Washington Post fires reporter Felicia Somnez who objected to misogynistic tweets

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Oh, baloney. Del Real was very circumspect.

Somnez was fired because she couldn't control her temper. She responded guns blazing and even more of her over-the-top screaming banshee routine.

As a woman I am always disheartened when I see behavior like hers because she reinforced the negative stereotypes of woman in journalism as being rabid soap-boxers. Somnez had multiple opportunities to dial back and to put forth a cogent and cohesive statement yet she failed to do so at every opportunity. She literally screamed and kicked her way out of her own job.

The best summarization of this whole Sonmez nonsense was when someone asked her how she had time to file stories considering she spent 24/7 going scorched earth on her colleagues.

It is a great question.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, she was given several warnings to stop her behavior. She had a choice, but continued—sounds like a loose cannon.

+1 although I think she sounds like my 2 year old when he's having a temper tantrum. At this point whatever point she is trying to make is lost because of her poor behavior.

It is hard to see how she could ever be trusted as a reporter in the future and expect people to want to read what she has written because she has gone so far overboard. I know I would skip her article whenever I saw her byline simply because of her clear vitriolic and hyperbolic writings. She had a point, but when she was challenged her response vis a vis the personal attacks and clear animus made her distasteful and now her writing is irrelevant because of the clear bias.

She deserved to be fired because of her behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if she is completely unable to find employment with any legitimate news agency. She might be better off migrating over the New York Post. They are right up her alley.

The only post employee who attacked a colleague was Del Real. He attacked Somnez and she retweeted his attacks. Most of her tweets were retweeting language by the post. Del Real was not punished, Weigel suspended, and she was fired for speaking out. Stay silent ladies!

I don’t work at the Post but the optics of what they did looks terrible. Old boys club indeed.

Oh, get real. It was Somnez who was flipping out. I read the chain in the Post. The more she posted the more hysterical and vitriolic she got. She was a loose cannon. They're better off without her.

So much gender bias in the way some posters are talking about Somnez. “Hysterical” “flipping out”, “loose cannon.” None of these things seem to be apples to the man who started this whole incident by tweeting that all women are either bisexual or bipolar. Let’s call him some names too-not just the woman brave enough to call him out for being a woman hater.

Except he didn't display any hysterical behavior, and she did.

Funny how only women are ever called "hysterical". I don't think calling out Dave Wiegel for saying that women are either bipolar or bisexual is "hysterical." I do think Dave Wiegel is somewhat sociopathic.

Felicia, just stop. He is in no way "sociopathic." You, however, are being "hysterical." Please get help.

BTW I am a woman telling you this. You are embarrassing the rest of us women. Let it go.

You can try to say this is "Felicia" posting this. But it's not. I'm a female Washington Post subscriber who is disgusted that a newspaper I pay money for would fire someone for calling out a misogynistic tweet. Sorry your mind is so limited that it can't comprehend that people do not approve of behavior that targets women.

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Oh, baloney. Del Real was very circumspect.

Somnez was fired because she couldn't control her temper. She responded guns blazing and even more of her over-the-top screaming banshee routine.

As a woman I am always disheartened when I see behavior like hers because she reinforced the negative stereotypes of woman in journalism as being rabid soap-boxers. Somnez had multiple opportunities to dial back and to put forth a cogent and cohesive statement yet she failed to do so at every opportunity. She literally screamed and kicked her way out of her own job.

The best summarization of this whole Sonmez nonsense was when someone asked her how she had time to file stories considering she spent 24/7 going scorched earth on her colleagues.

It is a great question.

Why didn't someone ask Dave Wiegel how he had time to post stories when he spent his time tweeting out sexist garbage?

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Anonymous wrote:Also, she was given several warnings to stop her behavior. She had a choice, but continued—sounds like a loose cannon.

+1 although I think she sounds like my 2 year old when he's having a temper tantrum. At this point whatever point she is trying to make is lost because of her poor behavior.

It is hard to see how she could ever be trusted as a reporter in the future and expect people to want to read what she has written because she has gone so far overboard. I know I would skip her article whenever I saw her byline simply because of her clear vitriolic and hyperbolic writings. She had a point, but when she was challenged her response vis a vis the personal attacks and clear animus made her distasteful and now her writing is irrelevant because of the clear bias.

