Washington Post Ordered to Re-Hire Columnist Who Made ‘Beyond the Pale’ Comments on Day of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire an opinion columnist who made social media posts that an editor at the paper found "beyond the pale" following the assassination of Charlie Kirk last September. The post Washington Post Ordered to Re-Hire Columnist Who Made ‘Beyond the Pale’ Comments on Day of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
TL;DR
- Washington Post ordered to rehire columnist Karen Attiah by a private arbitrator.
- Attiah was fired after posting on social media following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
- An editor found Attiah's posts "beyond the pale" and "completely unacceptable."
- The arbitrator ruled the Post "did not have good and sufficient cause" to terminate Attiah.
- Attiah stated her posts were to "commenting on our discourse on political violence."
- Attiah will receive back pay from the time of her firing.