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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sonmez, who in 2021 sued the paper for discrimination (the suit was recently dismissed; she plans to appeal), has been outspoken over the past week about issues related to inequity in the newsroom.

In her public comments Sonmez had been highly critical of The Post's leadership, including Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, along with many of her colleagues.

At times, some of her colleagues went on Twitter to plead with Sonmez to stop attacking The Post on social media.

Jose A. Del Real, a reporter at The Post, responded on Twitter Saturday to Sonmez's initial tweet. Del Real said Weigel's tweet was "terrible and unacceptable."

"But," he added, "rallying the internet to attack him for a mistake he made doesn't actually solve anything. We all mess up in some way or another. There is such a thing as challenging with compassion."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/06/09/media/felicia-sonmez-washington-post/index.html

So please fill me in—when did they look the other way?
She sounds awful.[/quote]

It can be simultaneously true that she is awful (which indeed seems to be the case) and the Post is a very sexist institution whose reporting on anything involving women can’t be trusted, and that looks the other way at misogynist reporters. [/quote][/quote]

So please fill me in? When have they looked the other way? They got rid of Tom Toles and Gene Weingarten for their actions. What else has there been that wasn’t addressed?[/quote]

Didn’t those two retire? [/quote]

Well that was the outward excuse given. In Tom Toles case it happened right after his costume party where one of the attendees wore bl**k face. In Gene Weingarten’s case he retired after an unfortunate article where he made fun of an ethnic cuisine, can’t remember which one. He was lambasted in Letters to the Editor [/quote]

Why wouldn’t the Post take a stand and do more than just letting them retire?[/quote]

Not sure what you mean by “taking a stand”.  Probably if Somnez had calmed down, she would have been offered the chance to quit on her own as well. However, I believe she wanted to be fired. Her actions don’t align with someone who valued her job or employer. She clearly didn’t want to try to work within the system to make it better. So why would she want to work there?[/quote]

Yeah, the guy should have been fired so she didn't have to go through all that.[/quote]

?? Why?[/quote]

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