She deserved to be fired because of her behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if she is completely unable to find employment with any legitimate news agency. She might be better off migrating over the New York Post. They are right up her alley.

The only post employee who attacked a colleague was Del Real. He attacked Somnez and she retweeted his attacks. Most of her tweets were retweeting language by the post. Del Real was not punished, Weigel suspended, and she was fired for speaking out. Stay silent ladies!

I don’t work at the Post but the optics of what they did looks terrible. Old boys club indeed.

Oh, get real. It was Somnez who was flipping out. I read the chain in the Post. The more she posted the more hysterical and vitriolic she got. She was a loose cannon. They're better off without her.

So much gender bias in the way some posters are talking about Somnez. “Hysterical” “flipping out”, “loose cannon.” None of these things seem to be apples to the man who started this whole incident by tweeting that all women are either bisexual or bipolar. Let’s call him some names too-not just the woman brave enough to call him out for being a woman hater.

Except he didn't display any hysterical behavior, and she did.

Funny how only women are ever called "hysterical". I don't think calling out Dave Wiegel for saying that women are either bipolar or bisexual is "hysterical." I do think Dave Wiegel is somewhat sociopathic.

Felicia, just stop. He is in no way "sociopathic." You, however, are being "hysterical." Please get help.

I’m not that PP, but this response makes you look pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, she was given several warnings to stop her behavior. She had a choice, but continued—sounds like a loose cannon.

+1 although I think she sounds like my 2 year old when he's having a temper tantrum. At this point whatever point she is trying to make is lost because of her poor behavior.

It is hard to see how she could ever be trusted as a reporter in the future and expect people to want to read what she has written because she has gone so far overboard. I know I would skip her article whenever I saw her byline simply because of her clear vitriolic and hyperbolic writings. She had a point, but when she was challenged her response vis a vis the personal attacks and clear animus made her distasteful and now her writing is irrelevant because of the clear bias.

She deserved to be fired because of her behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if she is completely unable to find employment with any legitimate news agency. She might be better off migrating over the New York Post. They are right up her alley.

The only post employee who attacked a colleague was Del Real. He attacked Somnez and she retweeted his attacks. Most of her tweets were retweeting language by the post. Del Real was not punished, Weigel suspended, and she was fired for speaking out. Stay silent ladies!

I don’t work at the Post but the optics of what they did looks terrible. Old boys club indeed.

Oh, get real. It was Somnez who was flipping out. I read the chain in the Post. The more she posted the more hysterical and vitriolic she got. She was a loose cannon. They're better off without her.

So much gender bias in the way some posters are talking about Somnez. “Hysterical” “flipping out”, “loose cannon.” None of these things seem to be apples to the man who started this whole incident by tweeting that all women are either bisexual or bipolar. Let’s call him some names too-not just the woman brave enough to call him out for being a woman hater.

Except he didn't display any hysterical behavior, and she did.

Funny how only women are ever called "hysterical". I don't think calling out Dave Wiegel for saying that women are either bipolar or bisexual is "hysterical." I do think Dave Wiegel is somewhat sociopathic.

Felicia, just stop. He is in no way "sociopathic." You, however, are being "hysterical." Please get help.

BTW I am a woman telling you this. You are embarrassing the rest of us women. Let it go.

Yeah, whatever Dave Wiegel. Actually, I will let it go and write a letter to the editor instead. Enjoy your day Dave. I don't understand why you have a job and Felicia Somnez doesn't, but good luck doing your job as a "respected reporter" now that you have a reputation for being a sexist fool.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, she was given several warnings to stop her behavior. She had a choice, but continued—sounds like a loose cannon.

+1 although I think she sounds like my 2 year old when he's having a temper tantrum. At this point whatever point she is trying to make is lost because of her poor behavior.

It is hard to see how she could ever be trusted as a reporter in the future and expect people to want to read what she has written because she has gone so far overboard. I know I would skip her article whenever I saw her byline simply because of her clear vitriolic and hyperbolic writings. She had a point, but when she was challenged her response vis a vis the personal attacks and clear animus made her distasteful and now her writing is irrelevant because of the clear bias.

