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Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah said on Monday that she was fired from the publication over social media posts she made following the killing of Charlie Kirk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Writing in a lengthy Substack post<\/a>, Attiah said she was dismissed over her posts on Bluesky that she says were deemed to be “unacceptable,\u201d \u201cgross misconduct\u201d and that endangered the physical safety of her colleagues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey rushed to fire me without even a conversation,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThis was not only a hasty overreach, but a violation of the very standards of journalistic fairness and rigor the Post claims to uphold.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Washington Post declined to comment on personnel matters. The Washington Post’s public social media policy<\/a>requires employees to ensure any posts made do not make “reasonable people question their editorial independence, nor make reasonable people question The Post\u2019s ability to cover issues fairly.” <\/p>\n

The guidance also urges staffers to “avoid curating your feeds in ways that suggest you have a partisan point of view on an issue The Post covers,” though the policy specifically states that does not apply to columnists, critics and other practitioners of opinion journalism posting as part of their work.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the publication shifted its opinion section to focus on supporting \u201cpersonal liberties and free markets.\u201d Owner Jeff Bezos said at the time that a \u201cbroad-based opinion section\u201d was no longer needed because a diversity of opinions were available online.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Washington Post guild called Attiah’s firing “unjust” and said it would continue to defend her rights.<\/p>\n

“The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech,” the guild said in a post on X<\/a>. “The right to speak freely is the ultimate personal liberty and the foundation of Karen\u2019s 11-year career at The Post.”<\/p>\n

Some of Attiah\u2019s social media posts condemned political violence but also highlighted Kirk\u2019s divisive comments on Black women. In her only post directly mentioning Kirk, she quoted the Turning Point USA founder\u2019s comments that Black women lack \u201cbrain processing power.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI made clear<\/a> that not performing over-the-top grief for white men who espouse violence was not the same as endorsing violence against them,\u201d Attiah said.<\/p>\n

Attiah, who started her career at The Washington Post in 2014, said the publication \u201csilenced” her. She warned her firing is part of a larger trend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened to me is part of a broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media<\/a> \u2014 a historical pattern as dangerous as it is shameful \u2014 and tragic,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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