{"id":2567362,"date":"2026-02-07T13:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship-8\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:04:16","slug":"wapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship-8\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo Journalist Fired For Justifying Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Killing Calls New Firings at Paper Akin to &#8216;Colonial Press Censorship&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fwapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship-8%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=2567362&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>An analysis of a recent upheaval at The Washington Post centers on the firing of Karen Attiah for cause amid a sweeping newsroom restructuring,and what it reveals about the pressures facing modern journalism. The piece recounts Attiah\u2019s dismissal after she was accused of misquoting Charlie Kirk, and her subsequent posts on Bluesky in which she argued that layoffs and newsroom dynamics are tied to white colonialism and the long history of a press funded by wealthy interests. It notes the paper\u2019s substantial layoffs\u2014about a third of the workforce and the elimination of entire sections like sports\u2014while Bezos\u2019s ownership keeps the company\u2019s private financials opaque, though reports suggest a sizable 2023 loss.The article situates these events within a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-thread-as-layoffs-happen-at-media-matters-this-is-a-beautiful-day\/\" title=\"Live updates on Media Matters ... unfolding. Today marks a significant event\">broader media landscape<\/a>, contrasting the Post\u2019s trajectory with the New York Times\u2019 broader audience strategy and Politico\/The Hill\u2019s growing Capitol Hill reach. it also mentions leadership changes, such as Sally Buzbee\u2019s replacement by Matt Murray, and suggests that while sentiment among staff and commentators remains heated, concrete strategic shifts in direction are unclear. Throughout,the piece interweaves social-media excerpts and commentary to illustrate ongoing debates about press freedom,capitalism,and the legacy of colonialism in journalism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Karen Attiah didn&rsquo;t stick around to get fired this week by The Washington Post. She&rsquo;d already been dismissed, for cause, and a good one: She&rsquo;d effectively spent the period following Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s assassination in September taking quotes wildly out of context to effectively justify the murder.<\/p>\n<p>You probably haven&rsquo;t heard much from Attiah unless you&rsquo;re a real devotee of hers or of Bluesky, the ersatz X alternative for people who can&rsquo;t handle opinions that aren&rsquo;t their own.<\/p>\n<p>She posts quite freely over there, and she had some thoughts about the layoffs this week at her former paper: specifically, they&rsquo;re all part of the white colonialism baked into the free press from before America was founded!<\/p>\n<p>As for the Post employees not fired for cause: The paper announced earlier this week that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/late-breaking-bloodbath-washington-post-hundreds-fired-entire-divisions-shuttered-sports-desk-gone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slashing a third of its workforce<\/a> and cutting entire sections, including sports, in a major shake-up.<\/p>\n<p>While the paper&rsquo;s financials aren&rsquo;t publicly aired due to the fact that it&rsquo;s a private concern &mdash; owned by Jeff Bezos &mdash; reports are that it lost $100 million alone in 2023, about 40 percent of the paper&rsquo;s estimated value.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, competitors like The New York Times have made a successful transition to covering news and being a general lifestyle outlet, while niche publications like Politico and The Hill have sucked up much of the Capitol Hill staffer\/political junkie audience the paper used to garner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-chaos-wapo-newsroom-executive-editor-leaves-cant-sugarcoat-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In mid-2024<\/a>, publisher Will Lewis fired executive editor Sally Buzbee and replaced her with Matt Murray, and warned staff that their product wasn&rsquo;t influential or widely read. This caused much discord but apparently, no real change in direction, either politically or in the quality of the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the &ldquo;firings will continue until standards improve&rdquo; approach will work is anyone&rsquo;s guess, although I don&rsquo;t know anyone outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship\/\" title=\"WaPo Journalist Fired For Justifying Charlie Kirk&#039;s Killing Calls New Firings at Paper Akin to &#039;...&#039;\">liberal media sphere<\/a> who believes Wednesday&rsquo;s move made the Post any&nbsp;<em>less<\/em> readable or valuable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Inside<\/em> that sphere, however, there was much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth, and even gnashing of hands and wringing of teeth. That&rsquo;s how upset everyone was that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/katy-perrys-post-flight-comments-perfectly-illustrate-farce-jeff-bezos-historic-female-crew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Bezos<\/a> wasn&rsquo;t running the Post as if it were a charity cause &mdash; which would make it one of the least successful charities in Washington, it must be noted, and that&rsquo;s an <em>accomplishment<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There were no shortage of bad takes on this, particularly from former Post employees. However, Attiah&rsquo;s is really something to behold, for more reasons than one.<\/p>\n<p>First, if you remember her name, it&rsquo;s probably from the Bluesky post that got her fired, in which she took a quote Charlie Kirk made about Michelle Obama, Sheila Jackson Lee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and other powerful black women saying they were only where they were because of affirmative and cut out the entire part about affirmative action and the powerful women it was referring to, making it sound as if he was making the remark about about the brain power of all black women.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So Karen Attiah says she quoted Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s own words.<\/p>\n<p>She did not. She said &ldquo;you do not&rdquo; &mdash; speaking of specific women &mdash; and Karen dishonestly changed it to &ldquo;black women do not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She deserved to be fired, entirely, and without any question.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KeWDwbDykw\">pic.twitter.com\/KeWDwbDykw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bqG7th5h5t\">pic.twitter.com\/bqG7th5h5t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pudge (@pudgenet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pudgenet\/status\/1967621354225824215?\">September 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/washington-post-writer-fired-charlie-kirk-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she says she got fired<\/a> because she was, and I quote &ldquo;being silenced &mdash; for doing my job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those who still follow her antics on Bluesky learned what her job was on Wednesday after the firings, when she described why Bezos went through with the axing at her former employer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3me2sdgapxs2c\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreignar4rccmj4jj25l5mk52iggxzr54zomspg3pmbfwcgk5vvedoem\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\">\n<p lang=\"en\">As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.<\/p>\n<p>I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/post\/3me2sdgapxs2c?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karen Attiah (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7?ref_src=embed\">@karenattiah.