She deserved to be fired because of her behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if she is completely unable to find employment with any legitimate news agency. She might be better off migrating over the New York Post. They are right up her alley.

The only post employee who attacked a colleague was Del Real. He attacked Somnez and she retweeted his attacks. Most of her tweets were retweeting language by the post. Del Real was not punished, Weigel suspended, and she was fired for speaking out. Stay silent ladies!

I don’t work at the Post but the optics of what they did looks terrible. Old boys club indeed.

Oh, get real. It was Somnez who was flipping out. I read the chain in the Post. The more she posted the more hysterical and vitriolic she got. She was a loose cannon. They're better off without her.

So much gender bias in the way some posters are talking about Somnez. “Hysterical” “flipping out”, “loose cannon.” None of these things seem to be apples to the man who started this whole incident by tweeting that all women are either bisexual or bipolar. Let’s call him some names too-not just the woman brave enough to call him out for being a woman hater.

Except he didn't display any hysterical behavior, and she did.

Funny how only women are ever called "hysterical". I don't think calling out Dave Wiegel for saying that women are either bipolar or bisexual is "hysterical." I do think Dave Wiegel is somewhat sociopathic.

Felicia, just stop. He is in no way "sociopathic." You, however, are being "hysterical." Please get help.

BTW I am a woman telling you this. You are embarrassing the rest of us women. Let it go.

You can try to say this is "Felicia" posting this. But it's not. I'm a female Washington Post subscriber who is disgusted that a newspaper I pay money for would fire someone for calling out a misogynistic tweet. Sorry your mind is so limited that it can't comprehend that people do not approve of behavior that targets women.

Well I am a female feminist VERY liberal Washington Post subscriber who is honestly pretty disgusted with the outcry. Maybe its because I've followed Weigel for years so I feel like this one tweet is really not representative of his entire personality, but like, I really feel like we have all lost the thread if we want to deprive people of their livelihood for mistakes. Seriously, if there is no way to come back from mistakes, why would anyone ever even try? This burn everything down mentality is really short sighted.

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Anonymous wrote:https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/06/media/dave-weigel-washington-post-suspended/index.html

Sonmez on Sunday evening then tagged Buzbee and Gold on Twitter and said she had reached out to them to discuss the matter, but that she hadn't heard back.
"Retaliation against a colleague for speaking out against sexism is never okay," Sonmez wrote. "I hope Washington Post leaders treat this as the serious issue that it is."
By Monday morning, tension at The Post was still high.
Video technician Breanna Muir responded to Buzbee's all-staff email, applauding Sonmez for "speaking out against harassment, discrimination and sexism."
Muir attached a tweet showing that Micah Gelman, the head of The Post's video team, had once misidentified her as "Breanna Taylor."
"If the Washington Post is committed to an inclusive and respectful environment free of harassment, discrimination or bias of any sort, then can someone please help me understand Micah Gelman and David Weigel's tweets/rts?" Muir asked.
"These tweets/rts not only hurt women in our newsroom but make it extremely difficult to do our best work," Muir added. "Ultimately, it creates a toxic work environment."

Yikes. So that newsroom is okay with racism as well as sexism? I guess that isn’t a surprise but that’s pretty bad.

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Sonmez on Sunday evening then tagged Buzbee and Gold on Twitter and said she had reached out to them to discuss the matter, but that she hadn't heard back.
"Retaliation against a colleague for speaking out against sexism is never okay," Sonmez wrote. "I hope Washington Post leaders treat this as the serious issue that it is."
By Monday morning, tension at The Post was still high.
Video technician Breanna Muir responded to Buzbee's all-staff email, applauding Sonmez for "speaking out against harassment, discrimination and sexism."
Muir attached a tweet showing that Micah Gelman, the head of The Post's video team, had once misidentified her as "Breanna Taylor."
"If the Washington Post is committed to an inclusive and respectful environment free of harassment, discrimination or bias of any sort, then can someone please help me understand Micah Gelman and David Weigel's tweets/rts?" Muir asked.
"These tweets/rts not only hurt women in our newsroom but make it extremely difficult to do our best work," Muir added. "Ultimately, it creates a toxic work environment."

