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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know nothing about this fired reporter, but from where I'm standing the Washington Post looks bad, because they seem to be supporting the first reporter who made an unacceptably misogynist remark. Like PP said, that kind of comment does not exist in a vacuum - for someone to actually type and send this, it means he often thinks like that, and feels secure enough in his employment and colleagues to publish those remarks. It means the Post is a shitty place for a woman to work. He should have been fired first.
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I was just in the process of getting a Post subscription and I’ve decided against it after this. [/quote]

Yup, I do have a Post subscription but I'm not happy with this.  Fire the woman reporter for being a loose cannon, ok.   Not firing the man who sent the sexist tweets, not ok. [/quote]

I would have continued my subscription if both had been fired. But suspending him with a slap on the wrist for a deeply misogynist tweet while firing her? No, I don’t need to give that clearly sexist institution my money. [/quote]

It wasn't "deeply misogynistic" - it was a dumb joke that he retweeted. Weigel isn't some guy with years of history of saying and doing sexist things. He's a smart reporter who also sometimes has a dumb sense of humor. And he was suspended for a month without pay - after he deleted the tweet and made a sincere apology. How much punishment does he need?
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