Bill Maher with some Observations
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A few points.
Not a bad joke for a comedian... but he's a journalist representing a newspaper. You just can't tweet stuff like that in any profession where you represent the company's image.
Wapo overreacted with a month suspension and after coming back for a bit, Weigel left to work somewhere else. Good for him.
Sonmez's reaction was absurd and she was fired. That's Good.
Not a bad joke for a comedian... but he's a journalist representing a newspaper. You just can't tweet stuff like that in any profession where you represent the company's image.
Wapo overreacted with a month suspension and after coming back for a bit, Weigel left to work somewhere else. Good for him.
Sonmez's reaction was absurd and she was fired. That's Good.
im a milennial and ive loved maher since my teens. hea the man. hes been spot on about this stuff for the last few years.
btw funny joke.
btw funny joke.
Just like the company's image that was tarnished as a "reputable news organization" by succumbing to this brat's outrage. It goes both ways and they ended up finally dealing with it the right way by firing her ass.
It was a joke, a pretty good one for that matter, and the fact that you can be cancelled for having a sense of humor is where we are. Why can only comedians tell off-color or irreverent jokes? Weigel was a reporter...he wasn't in management or running the paper.
I'm not a fan of stereotyping an entire generation. A lot of this snowflake behavior falls at the feet of their parents, who are the same boomers Maher is speaking out for. Idiots are idiots and they come in all ages, sizes, shapes and colors.
The journalists are the product they are selling. If he causes damage to their brand, that's a problem.
No one would have cared if it was mail room manager Dave Weigel, but when you are a public face of a company, it becomes a brand / reputation problem that the company then has to deal with.
But as I said earlier, WAPO’s woke response also damages the brand. Never black and white. I know we have employees (some public facing) that post some edgy stuff, but I wouldn’t fire them for re-tweeting a joke. Now if an employee posts something vile or hateful that’s a different story. This was a re-tweeted joke that was a joke.
If a mailroom employee did the same thing my guess would be that Somnez would have done the same thing and that employee would have been more disposable.