Yikes. So that newsroom is okay with racism as well as sexism? I guess that isn’t a surprise but that’s pretty bad.

I mean, what?

Please cancel your WaPo subscription. And stay far away from Twitter. It's best to get your news from Facebook. I mean Meta.

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Sonmez on Sunday evening then tagged Buzbee and Gold on Twitter and said she had reached out to them to discuss the matter, but that she hadn't heard back.
"Retaliation against a colleague for speaking out against sexism is never okay," Sonmez wrote. "I hope Washington Post leaders treat this as the serious issue that it is."
By Monday morning, tension at The Post was still high.
Video technician Breanna Muir responded to Buzbee's all-staff email, applauding Sonmez for "speaking out against harassment, discrimination and sexism."
Muir attached a tweet showing that Micah Gelman, the head of The Post's video team, had once misidentified her as "Breanna Taylor."
"If the Washington Post is committed to an inclusive and respectful environment free of harassment, discrimination or bias of any sort, then can someone please help me understand Micah Gelman and David Weigel's tweets/rts?" Muir asked.
"These tweets/rts not only hurt women in our newsroom but make it extremely difficult to do our best work," Muir added. "Ultimately, it creates a toxic work environment."

Yikes. So that newsroom is okay with racism as well as sexism? I guess that isn’t a surprise but that’s pretty bad.

I mean, what?

Please cancel your WaPo subscription. And stay far away from Twitter. It's best to get your news from Facebook. I mean Meta.

Sorry you can't articulate why the Washington Post isn't racist or sexist. Seems like they're hiring people with poorer and poorer writing skills these days.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, she was given several warnings to stop her behavior. She had a choice, but continued—sounds like a loose cannon.

+1 although I think she sounds like my 2 year old when he's having a temper tantrum. At this point whatever point she is trying to make is lost because of her poor behavior.

It is hard to see how she could ever be trusted as a reporter in the future and expect people to want to read what she has written because she has gone so far overboard. I know I would skip her article whenever I saw her byline simply because of her clear vitriolic and hyperbolic writings. She had a point, but when she was challenged her response vis a vis the personal attacks and clear animus made her distasteful and now her writing is irrelevant because of the clear bias.

She deserved to be fired because of her behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if she is completely unable to find employment with any legitimate news agency. She might be better off migrating over the New York Post. They are right up her alley.

The only post employee who attacked a colleague was Del Real. He attacked Somnez and she retweeted his attacks. Most of her tweets were retweeting language by the post. Del Real was not punished, Weigel suspended, and she was fired for speaking out. Stay silent ladies!

I don’t work at the Post but the optics of what they did looks terrible. Old boys club indeed.

Oh, get real. It was Somnez who was flipping out. I read the chain in the Post. The more she posted the more hysterical and vitriolic she got. She was a loose cannon. They're better off without her.

So much gender bias in the way some posters are talking about Somnez. “Hysterical” “flipping out”, “loose cannon.” None of these things seem to be apples to the man who started this whole incident by tweeting that all women are either bisexual or bipolar. Let’s call him some names too-not just the woman brave enough to call him out for being a woman hater.

Except he didn't display any hysterical behavior, and she did.

Funny how only women are ever called "hysterical". I don't think calling out Dave Wiegel for saying that women are either bipolar or bisexual is "hysterical." I do think Dave Wiegel is somewhat sociopathic.

Felicia, just stop. He is in no way "sociopathic." You, however, are being "hysterical." Please get help.

BTW I am a woman telling you this. You are embarrassing the rest of us women. Let it go.

You can try to say this is "Felicia" posting this. But it's not. I'm a female Washington Post subscriber who is disgusted that a newspaper I pay money for would fire someone for calling out a misogynistic tweet. Sorry your mind is so limited that it can't comprehend that people do not approve of behavior that targets women.

Well I am a female feminist VERY liberal Washington Post subscriber who is honestly pretty disgusted with the outcry. Maybe its because I've followed Weigel for years so I feel like this one tweet is really not representative of his entire personality, but like, I really feel like we have all lost the thread if we want to deprive people of their livelihood for mistakes. Seriously, if there is no way to come back from mistakes, why would anyone ever even try? This burn everything down mentality is really short sighted.

