"It was not all that long ago that Karen Attiah was making a worldwide impact by writing authoritative opinion pieces for The Washington Post, starting up the paper's global opinions section, winning journalism awards, dining alongside powerful figures such as Post owner Jeff Bezos and having an influential voice not just in the U.S., but across the globe."
"Fast forward to today, and here I am fighting being silenced and fired by the very same newspaper that gave Jamal a platform in English and sort of paraded us both around as symbols of press freedom and what it looks like to stand up for journalists honestly."
"I'm still, I don't think I've really processed this betrayal - whiplash, I suppose."
Karen Attiah spent more than a decade at The Washington Post, launched its global opinions section, and edited Jamal Khashoggi while building an influential international profile. She was abruptly fired by the paper in September after social media posts in the days following the shooting death of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. She has filed a grievance against the Post and launched a Substack called The Golden Hour as she seeks to determine what happened and plan next steps. She reports feeling stunned, angry, confused, and sad and describes the firing as a betrayal by an institution that previously championed press freedom.
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