{"id":460328,"date":"2022-06-10T01:21:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/washington-post-fires-felicia-sonmez-after-twitter-battles-reports\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T01:21:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:21:26","slug":"washington-post-fires-felicia-sonmez-after-twitter-battles-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/washington-post-fires-felicia-sonmez-after-twitter-battles-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"#Washington Post fires Felicia Sonmez after Twitter battles: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a3cd166779de\" 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-6a3cd166779de\" 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\/washington-post-fires-felicia-sonmez-after-twitter-battles-reports\/#%E2%80%9CWashington_Post_fires_Felicia_Sonmez_after_Twitter_battles_reports%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Washington Post fires Felicia Sonmez after Twitter battles: reports&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWashington_Post_fires_Felicia_Sonmez_after_Twitter_battles_reports%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Washington Post fires Felicia Sonmez after Twitter battles: reports&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Bye, Felicia! <\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post fired political reporter Felicia Sonmez on Thursday after she spent the last week sharply criticizing her colleagues and the paper\u2019s leadership, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>Sonmez did not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely respond to a request for comment. Her firing was reported by CNN, the Daily Beast and New York Times reporter Katie Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Kris Coratti Kelly, The Washington Post\u2019s chief communications officer, told The New York Post: \u201cWe do not discuss personnel matters.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sonmez, who has been at the paper for a decade, made headlines last Friday when she blasted fellow political reporter Dave Weigel for retweeting a sexist joke. Weigel subsequently apologized and was suspended without pay for a month. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee warned reporters to maintain a \u201ccollegial\u201d workplace and refrain from attacking colleagues on Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Sonmez took to the social media platform again Thursday to blast Post reporters who sent out tweets praising the Jeff Bezos-owned paper as a \u201ccollegial\u201d workplace and \u201cdownplaying the Post\u2019s workplace issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-488.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Washington Post headquarters\" class=\"wp-image-22601461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-488.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-488.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-488.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Felicia Sonmez spent the last week sharply criticizing her colleagues and the paper\u2019s leadership, according to multiple reports.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-487.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Felicia Sonmez\" class=\"wp-image-22601499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-487.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-487.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-487.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-487.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Sonmez took to Twitter again Thursday to blast Post reporters who sent out tweets praising the Jeff Bezos-owned paper as a \u201ccollegial\u201d workplace.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter \/ @feliciasonmez<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Harvard-educated journalist noted that the reporters who \u201cissued synchronized tweets \u2026 are all white\u201d and are \u201camong the highest-paid employees in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>room, making double and even <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le what some other National desk reporters are making, particularly journalists of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of her colleagues had been getting fed up with Sonmez\u2019s social media onslaught, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2022\/06\/inside-the-washington-posts-social-media-meltdown\">Vanity Fair reported on Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking at a huge news organization \u2014 the Post, the New York Times, CNN \u2014 is like living in a big city where there are always emergencies,\u201d one staffer told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a colleague, you probably should be trying to help fund the fire department or city services and make it a better place to live; at worst, you\u2019re not paying your taxes,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then you have Felicia, who is essentially pouring gasoline on every fire and inviting people to watch.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-490.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sally Buzbee\" class=\"wp-image-22601500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-490.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-490.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-490.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee warned reporters to maintain a \u201ccollegial\u201d workplace and refrain from attacking colleagues on Twitter. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">The Washington Post via Getty Im<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-489-1.jpg?w=682\" alt=\" Dave Weigel\" class=\"wp-image-22601541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-489-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-489-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-489-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/felicia-somnez-489-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Weigel subsequently apologized and was suspended without pay for a month.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The article detailed an incident where Sonmez sent a \u201creply all\u201d email from Matea Gold, the Washington Post\u2019s national editor,  in which the reporter alleged she was \u201cpunished [in 2018] after I told an editor that I had to take a walk around the block after reading a difficult story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In what <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>ears to be her final tweetstorm before being canned, she linked to the Vanity Fair article.<\/p>\n<p>She accused the paper of \u201cpunishing reporters for their trauma\u201d and of \u201cdiscouraging them from seeking help they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI care deeply about my colleagues, and I want this institution to provide support for all employees,\u201d Sonmez tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, the Post is a place where many of us fear our trauma will be used against us, based on the company\u2019s past actions,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Additional reporting by Ariel Zilber<\/em>\n                        <\/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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