The only one who has been deprived of their livelihood is Felicia Somnez, who didn't make any mistakes, but is instead being retaliated against for calling out Weigel's sexist tweets.

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Anonymous wrote:https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/06/media/dave-weigel-washington-post-suspended/index.html

Sonmez on Sunday evening then tagged Buzbee and Gold on Twitter and said she had reached out to them to discuss the matter, but that she hadn't heard back.
"Retaliation against a colleague for speaking out against sexism is never okay," Sonmez wrote. "I hope Washington Post leaders treat this as the serious issue that it is."
By Monday morning, tension at The Post was still high.
Video technician Breanna Muir responded to Buzbee's all-staff email, applauding Sonmez for "speaking out against harassment, discrimination and sexism."
Muir attached a tweet showing that Micah Gelman, the head of The Post's video team, had once misidentified her as "Breanna Taylor."
"If the Washington Post is committed to an inclusive and respectful environment free of harassment, discrimination or bias of any sort, then can someone please help me understand Micah Gelman and David Weigel's tweets/rts?" Muir asked.
"These tweets/rts not only hurt women in our newsroom but make it extremely difficult to do our best work," Muir added. "Ultimately, it creates a toxic work environment."

Yikes. So that newsroom is okay with racism as well as sexism? I guess that isn’t a surprise but that’s pretty bad.

I mean, what?

Please cancel your WaPo subscription. And stay far away from Twitter. It's best to get your news from Facebook. I mean Meta.

Sorry you can't articulate why the Washington Post isn't racist or sexist. Seems like they're hiring people with poorer and poorer writing skills these days.

Throwing out random unsubstantiated accusations of racism is the opposite of helpful. But you do you.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, she was given several warnings to stop her behavior. She had a choice, but continued—sounds like a loose cannon.

+1 although I think she sounds like my 2 year old when he's having a temper tantrum. At this point whatever point she is trying to make is lost because of her poor behavior.

It is hard to see how she could ever be trusted as a reporter in the future and expect people to want to read what she has written because she has gone so far overboard. I know I would skip her article whenever I saw her byline simply because of her clear vitriolic and hyperbolic writings. She had a point, but when she was challenged her response vis a vis the personal attacks and clear animus made her distasteful and now her writing is irrelevant because of the clear bias.

She deserved to be fired because of her behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if she is completely unable to find employment with any legitimate news agency. She might be better off migrating over the New York Post. They are right up her alley.

The only post employee who attacked a colleague was Del Real. He attacked Somnez and she retweeted his attacks. Most of her tweets were retweeting language by the post. Del Real was not punished, Weigel suspended, and she was fired for speaking out. Stay silent ladies!

I don’t work at the Post but the optics of what they did looks terrible. Old boys club indeed.

Oh, get real. It was Somnez who was flipping out. I read the chain in the Post. The more she posted the more hysterical and vitriolic she got. She was a loose cannon. They're better off without her.

So much gender bias in the way some posters are talking about Somnez. “Hysterical” “flipping out”, “loose cannon.” None of these things seem to be apples to the man who started this whole incident by tweeting that all women are either bisexual or bipolar. Let’s call him some names too-not just the woman brave enough to call him out for being a woman hater.

Except he didn't display any hysterical behavior, and she did.

Funny how only women are ever called "hysterical". I don't think calling out Dave Wiegel for saying that women are either bipolar or bisexual is "hysterical." I do think Dave Wiegel is somewhat sociopathic.

Felicia, just stop. He is in no way "sociopathic." You, however, are being "hysterical." Please get help.

BTW I am a woman telling you this. You are embarrassing the rest of us women. Let it go.

You can try to say this is "Felicia" posting this. But it's not. I'm a female Washington Post subscriber who is disgusted that a newspaper I pay money for would fire someone for calling out a misogynistic tweet. Sorry your mind is so limited that it can't comprehend that people do not approve of behavior that targets women.

