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WaPo Columnist Fired For Posts After Charlie Kirk's Killing: 'My Voice Will Be Sharper Now'
Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah said she was fired after social media posts about racism and gun violence in the US following the killing of controversial conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Attiah revealed her firing in a Substack post on Monday, Sept. 15. She joined the Post in 2014 and earned the 2019 George Polk Award for her coverage of the Saudi Arabian government's murder of fellow Post writer Jamal Khashoggi. The Post's biography for Attiah said that she "was" a columnist, referring to her in the past tense. A Post spokesperson declined to comment, but pointed …
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‘Shell-Shocked’ Matthew Dowd Defends On-Air Charlie Kirk Comments, Accuses MSNBC Of Caving
Matthew Dowd says MSNBC caved to a “Right Wing media mob” after firing him for on-air remarks during breaking coverage of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s shooting, adding he’s shell shocked by the fallout. In a Substack post published Friday, Sept. 12, the former analyst wrote: “I was terminated from MSNBC for in part saying ‘hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which ultimately lead to hateful actions’ in the midst of the tragic shooting in Utah of rightwing leader Charlie Kirk.” MSNBC has severed ties with Dowd following his commentary during live coverage of Kirk's fatal shootin…
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Matthew Dowd Out At MSNBC Following Controversial Remarks On Charlie Kirk
MSNBC has parted ways with analyst Matthew Dowd after he speculated on-air during breaking coverage of the Charlie Kirk campus murder that the gunfire might have been “a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration.” News of Dowd's dismissal was first reported by Variety, citing a network source. While on air, Dowd went on to say that the 31-year-old Kirk's been "one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. "And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead t…
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