but things boiled over when video journalist Breanna Muir <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliverdarcy\/status\/1533851340539142144\">reportedly<\/a> replied-all to the memo with support for Sonmez and the claim that the newsroom has a \u201ctoxic work environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the newspaper\u00a0suspended Weigel, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEditors have made clear to the staff that the tweet was reprehensible and demeaning language or actions like that will not be tolerated,\u201d spokesperson\u00a0Kris Coratti told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/washington-post-suspends-dave-weigel-after-retweeting-joke-mocking-women\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The drama came 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>The Washington Post reporter who created a newsroom firestorm by trashing the paper and a colleague who retweeted a mildly sexist joke has been fired, according to a report. Felicia Sonmez, who publicly attacked fellow reporter Dave Weigel on Twitter last week and then reportedly continued her onslaught in the newsroom\u2019s internal Slack messaging system, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1509998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1509958","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\/1509958","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\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}