Well I am a female feminist VERY liberal Washington Post subscriber who is honestly pretty disgusted with the outcry. Maybe its because I've followed Weigel for years so I feel like this one tweet is really not representative of his entire personality, but like, I really feel like we have all lost the thread if we want to deprive people of their livelihood for mistakes. Seriously, if there is no way to come back from mistakes, why would anyone ever even try? This burn everything down mentality is really short sighted.

The only one who has been deprived of their livelihood is Felicia Somnez, who didn't make any mistakes, but is instead being retaliated against for calling out Weigel's sexist tweets.

Right? A banner employee, loved by all employers everywhere...

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Anonymous wrote:Also, she was given several warnings to stop her behavior. She had a choice, but continued—sounds like a loose cannon.

+1 although I think she sounds like my 2 year old when he's having a temper tantrum. At this point whatever point she is trying to make is lost because of her poor behavior.

It is hard to see how she could ever be trusted as a reporter in the future and expect people to want to read what she has written because she has gone so far overboard. I know I would skip her article whenever I saw her byline simply because of her clear vitriolic and hyperbolic writings. She had a point, but when she was challenged her response vis a vis the personal attacks and clear animus made her distasteful and now her writing is irrelevant because of the clear bias.

She deserved to be fired because of her behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if she is completely unable to find employment with any legitimate news agency. She might be better off migrating over the New York Post. They are right up her alley.

The only post employee who attacked a colleague was Del Real. He attacked Somnez and she retweeted his attacks. Most of her tweets were retweeting language by the post. Del Real was not punished, Weigel suspended, and she was fired for speaking out. Stay silent ladies!

I don’t work at the Post but the optics of what they did looks terrible. Old boys club indeed.

Oh, get real. It was Somnez who was flipping out. I read the chain in the Post. The more she posted the more hysterical and vitriolic she got. She was a loose cannon. They're better off without her.

So much gender bias in the way some posters are talking about Somnez. “Hysterical” “flipping out”, “loose cannon.” None of these things seem to be apples to the man who started this whole incident by tweeting that all women are either bisexual or bipolar. Let’s call him some names too-not just the woman brave enough to call him out for being a woman hater.

Except he didn't display any hysterical behavior, and she did.

Funny how only women are ever called "hysterical". I don't think calling out Dave Wiegel for saying that women are either bipolar or bisexual is "hysterical." I do think Dave Wiegel is somewhat sociopathic.

Felicia, just stop. He is in no way "sociopathic." You, however, are being "hysterical." Please get help.

BTW I am a woman telling you this. You are embarrassing the rest of us women. Let it go.

You can try to say this is "Felicia" posting this. But it's not. I'm a female Washington Post subscriber who is disgusted that a newspaper I pay money for would fire someone for calling out a misogynistic tweet. Sorry your mind is so limited that it can't comprehend that people do not approve of behavior that targets women.

Well I am a female feminist VERY liberal Washington Post subscriber who is honestly pretty disgusted with the outcry. Maybe its because I've followed Weigel for years so I feel like this one tweet is really not representative of his entire personality, but like, I really feel like we have all lost the thread if we want to deprive people of their livelihood for mistakes. Seriously, if there is no way to come back from mistakes, why would anyone ever even try? This burn everything down mentality is really short sighted.

The only one who has been deprived of their livelihood is Felicia Somnez, who didn't make any mistakes, but is instead being retaliated against for calling out Weigel's sexist tweets.

Right? A banner employee, loved by all employers everywhere...

Not sure what you're referring to. I guess you're saying that the Post loves Dave Wiegel with his bigoted tweets more. But that's already obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, she was given several warnings to stop her behavior. She had a choice, but continued—sounds like a loose cannon.

+1 although I think she sounds like my 2 year old when he's having a temper tantrum. At this point whatever point she is trying to make is lost because of her poor behavior.

It is hard to see how she could ever be trusted as a reporter in the future and expect people to want to read what she has written because she has gone so far overboard. I know I would skip her article whenever I saw her byline simply because of her clear vitriolic and hyperbolic writings. She had a point, but when she was challenged her response vis a vis the personal attacks and clear animus made her distasteful and now her writing is irrelevant because of the clear bias.

