(John McDonnell/The Washington Post)A look at Felicia Sonmez's reply to abuse from Twitter users. “I didn’t think it was my place to provide any further commentary.”When others on social media started sending her messages that called her rude names and made death threats and rape threats, she followed The Post’s security protocol by contacting Ms. Grant.Ms. Sonmez said in an interview that she did not add any commentary of her own to the tweet that included a link to the Daily Beast article.“Because The Post does have policies governing these things, all I did was tweet out a link to the story,” she said. “To the 10,000 people (literally) who have commented and emailed me with abuse and death threats, please take a moment and read the story — which was written (more than three) years ago, and not by me.”Ms. On the one hand, the statement says that the newspaper will be reviewing whether the tweets violated policies. Grant wrote back, telling her to delete the tweets on Mr. Bryant. “Tracy wrote back a couple of hours later asking me to take down those tweets.” Sonmez reports that she was a “little delayed” in taking down the tweets, in part because she was concerned about the threats: Someone, she says, had posted her address.Management continued to worry about the tweets, says Sonmez, noting that Grant sent her another message saying that if she didn’t delete them, she’d be “in violation of a directive from a managing editor.” She deleted the tweets, providing a victory for all those who’d attacked her for posting a perfectly fine news story.Fearing for her safety at home, Sonmez checked into a hotel on Sunday night. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. Aquí nos gustaría mostrarte una descripción, pero el sitio web que estás mirando no lo permite. Ms. Sonmez said she was in The Post’s newsroom at the time of her tweets.“I expected to get some blowback,” she said. Felicia Sonmez Tweet Reactions The reaction on Twitter from Bryant fans was so hit that the hashtag #FireFeliciaSonmez was trending. The reporter shared the three-sentence email with The New York Times.“Felicia,” Mr. Baron wrote. Here’s the explanation from … “Instead of protecting and supporting a reporter in the face of abuse, The Post placed her on administrative leave while newsroom leaders review whether she violated the social media policy.”While acknowledging the tragedy of Mr. Bryant’s death, the letter went on to note that “we believe it is our responsibility as a news organization to tell the public the whole truth as we know it — about figures and institutions both popular and unpopular, at moments timely and untimely.”Ms. One of them states, “The newspaper shall tell ALL the truth so far as it can learn it, concerning the important affairs of America and the world.”Our statement in support of our colleague, Felicia Sonmez: We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.Media critic with a focus on the ups and downs and downs of the cable-news industryThe Washington Post building. Marc Tracy contributed reporting.Washington Post Suspends a Reporter After Her Tweets on Kobe BryantThe Washington Post didn’t say on Monday which of Felicia Sonmez’s posts on Twitter had led to her suspension. The Washington Post suspended one of its reporters, Felicia Sonmez, after she posted tweets on Sunday about Kobe Bryant in the hours after his … Bryant was arrested in 2003 after a complaint by a hotel employee in Colorado. A charge of Ms. Sonmez’s tweet drew a swift backlash from other Twitter users. “Just so they’d be aware that things were getting a little out of hand, I sent them links to my tweets,” she says. Bryant reached a settlement with his accuser in 2005, more than a decade before powerful men including the Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, the CBS anchor Charlie Rose and the CBS Corporation chief executive Leslie Moonves left their posts or were ousted from their roles after allegations were made against them. Felicia Somnez you've been blocked. “A real lack of judgment to tweet this. Felicia Sonmez posted a link to a 2016 Daily Beast report headlined "Kobe Bryant’s Disturbing Rape Case" as the world was coming to come to … “I’m a little confused. “Felicia herself is a survivor of assault who bravely came forward with her story two years ago.”After saying that The Post had shown an “utter disregard for best practices in supporting survivors of sexual violence,” the letter called the paper’s social media policy arbitrary and overbroad, adding, “We have repeatedly seen colleagues — including members of management — share contentious opinions on social media platforms without sanction. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. She followed it with a post about the negative responses she had received.“Well, THAT was eye-opening,” she wrote.

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