Washington Post fires reporter Felicia Somnez who objected to misogynistic tweets

[Anonymous]

This was not about this one incident. She’s been harassing colleagues for years.

[Anonymous]

WaPo seems like a hostile work environment full of good ole boys. Look who owns it. Stuff runs down hill.

[Anonymous]

It's so funny when a Very Online phenomena hits the news enough for Normies to react.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL. Anyone watching this unfold knew she was aiming to get fired so she could bring another lawsuit against the post. And she’d directly made far more insulting remarks about men than the other reporter who got suspended for merely re-Tweeting a joke that wasn’t nearly as malicious.

I don't know. Tweeting about all women being either "bisexual or bipolar" seems pretty hostile to me. I would be pissed to work with someone like that too, and think it's good she called him out.

My understanding is that he deleted it and apologized after she called him out on it. Had she dropped it at that point it would have been fine, but I believe she continued on a Twitter rampage. I think people forget they don’t have to put every thought of theirs on line.

And he was a friend of hers who had previously defended her. She was already suing her employer and she would have continued to create drama as long as they kept her around. Time to rip the band-aid off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think this is the right outcome.

He should not have retweeted that stupid joke, but let’s keep things in perspective. Retweeting is a pretty minor thing that has very little to do with his job and he apologized for it. He should have apologized for it, but that should have been the end of it.

She was probably even fine pointing it out once on Twitter but really should have just pointed it out to him privately and maybe to the HR department if he didn’t immediately remove it. Everything after that was harassment on her part. Her response should have been in line with the nature of the offense. Demanding that a person get fired over a minor offense and then continuing to harass him publicly over something that should be an internal HR issue was grounds for her getting fired. None of us is perfect and we do not want to live in a world where silly minor things are blown up to be career-ending scandals.

+1

She is a nightmare of an employee and this was the right call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this is the right outcome.

He should not have retweeted that stupid joke, but let’s keep things in perspective. Retweeting is a pretty minor thing that has very little to do with his job and he apologized for it. He should have apologized for it, but that should have been the end of it.

She was probably even fine pointing it out once on Twitter but really should have just pointed it out to him privately and maybe to the HR department if he didn’t immediately remove it. Everything after that was harassment on her part. Her response should have been in line with the nature of the offense. Demanding that a person get fired over a minor offense and then continuing to harass him publicly over something that should be an internal HR issue was grounds for her getting fired. None of us is perfect and we do not want to live in a world where silly minor things are blown up to be career-ending scandals.

That’s pretty much my view, too.

[Anonymous]

They should have either also fired the guy who tweeted the “all women are bisexual or crazy,” or waited until this dies down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL. Anyone watching this unfold knew she was aiming to get fired so she could bring another lawsuit against the post. And she’d directly made far more insulting remarks about men than the other reporter who got suspended for merely re-Tweeting a joke that wasn’t nearly as malicious.

I don't know. Tweeting about all women being either "bisexual or bipolar" seems pretty hostile to me. I would be pissed to work with someone like that too, and think it's good she called him out.

Twitter is a reporters workplace and that type of locker room “joke” is gross. A retweet is worse than if he had only repeated it at the office water cooler.

I think the issue here is that the Post has been gaslighting her for years and obviously she has not responded well. I honestly feel bad for her and I’m glad that I don’t subscribe to that paper anymore.

Whole situation is a disgrace.

[Anonymous]

How can you be a good employee at a prestigious journalist outlet but endorse the “joke” that “women are crazy 😜”??

That is totally worth being fired for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can you be a good employee at a prestigious journalist outlet but endorse the “joke” that “women are crazy 😜”??

That is totally worth being fired for.

Endorsing a joke that all women are either mentally ill or sexual objects is as blatantly misogynistic as it gets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is the right outcome.

He should not have retweeted that stupid joke, but let’s keep things in perspective. Retweeting is a pretty minor thing that has very little to do with his job and he apologized for it. He should have apologized for it, but that should have been the end of it.

She was probably even fine pointing it out once on Twitter but really should have just pointed it out to him privately and maybe to the HR department if he didn’t immediately remove it. Everything after that was harassment on her part. Her response should have been in line with the nature of the offense. Demanding that a person get fired over a minor offense and then continuing to harass him publicly over something that should be an internal HR issue was grounds for her getting fired. None of us is perfect and we do not want to live in a world where silly minor things are blown up to be career-ending scandals.

+1

She is a nightmare of an employee and this was the right call.

+1 she is a mess who will not be missed but that dude’s retweet was sexist and immensely stupid, the kind of stupid that goes beyond “mistake” and is evidence of them all living in an indulgent, impulsive, childish bubble. The post looks dumb and lazy on all counts here, as do any reporters who use social media this way. Lame and needless choices all around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can you be a good employee at a prestigious journalist outlet but endorse the “joke” that “women are crazy 😜”??

That is totally worth being fired for.

Seriously. Ick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL. Anyone watching this unfold knew she was aiming to get fired so she could bring another lawsuit against the post. And she’d directly made far more insulting remarks about men than the other reporter who got suspended for merely re-Tweeting a joke that wasn’t nearly as malicious.

I don't know. Tweeting about all women being either "bisexual or bipolar" seems pretty hostile to me. I would be pissed to work with someone like that too, and think it's good she called him out.

My understanding is that he deleted it and apologized after she called him out on it. Had she dropped it at that point it would have been fine, but I believe she continued on a Twitter rampage. I think people forget they don’t have to put every thought of theirs on line.

And he was a friend of hers who had previously defended her. She was already suing her employer and she would have continued to create drama as long as they kept her around. Time to rip the band-aid off.

That's the part that fascinates me! How was she able to stay at the Post after suing them?

[Anonymous]

From what I've gleaned out of all this is that she is a sh*t stirrer, and likes to keep nudging. The Post is well rid of her. Hope she can't get hired anywhere else, except as a busboy, maybe.

[Anonymous]

Weigel always gets away with things, I think?