She deserved to be fired because of her behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if she is completely unable to find employment with any legitimate news agency. She might be better off migrating over the New York Post. They are right up her alley.

The only post employee who attacked a colleague was Del Real. He attacked Somnez and she retweeted his attacks. Most of her tweets were retweeting language by the post. Del Real was not punished, Weigel suspended, and she was fired for speaking out. Stay silent ladies!

I don’t work at the Post but the optics of what they did looks terrible. Old boys club indeed.

Oh, get real. It was Somnez who was flipping out. I read the chain in the Post. The more she posted the more hysterical and vitriolic she got. She was a loose cannon. They're better off without her.

So much gender bias in the way some posters are talking about Somnez. “Hysterical” “flipping out”, “loose cannon.” None of these things seem to be apples to the man who started this whole incident by tweeting that all women are either bisexual or bipolar. Let’s call him some names too-not just the woman brave enough to call him out for being a woman hater.

Except he didn't display any hysterical behavior, and she did.

Funny how only women are ever called "hysterical". I don't think calling out Dave Wiegel for saying that women are either bipolar or bisexual is "hysterical." I do think Dave Wiegel is somewhat sociopathic.

Felicia, just stop. He is in no way "sociopathic." You, however, are being "hysterical." Please get help.

BTW I am a woman telling you this. You are embarrassing the rest of us women. Let it go.

You can try to say this is "Felicia" posting this. But it's not. I'm a female Washington Post subscriber who is disgusted that a newspaper I pay money for would fire someone for calling out a misogynistic tweet. Sorry your mind is so limited that it can't comprehend that people do not approve of behavior that targets women.

Well I am a female feminist VERY liberal Washington Post subscriber who is honestly pretty disgusted with the outcry. Maybe its because I've followed Weigel for years so I feel like this one tweet is really not representative of his entire personality, but like, I really feel like we have all lost the thread if we want to deprive people of their livelihood for mistakes. Seriously, if there is no way to come back from mistakes, why would anyone ever even try? This burn everything down mentality is really short sighted.

The only one who has been deprived of their livelihood is Felicia Somnez, who didn't make any mistakes, but is instead being retaliated against for calling out Weigel's sexist tweets.

Right? A banner employee, loved by all employers everywhere...

Not sure what you're referring to. I guess you're saying that the Post loves Dave Wiegel with his bigoted tweets more. But that's already obvious.

She's already sued WaPo once (aside from getting publicly fired for insubordination). Other employers will looove seeing that.

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Anonymous wrote:https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/06/media/dave-weigel-washington-post-suspended/index.html

Sonmez on Sunday evening then tagged Buzbee and Gold on Twitter and said she had reached out to them to discuss the matter, but that she hadn't heard back.
"Retaliation against a colleague for speaking out against sexism is never okay," Sonmez wrote. "I hope Washington Post leaders treat this as the serious issue that it is."
By Monday morning, tension at The Post was still high.
Video technician Breanna Muir responded to Buzbee's all-staff email, applauding Sonmez for "speaking out against harassment, discrimination and sexism."
Muir attached a tweet showing that Micah Gelman, the head of The Post's video team, had once misidentified her as "Breanna Taylor."
"If the Washington Post is committed to an inclusive and respectful environment free of harassment, discrimination or bias of any sort, then can someone please help me understand Micah Gelman and David Weigel's tweets/rts?" Muir asked.
"These tweets/rts not only hurt women in our newsroom but make it extremely difficult to do our best work," Muir added. "Ultimately, it creates a toxic work environment."

Yikes. So that newsroom is okay with racism as well as sexism? I guess that isn’t a surprise but that’s pretty bad.

I mean, what?

Please cancel your WaPo subscription. And stay far away from Twitter. It's best to get your news from Facebook. I mean Meta.

I already decided not to re-up my subscription. They don’t have a trustworthy newsroom. This is just the last straw for me. Weigel clearly cannot report impartially about women; he isn’t trustworthy when discussing them. Now I wonder about what else they can’t be trusted on, and I should not pay for news I don’t trust.

I usually get my news from the NYT, the Economist, and the WSJ. I don’t use Twitter or Facebook.