Unpacking the controversy at The Washington Post – Poynter

Unpacking the controversy at The Washington Post – Poynter

A Washington Post town hall meeting on Zoom with hundreds of staffers “went off the rails briefly.” The controversy grew even more over the weekend.

via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2021/unpacking-the-controversy-at-the-washington-post/

During the March 16 meeting on Zoom, the Post trumpeted its defense of reporter Seung Min Kim from anti-Asian internet trolls. Then another Post reporter, Felicia Sonmez, typed in the chat box, “I wish editors had publicly supported me in the same way.”