Washington Post Ordered to Reinstate Karen Attiah After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Posts
The opinion columnist will also receive back pay after winning her arbitration case The post Washington Post Ordered to Reinstate Karen Attiah After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Posts appeared first on TheWrap .
The Washington Post has been ordered by an arbitrator to reinstate opinion columnist Karen Attiah and pay her back wages. The paper terminated Attiah in September after she posted about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on social media platform Bluesky. Arbitrator Sarah Miller Espinosa ruled that the Post lacked sufficient cause to fire Attiah and did not prove she engaged in "gross misconduct."
Attiah fired back at The Post, saying she was fired for doing her job as an opinion writer. She expressed relief at the arbitration decision, stating she was willing to return to the newspaper, which she called "one of the world's most storied." A spokesperson for the Post said it respects the arbitration process and declined further comment.
The Post Guild also condemned the firing and pledged to defend Attiah. The dispute over Attiah's termination was settled through arbitration under the paper's labor agreement.
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