Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel is expected to join Ben Smith’s Semafor after being suspended from The Post for retweeting a sexist joke, according to the Daily Beast.
The Beast reports that Weigel will join the digital startup following the 2022 midterm election. Confider newsletter.
Weigel, who worked at The Post from 2015 to June, was fired for sharing a sexist Tweet.
Weigel retweeted an early June post by YouTuber Cam HarlessRead“Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual.”Shortly thereafter, Felicia Smez, another journalist at The Post, was appointed. Posted a screenshot of her colleague’s retweet along with the caption, “Fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!”
Sonmez asked and tagged Weigel in company Slack messages that CNN obtained. “I’m sorry but what is this?,”Also, the retweet sent “a confusing message about what the Post’s values are.”She also sharedSeveral examplesof insults and threatening messages she received on Twitter – which seemingly pressured leadership to take further action.
Weigel deleted the tweet and apologised for sharing the post on June 4. “I just removed a retweet of an offensive joke,”He tweeted. “I apologize and did not mean to cause any harm.”Weigel was terminated on June 6, indicating that the damage had already been done.
Weigel, with over 600,000.00 followers TwitterAfter the mid-term elections, he will sign up for the newsletter.
SemaforThe one that calls itself “the first publication conceived to help modern readers know better,”The company was founded by Justin B. Smith (who also serves as CEO) and Ben Smith (who is the Editor in Chief).