Washington Post has terminated the appointment of one of its reporter Felicia Sonmez after she waged online war against the paper and colleagues.
According to reports, Sonmez engaged in a tweetstorm with the paper and both her junior and senior colleagues yesterday 9th of June.
See Tweets below ;
Felicia Sonmez claims there have been a “long-standing issues” within the Post that needs to be properly addressed and it will not end anytime soon if the media keep up with its move of “trivializing” them as a “Twitter spat.”
The national political reporter also cited instances where she got punished by her Editor for requesting to walk round the block after reading a difficult story. She further claimed her colleagues are punished for their trauma and this move on the part of the world renowned newspaper is preventing staffs from ” seeking and getting ” help where needed.
Sonmez has continued her barrage of attacks on Post reporter Jose Del Real as well as her editors, accusing them of selectively enforcing social media policies.