Anatomy of a controversy: Inside the drama at The Washington Post
Posted on AllSides June 9th, 2022
From The Center
OPINION
It didn’t start with a retweet.
The controversy currently swirling around The Washington Post doesn’t go back days. It goes back years.
If you want to truly understand how one of the most respected news organizations in the world is smack dab in the middle of a hot mess, you can’t start with a high-profile reporter retweeting a sexist and homophobic tweet. You have to look at the history of the reporter who objected to that retweet and her relationship with the paper she works for, as well as the...