Cancel culture feud boils over at Washington Post after tasteless retweet

msn.com:

ordered to pay millions to ex-husband Johnny Depp in an ugly defamation lawsuit that was broadcast to the world and reignited national discussion around sexism and sexual abuse.

The original message had been made in the context of other tweets about the Depp/Heard case. Felicia Sonmez, a colleague of Mr Weigel’s on the politics desk, took exception to the tweet, sarcastically writing last Friday that it was “fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed”.

Mr Weigel quickly apologised and took down the offending post. On Monday, the paper issued a company-wide statement announcing Mr Weigel, 40, would be suspended without pay for a month.

On Thursday, Ms Sonmez was fired. There is a common understanding of collegiality in the media, often expressed in the US as “no shooting inside the tent”.