Posted on 06/07/2022 5:26:01 AM PDT by RandFan
The Washington Post suspended reporter Dave Weigel for one month without pay over a “reprehensible” retweet, according to reports.
Weigel’s work email reportedly auto-responds to incoming emails with the following message: “I am out of the office and will return on July 5.”
Weigel’s suspension comes just a few days after fellow Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez reprimanded him on Twitter over a tweet he retweeted.
On Friday, Weigel shared a tweet sent out by YouTube host Cam Harless that joked, “Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual.” Sonmez posted a screenshot of Weigel’s retweet with the caption, “Fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!”
Sonmez reportedly questioned Weigel about the tweet in a company Slack channel, asking him, “I’m sorry but what is this?” She added that his retweet sent “a confusing message about what the Post’s values are.”
Although Weigel publicly apologized, his efforts were not enough to please his bosses. “I just removed a retweet of an offensive joke. I apologize and did not mean to cause any harm,” Weigel said.
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When liberals attack liberals we conservatives should cheer, they have less energy to attack us for a few days.
Humor — defined as comments disparaging whites, males, Christians or Republicans. Making fun of other groups is no laughing matter.
One of the piranhas on Twitter forgot that bleeding in front of the other piranhas is dangerous.
What a clown world we live in.
The good jokes have some truth to them. 😂
They were mad because he didn’t post fake news.
(running and ducking)
I thought it was funny..
🤣
Guess the polar bosses didn’t laugh.
Some are both, polar and sexual!
That’s called Bi-Bye...
The perils of social media.
if I had that sort of gig I’d be very careful put it that way.
Some people never learn.
Just remember, these are the SAME people that mourned when Fidel Castro died.
The Washington Compost calls the tweet reprehensible but can they refute it?
I thought that was damn funny.
I guess he’s just one Blonde joke away from being fired outright!
Now that's curious...or just haw haw funny!
I remember Dave Weigel……( from 2016)
….He was interviewing ‘Deplorables’ at a Florida
Trump Rally……gave the impression he would be impartial
I let him interview me, but it must have ended up on the cutting room floor, lol
I never saw it in print.
The lady after me was more colorful in her descriptions :)
“Some are both, polar and sexual!
That’s called Bi-Bye...”
now THAT is funny!
I see what you did there. Maybe they suspended him for having a sense of humor! He wouldn’t be on staff if he wasn’t a traitor!
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