Is there a good time to do your job and remind the facts? Felicia Sonmez, an American journalist who covers national politics at the Washington Post, has been suspended by the daily, many American media reported. The newspaper is said to blame journalist for a tweet that Kobe Bryant was charged with rape in 2003, just hours after the basketball legend and his daughter were killed in a helicopter accident.
The reporter shared a link to a 2016 article in the Daily Beast . His tweet sparked violent reactions. "To the 10,000 people (literally) who commented and sent me death threats, please take a moment and read the article that was written over three years ago, not by me "Defended the journalist in another tweet.
"The pressure people face to remain silent in these kinds of cases"
And to add in another tweet: "Every public figure deserves to be remembered in his entirety, even if he is loved and that this totality is disturbing. Felicia Sonmez continues: "The fact that people react with rage and threaten me (someone who didn't even write the article but who found it well documented) says a lot about the pressure people are under to remain silent in such cases. "
In 2003, Kobe Bryant was charged with rape by a 19-year-old employee of a luxury hotel in Colorado. The basketball player had first denied, before recognizing consensual relationships. The affair will end in 2004, without trial, but with apologies from the basketball legend and an alleged civil payment of more than two million dollars in damages to the young woman.
“He was a hero in the sports world. He was also a rapist ”
According to the New York Times , the reporter received an email from her editor, Martin Baron. "Felicia," writes Martin Baron. "A real lack of judgment in tweeting this. Please stop. You are hurting this institution by doing this. ". Jeff Bezos' diary also allegedly asked her to delete her tweets, which she agreed to do.
200 newspaper staff members signed a letter from one of the Washington Post's journalists' unions , the NewsGuild. Felicia Sonmez is not the only one to recall these facts after the death of the basketball legend: “What happened is tragic. My heart is broken for Kobe's family. He was a hero of the sports world. He was also a rapist. And all these truths can exist simultaneously, ”wrote Evan Rachel Wood, the star of Westworld , involved in the #MeToo movement.
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