Details of The Washington Post’s decision to fire longtime columnist Karen Attiah are coming into focus after the release of an HR letter late Monday that accused her of “gross misconduct” and unspecified “performance concerns,” declaring the paper could “not tolerate the risk” she posed.
Attiah revealed Monday via SubStack that she had been dismissed by the newspaper for social media posts about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but argued the posts in question were measured and focused not on Kirk but on growing tolerance for political violence.
“Charges without evidence, which I reject completely as false,” she wrote.
The story here isn't about Attiah's feelings on Charlie Kirk, which she has every right to have. But to misquote the guy, have a Blue Sky (a platform that's a literal cesspool for sheer and utter hatred towards conservatives...only) and have a history of breaking the journalistic standards of your employer, is just begging to be fired.
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