US EditionWashington Post columnist says she was fired over Charlie Kirk posts
- Karen Attiah, a longtime Washington Post columnist and founding global opinions editor, said she was fired last week over social media posts after Charlie Kirk's assassination.
- Her termination followed a tense month-long standoff with the paper's new opinion editor amid a conservative shift and staff exodus at the Post.
- The Post accused Attiah's Bluesky posts of being unacceptable and endangering colleagues' safety, but she rejected these charges as false and unsupported.
- Attiah wrote her Monday Substack defending freedom and democracy while expressing “sadness and fear for America” over the country’s acceptance of political violence.
- Her firing highlights tensions over editorial direction and social media use, and reflects broader conflicts about political violence and journalistic standards.
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Jeff Bezos' Washington Post fires last Black columnist on staff over Charlie Kirk posts
The Washington Post's last Black full-time columnist's 11-year career with the publication was cut short over her social media posts following the killing of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk in Utah, according to the writer Monday. Karen Attiah, 39, alleged in her Substack that the Jeff Bezos-owned publ...
Karen Attiah, a Washington Post columnist, announced that she was fired after posting on social media, following the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, messages about gun violence and "double standards" (ANSA)
Durham police chief claims Charlie Kirk 'disguised himself as a Christian' in social media post
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A social media post published to the private Facebook page of Durham Police Chief Patrice Andrews has spurred calls for city leadership to remove her from her high-ranking position. Andrews, who has served as police chief since November 2021, spoke candidly about her views of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on a Utah college campus in front of thousands of students last week. Can you be fired f…
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