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WaPo Terminates Reporter Who Went On Weeklong
Public Meltdown

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Posted By: Beardo, 6/9/2022 8:53:43 PM

Washington Post fired national political reporter Felicia Sonmez after her continuous criticism of the newspaper, according to multiple sources. The Post terminated her Thursday afternoon, though the Post declined to comment due to privacy concerns, the Daily Beast first reported. (snip) Sonmez continuously targeted her colleagues in the newsroom and criticized the higher ups at her own newspaper beginning June 3 when political reporter Dave Weigel retweeted a joke by YouTuber Cam Harless that said, ““Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if its polar or sexual.” The Post later suspended Weigel for a month without pay.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Highlander 6/9/2022 8:59:29 PM (No. 1181234)
About time they dumped that hyper-sensitive princess. Who can work around such a toxic female?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Italiano 6/9/2022 9:01:22 PM (No. 1181236)
Wise move. Everyone else at the WaPo is so obviously stable.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: PostAway 6/9/2022 9:14:08 PM (No. 1181246)
Keep pulling on the troublesome threads at the WaPo and quickly the whole operation will unravel.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Venturer 6/9/2022 9:44:15 PM (No. 1181263)
I thought the joke was funny.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: ChattyCatsSusan 6/9/2022 9:44:16 PM (No. 1181264)
That is what Weigel got suspended for? That is a funny joke. But then media elites are not known to have a sense of humor.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: SALady 6/9/2022 11:59:58 PM (No. 1181361)
I am a woman, and I used to work with another woman who told everyone in the office the dirtiest jokes I have ever heard. Nobody thought it was anything but funny. But we weren't a bunch of humorless lie-berals either!!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: mifla 6/10/2022 4:35:34 AM (No. 1181425)
The resumes are really piling up at MSNBC.
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