Of Course They Did

The Washington Post has fired national political reporter Felicia Sonmez, following a sh%$ storm over her calling out a colleague’s retweet of a sexist and bigoted joke.

Said colleague, Dave Weigel, has a long history over posting bigoted crap online.

Following a pile on from her cow-orkers, and a series of tweets from the golden boys at the WaPo that could be summarized as, “Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”

Before this incident, her editors pulled her from any story that might possibly involve sexual violence after she had revealed that she had been a victim of sexual assault. (They walked it back after a firestorm)

Given that this paper happily employed the execrable Fred Hiatt as its editorial editor for more than 20 years, it sounds like a lovely place to work.