{"id":458502,"date":"2022-06-06T19:01:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T16:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-washington-post-is-a-hot-mess\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T19:01:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T16:01:33","slug":"the-washington-post-is-a-hot-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-washington-post-is-a-hot-mess\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Washington Post is a hot mess"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a264b1468bb5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a264b1468bb5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-washington-post-is-a-hot-mess\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Washington_Post_is_a_hot_mess%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Washington Post is a hot mess&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Washington_Post_is_a_hot_mess%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Washington Post is a hot mess&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kyle-smith3.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Kyle Smith\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kyle-smith3.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/kyle-smith3.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Washington Post, June 1972: Two dogged reporters patiently dig into the details of a strange burglary at Democratic Party headquarters, diligently assemble facts, cultivate sources and put together a package of revelations that will lead to the first presidential resignation in history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post, exactly half a century later: Two Mean Girl basket cases spend an entire weekend crazily lurching around spitting inane accusations at their colleagues for microaggressing them. The more people laugh, the louder they cry, \u201cI\u2019m being endangered!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How institutions change. The 145-year-old paper was once personified by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein: \u201cWoodstein.\u201d This weekend the WaPo\u2019s reputation was effectively redefined by MezRenz: Felicia Sonmez and Taylor Lorenz, each of whom brought shame on the paper over nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proximate cause of this spastic overreaction was a joke, retweeted by WaPo reporter Dave Weigel, that suggested all women are either bisexual or bipolar. This kind of \u201cBitches be craaaaazy!\u201d joke died out in the \u201980s, and Weigel shouldn\u2019t have retweeted it, but Sonmez clearly was trying to get Weigel fired or severely punished when she re-tweeted Weigel\u2019s retweet with a sarcastic note that it was \u201cFantastic to work at a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> outlet where retweets like this are allowed!\u201d Weigel was already being corrected internally, so there was no need to take this public on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and he shortly deleted and apologized. That should have been the end of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bob-woodward-carl-bernstein-2017.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein \" class=\"wp-image-22547594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bob-woodward-carl-bernstein-2017.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bob-woodward-carl-bernstein-2017.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bob-woodward-carl-bernstein-2017.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bob Woodward (left) and Carl Bernstein (right) attend the 2017 White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, many observers noted that it was a bit silly for Weigel to be forced to grovel for a dumb joke when another colleague, middle-aged TikTok reporter Taylor Lorenz, was so colossally bungling one of her trademark silly\u00a0social-media attack pieces that the WaPo wound up attaching a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of (so far) three ever-lengthening corrections to try to clean up the mess. The story as originally published had falsely reported that Lorenz sought comment from two of the people she trashed. <\/p>\n<p>When even the far-left media reporter Oliver Darcy of CNN gently pointed out that the level of journalism being practiced here was not great, Lorenz went berserk on Twitter and accused him of driving a \u201cvicious harassment\/smear campaign\u201d against her.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a fourth WaPo reporter, Jose Del Real, gently chided Sonmez for going after Weigel on Twitter. \u201cFelicia,\u201d he said, \u201cwe all mess up from time to time. Engaging in repeated and targeted public harassment of a colleague is neither a good look nor is it particularly effective. It turns the language of inclusivity into clout chasing and bullying. I don\u2019t think this is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/david-weigel-washington-post-reporter.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"David Weigel.\" class=\"wp-image-22547610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/david-weigel-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/david-weigel-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/david-weigel-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel retweeted a joke that suggested all women are either bisexual or bipolar. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/@daveweigel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-sonmez-washington-post-reporter.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Felicia Sonmez.\" class=\"wp-image-22547618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-sonmez-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-sonmez-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-sonmez-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Felicia Sonmez responded to Dave Weigel\u2019s tweet by saying, \u201cFantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/@feliciasonmez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jose-del-real-washington-post-reporter.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jose A. Del Real.\" class=\"wp-image-22547621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jose-del-real-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jose-del-real-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jose-del-real-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jose Del Real chided Felicia Sonmez for going after Dave Weigel on Twitter.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/@jdelreal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sonmez went Chernobyl in response, concluding a long string of hysterical\u00a0tweets unloading on Del Real and crying about misogyny by tagging her bosses, as though what they really wanted to do on a Sunday night was intervene in a kindergarten Twitter spat. Del Real amusingly tried to out-whine her by noting, \u201cAs the only Mexican American reporter on national desk, I know the sting of discriminatory systems firsthand.\u201d Later he clarified, \u201cAnd for what it\u2019s worth, I\u2019m a gay Mexican American. You don\u2019t need to educate me on being from a marginalized group.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Who cares about reporters\u2019 backgrounds, though? It\u2019s reporters\u2019 reporting that is supposed to matter. Besides, as left-wing pundit Glenn Greenwald drily noted, \u201cFor those scoring the various victimhood points at home, among the starring marginalized actors in the WPost oppression drama, 2 are graduates of Harvard University (Sonmez and Del Real) while the other was raised in Greenwich, CT, and educated in Swiss boarding schools (Lorenz).\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Watergate anniversary is an inconvenient reminder of what the paper used to be. Just in the past couple of weeks, the paper\u2019s Twitter account falsely claimed George Floyd was \u201cshot and killed in police custody,\u201d indicating that its social media is in the hands of dimwits who don\u2019t know the basic details of one of the biggest stories of the decade, and the paper was forced to append an editor\u2019s note to its infamous Amber Heard op-ed from four years ago that resulted in what must be the most famous successful defamation claim in American history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Reach out to the other side, because the side you\u2019re talking to could be wrong. If your mother says she loves you, check it out. You are not the story<\/em>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/taylor-lorenz-washington-post-reporter.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Taylor Lorenz.\" class=\"wp-image-22547629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/taylor-lorenz-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/taylor-lorenz-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/taylor-lorenz-washington-post-reporter.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Washington Post tacked on a series of corrections to a recent story by Taylor Lorenz.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Taylor Lorenz<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These used to be the basic rules of newspapering, back when people like Ben Bradlee ran outfits like the Washington Post. If Bradlee walked into the WaPo newsroom today, he\u2019d ask why it\u2019s full of narcissists, neurotics and crybullies.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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