Karen Attiah Fired from Washington Post

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Karen Attiah was ostensibly fired from the Post for misquoting a Charlie Kirk remark but I assume the post had been looking for the opportunity to let her go for some time.

Mixed feelings. She was courageous about some topics but also quite hateful towards those who didn’t share her agenda. She can start her own page but I don’t think she’ll ever have as big a platform in the U.S. again.

I'm reminded of Sarah Jeong schwacked at the NY Times years ago for her racist remarks.

Took a long time, but finally she was booted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Attiah's reference to Kirk's statement is a paraphrase that omits key context, effectively presenting it as a direct claim he made about Black women's intelligence, when Kirk was instead critiquing what he saw as hypocritical standards in political rhetoric.

The full quote comes from a July 13, 2023, episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, where Kirk was discussing Democratic criticisms of white judicial nominees (like those under Trump) as "affirmative action" selections lacking merit. He argued this was acceptable when aimed at whites but would be deemed racist if reversed. Specifically, he said: "If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would be called every name in the book... You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You have to go steal a white person's brain." Here, the "brain processing power" line is Kirk mocking or illustrating the implication of the "affirmative action" label when applied to Black women, not a standalone assertion of his own view on their intelligence. He was highlighting what he viewed as a double standard, not endorsing the racist trope outright.

Attiah's Bluesky post summarized it as Kirk claiming "Black women such as Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and former Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee did not have the 'brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously.'" This strips away the hypothetical framing, making it sound like a direct quote from Kirk.

In her Substack response after the firing, Attiah acknowledged this as "a misquote, one that a journalist should have fact-checked more rigorously," but defended it as capturing the "essence" of his rhetoric on racial hierarchies. Critics called it a deliberate distortion to inflame racial tensions post-assassination.

You must not have seen the same clip I did where he was jeering at Sheila Jackson Lee.

+1 I’ve heard the whole clip too. The “misquoted” argument is that Kirk was just talking about those four Black women. Not all Black women.

The ‘context’ is that he believed they were less intelligent and just couldn’t say it without being called racist, but now that they themselves claim affirmative action, he can now say that they’re less intelligent, and that view is limited to those four Black women in question. By the way, saying that affirmative action helped you get where you are is not an admission of lower intelligence.

If you’ve heard anything else he has to say about Black women, or even the rest of that clip, it’s clear this is entire disingenuous BS.

Perfect summary. I feel like this is a classic debate-me-bro tactic to pretend that just because the words “black women are stupid” were not said in exactly that order, that we do not know full well what those sneering weasel faces said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Attiah was a virulently anti-White hater who didn’t realize that such behavior again has consequences. Good riddance.[/quote

Curious whether you think it is ever appropriate to talk about “black people” as a group?

[Anonymous]

What exactly was misquoted OP? Word for word I'd like to know. Your post is very vague.

When I looked it up this is what I found: "Attiah suggested that part of America’s violence stems from the “performative mourning for a white man that espoused hatred and violence."

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/karen-attiah-charlie-kirk-controversy-explained-why-did-the-washington-post-fire-the-opinion-columnist-article-152825615

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Attiah was a virulently anti-White hater who didn’t realize that such behavior again has consequences. Good riddance.

Very fine people struggle with words. For example, they don't know what "anti-white" means.

[Anonymous]

I’m just glad the new Washington Post is showing its true colors. Karen Attiah is too good for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly was misquoted OP? Word for word I'd like to know. Your post is very vague.

When I looked it up this is what I found: "Attiah suggested that part of America’s violence stems from the “performative mourning for a white man that espoused hatred and violence."

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/karen-attiah-charlie-kirk-controversy-explained-why-did-the-washington-post-fire-the-opinion-columnist-article-152825615

She seems insightful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When a journalist misquotes someone so blatantly and refuses to own up to her mistake (if it was a mistake and not intentional) she does not deserve the job as journalist.

Awesome this should apply to presidents as well...Trump already would have been fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When a journalist misquotes someone so blatantly and refuses to own up to her mistake (if it was a mistake and not intentional) she does not deserve the job as journalist.

Awesome this should apply to presidents as well...Trump already would have been fired.

Seriously. MFer can't open up his face sphincter without spreading lies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She should have advocated for the murder of homeless people. Then she could be a host on Fox.

I was thinking the same thing! Double standard... White male MAGAs can spew whatever hatred they want. Anyone else will be fired.

[Anonymous]

Karen Attiah was the smartest opinion writer at the WaPo.

Who is left? Max Boot?!

Good luck Bezos. You just tanked your own paper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Attiah's reference to Kirk's statement is a paraphrase that omits key context, effectively presenting it as a direct claim he made about Black women's intelligence, when Kirk was instead critiquing what he saw as hypocritical standards in political rhetoric.

The full quote comes from a July 13, 2023, episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, where Kirk was discussing Democratic criticisms of white judicial nominees (like those under Trump) as "affirmative action" selections lacking merit. He argued this was acceptable when aimed at whites but would be deemed racist if reversed. Specifically, he said: "If we would have said that Joy Reid and Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson were affirmative action picks, we would be called every name in the book... You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You have to go steal a white person's brain." Here, the "brain processing power" line is Kirk mocking or illustrating the implication of the "affirmative action" label when applied to Black women, not a standalone assertion of his own view on their intelligence. He was highlighting what he viewed as a double standard, not endorsing the racist trope outright.

Attiah's Bluesky post summarized it as Kirk claiming "Black women such as Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and former Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee did not have the 'brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously.'" This strips away the hypothetical framing, making it sound like a direct quote from Kirk.

In her Substack response after the firing, Attiah acknowledged this as "a misquote, one that a journalist should have fact-checked more rigorously," but defended it as capturing the "essence" of his rhetoric on racial hierarchies. Critics called it a deliberate distortion to inflame racial tensions post-assassination.

I don't have to look at that to say he wasn't racist. He said MANY MANY racist things. I am now cancelling my subscription.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How ironic that her name is Karen.

+1

[Anonymous]

I finally pulled the trigger. I was only keeping my Post subscription b/c I knew cancelling would hurt the journalists more than Jeff Bezos.

I just cancelled it.