The ex-WaPo editor’s new memoir unpacks his behind-the-scenes decisions on barring reporter Felicia Sonmez from covering sexual assault and the fallout from her Kobe Bryant tweet.
“It was hard to fathom why smart people couldn’t exercise more self-control,” Baron writes about Sonmez in his new book,, which is out Oct. 3. “Most of the time, staffers were merely told to delete an offending tweet and be more prudent. Most of the time, they expressed regret, committed to observing the rules, and sought to move on.
Weigel, who now works for Ben Smith’s media startup Semafor, told The Daily Beast it was an understanding witheditors that he had to clear his tweets, not a written policy, and it lasted for a limited time. Lowery did not immediately respond to a request for comment.was dismissed early last year, though oral arguments in her appeal will begin in November. Her firing has also been appealed through the’s editorial union, and the case has also been raised with the National Labor Relations Board.
He notes examples of Sonmez criticizing different reporters online, including one where she suggested an employer “reconsider its association” with a reporter who tweeted something she felt was directed at her. While Baron acknowledges that Sonmez was facing a barrage of threats, even after management had advised her to delete her initial tweet, he writes that the security team investigating them was “expressing exasperation that her irrepressible Twitter activity was merely drawing additional threats.”
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