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/post\/3me2sdgapxs2c?ref_src=embed\">February 5, 2026 at 5:16 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh, but it doth get better.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What people don&rsquo;t know is they the [sic] colonial American press became independent was not because it was enshrined in some glittering document,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The press in America became independent once the [sic] figured out they could sell advertising to get out from having to depend on colonial government backing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So counter-intuitively&mdash; capitalism was an early means to a freer press,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;British imposed heavy fines, taxes and restrictions on press in many of its colonies around the world, including the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Advertising + wealthy owners then became baked into the U.S. newspaper system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3me2snsrxis2c\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreig6jckldjzsiperccfxbd4jysoes4url367ujoaitgsgrrk7zxx5i\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\">\n<p lang=\"en\">What people don&rsquo;t know is they the colonial American press became independent was not because it was enshrined in some glittering document.<\/p>\n<p>The press in America became independent once the figured out they could sell advertising to get out from having to depend on colonial government backing.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karen Attiah (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7?ref_src=embed\">@karenattiah.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/post\/3me2snsrxis2c?ref_src=embed\">February 5, 2026 at 5:22 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3me2t2frqk22c\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiccwg6fuflkfjuyuqmdkrrjd2ssl7asfaza5t37e7p2fptir2laqu\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\">\n<p lang=\"en\">So counter-intuitively&mdash; capitalism was an early means to a freer press.<\/p>\n<p>British imposed heavy fines, taxes and restrictions on press in many of its colonies around the world, including the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Advertising + wealthy owners then became baked into the U.S. newspaper system.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karen Attiah (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7?ref_src=embed\">@karenattiah.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/post\/3me2t2frqk22c?ref_src=embed\">February 5, 2026 at 5:29 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wow, man. Wow. Like yeah. Insert &ldquo;100&rdquo; emoji here, plus a few hand-clap emojis. Bezos is a white colonizer acting like white colonizers do, just like &hellip; uh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/levin-cites-ben-franklin-argue-gop-needs-stay-focused-biden-admin-enemy-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Franklin<\/a>, I suppose.<\/p>\n<p>There are a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >million hot anti-capitalist takes<\/a> on &ldquo;billionaire used to getting results fires staff on news outlet not getting results,&rdquo; but I&rsquo;ll give the writers of these takes this much: Most of them just attacked the capitalist system in general and said Bezos should have continued funding the Post not just in spite of, but <em>because<\/em> of, its increased irrelevance due to blatant partisanship.<\/p>\n<p>Few have had the nerve to say,&nbsp;<em>accckshuulllly<\/em>, this goes back to colonial practices in America, and we should discard our &ldquo;romantic myths&rdquo; about free speech because it&rsquo;s been all about the Benjamins since the days of Benjamin, baby. (Be sure to subscribe to Attiah&rsquo;s Substack, though!)<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll also give Karen Attiah this much: If you were an editor on the Washington Post and you weren&rsquo;t sure her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deep-dive-debunking-6-common-charlie-kirk-fake-quotes-lies-leftists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barely concealed joy over Kirk&rsquo;s assassination<\/a> was a reason to let her go, she&rsquo;s giving you plenty of reasons to have done it after the fact.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a concise paraphrase of the piece:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Washington Post fired Karen Attiah for cause, accusing her of repeatedly taking Charlie Kirk\u2019s remarks out of context in September in a way that appears to justify a murder. Since then, Attiah has appeared less in mainstream outlets and more on Bluesky, where she argued that the layoffs at her former paper are part of white colonialism built into the free press from before the United States existed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Post itself announced a major workforce reduction, cutting about one-third of employees and eliminating entire sections, including sports. The paper is privately owned by Jeff Bezos, and reports suggest it lost around $100 million in 2023, a sizable hit to its value.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article contrasts the Post\u2019s trajectory with other outlets: The New York Times has shifted toward broader coverage, while niche outlets like Politico and The Hill have captured much of the Capitol Hill readership the Post once drew. In mid-2024, publisher Will Lewis ousted executive editor Sally Buzbee and installed Matt Murray, telling staff the product wasn\u2019t influential or widely read; this caused friction but apparently little change in direction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Regarding whether more firings will improve standards, the piece suggests many outside the liberal media sphere doubt that the move made the Post more readable or valuable. Within liberal circles, there was a lot of hand-wringing over the cuts and over Attiah\u2019s conduct.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Attiah\u2019s Bluesky posts are central to the controversy: she claimed she was fired for \u201cbeing silenced\u201d for doing her job, and she used her posts to critique colonial-era press censorship and to argue that the independent press was originally a tool for wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance. She asserted that capitalism helped create a freer press by enabling advertising revenue, and she linked American media independence to advertising and ownership rather than noble ideals. She also challenged the notion that free speech has always been pure and untainted by money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece closes with reflections on Bezos as a white colonizer and with various takes on capitalist critique, noting that most commentators attacked the system in general rather than addressing colonial-era practices. It also points readers toward Attiah\u2019s Substack for more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Throughout, the text blends commentary on media economics, editorial leadership, and Attiah\u2019s public statements, framed as a critique of how elite outlets handle dissent and layoffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2567363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-634.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6371,72881,5157,73256,72346],"class_list":["post-2567362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-censorship","tag-charlie-kirk-2","tag-journalism","tag-newsroom-firings","tag-washington-post-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-634.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567362","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=2567362"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567366,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567362\/revisions\/2567366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2567363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2567362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2567362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}