{"id":1522881,"date":"2022-06-19T09:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T13:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1522881"},"modified":"2022-06-19T09:04:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T13:04:20","slug":"bill-maher-on-the-washington-post-democracy-dies-in-dumbness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-on-the-washington-post-democracy-dies-in-dumbness\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher on the Washington Post: Democracy Dies in Dumbness"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbill-maher-on-the-washington-post-democracy-dies-in-dumbness%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=1522881&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--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Bill Maher torched the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/washington-post-urges-white-people-to-feel-shame-to-self-segregate-into-white-accountability-groups\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a> this past week for the public, inter-organizational spat that occurred after one of their reporters became disgruntled over another staffer&#8217;s joke tweet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>To Maher, the argument, which happened in public view on <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.thepostmillennial.com\/p\/579f1e66-2d1e-4b84-af1e-c21ab9013946\/Twitter\">Twitter<\/a>, highlighted the fragile nature of younger generations in the professional workplace.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>\u201cThe crybabies are unfortunately still winning,\u201d Maher said. \u201cThe fact that the Post\u2019s initial response was to punish one of their best for a silly joke shows that the kindergarten is already in charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Felicia Sonmez, a now-former reporter for the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, couldn\u2019t hold back when coworker David Weigel retweeted a joke that Sonmez found offensive. \u201cEvery girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it\u2019s polar or sexual,\u201d the Twitter post read. Sonmez confronted her fellow reporter, calling the post inappropriate and discriminatory. But even after receiving an apology, Sonmez wouldn\u2019t let the matter go, calling on the Washington Post to do more to prevent speech like this from happening again.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>\u201cFantastic to work at a news outlet where tweets like this are allowed,\u201d Sonmez had posted sarcastically.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The Washington Post initially gave Weigel a month\u2019s suspension without pay, but when Sonmez continued to press her unrelenting critique of the publication, the <em>Washington Post <\/em>had no choice but to terminate her. In a very public showdown, the Washington Post had no choice but to say that her behavior had been unprofessional to the point of dysfunction. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Her termination was \u201cfor misconduct that includes insubordination, maligning your co-workers online and violating The Post\u2019s standards on workplace collegiality and inclusivity,\u201d according to a letter recovered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/09\/business\/media\/felicia-sonmez-washington-post.html\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Maher pointed out that the fragile, self-just behavior exhibited by Sonmez isn\u2019t unique to the Washington Post, but is instead the problem of an entire generation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>\u201cYou think my generation is an eye-roll?\u201d Maher asked. \u201cLet me let you in on a little secret about the younger generations: no one wants to hire you. Your sense of entitlement is legendary and, with notable exceptions, your attention span, and work ethic suck.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Bill Maher has been under fire as of recent for his continued criticism of woke agendas despite previously being considered more left-leaning. In May, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/bill-maher-examines-jump-in-lgbtq-expresses-concern-over-pressure-to-adopt-sexual-orientations\">Maher expressed concern over the growing number of children identifying as LGBTQ+<\/a>. Appearing on Joe Rogan&#8217;s podcast earlier this year, Maher <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/bill-maher-blasts-bidens-build-back-better-joe-rogan\">claimed it&#8217;s &#8220;worth asking&#8221; why Putin invaded Ukraine under the Biden presidency and not Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Until this kind of behavior was fixed, Maher suggested, the problem wouldn\u2019t go away and would only be detrimental to the <em>Washington Post<\/em> and other news organizations.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>\u201cDemocracy died in dumbness,\u201d Maher said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Maher torched the Washington Post this past week for the public, inter-organizational spat that occurred after one of their reporters became disgruntled over another staffer&#8217;s joke tweet.To<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"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-1522881","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\/1522881","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1522881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1522881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1522881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1522881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}