"Attiah said she was accused of gross misconduct and of endangering the physical safety of colleagues. She called the allegations charges without evidence, which I reject completely as false. Attiah argued her posts were measured and focused, not on Kirk but on America's growing tolerance for political violence. My most widely shared thread was not even about activist Charlie Kirk, who was horribly murdered, but about the political assassinations of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, she wrote."
"In her statement, Attiah said her only direct reference to Kirk was to cite his own words that Black women lacked the brain processing power to be taken seriously and needed to steal a white person's slot. Nothing I said was new or false or disparaging it is descriptive, and supported by data, she added. The dismissal comes amid a wave of firings and suspensions in the media for comments made about Kirk after his killing."
Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah was fired after editors deemed her social media commentary, including a post following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, unacceptable. Editors accused her of gross misconduct and of endangering colleagues' physical safety; Attiah rejected those charges as false. Attiah described her posts as measured and focused on America's growing tolerance for political violence and said her most shared thread addressed the murders of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog. Attiah said her only direct reference to Kirk quoted his words about Black women. The dismissal occurred amid other media firings and suspensions over comments about Kirk.
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