After widespread outcry, including from staffers in its own newsroom, Washington Post editors reinstated a reporter they suspended over tweets she sent following Kobe Bryant’s death.
Editors put national political reporter Felicia Sonmez on leave after she tweeted, then deleted, a Daily Beast story that reported on sexual assault allegations against Bryant. WaPo leaders said the tweets were in “poor judgment” and suspended her as they assessed whether she violated the newsroom’s social media policy. The tweet itself attracted an onslaught of online threats against Sonmez.
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