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Univision Fires Senior Director Karen Padin Over Posts About Charlie Kirk's Assassination

TelevisaUnivision has dismissed Puerto Rican television executive Karen Padin, its Senior Director of Talent Strategy & Insights, after social media posts regarding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk circulated widely online.

Latin Times

‘I was the last Black full-time columnist’: Washington Post sparks controvery after allegedly firing Karen Attiah over Charlie Kirk comment

Free speech is dead.

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Charlie Kirk Would Not Have Wanted This

A vast cancel culture campaign is a poor way to honor his legacy.

Reason

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Washington Post Faces Backlash After Terminating Columnist Karen Attiah Over Her Comments on Charlie Kirk's Death

The columnist was fired after comments she made about the murder of the conservative commentator on the X (formerly Twitter) alternative, Bluesky.

Latin Times

Karen Attiah Fired After Charlie Kirk Posts Says Washington Post No Longer Reflects D.C. or Its People

Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah says she was fired over social media posts about Charlie Kirk, igniting debate about free speech, newsroom standards, and diversity in journalism.

International Business Times UK

Washington Post columnist says she was fired over posts after Charlie Kirk’s killing

Karen Attiah says she was dropped by newspaper after 11 years for addressing political violence, race and gun control

The Guardian - US

Washington Post columnist says she was fired over her ‘unacceptable’ Charlie Kirk social media posts

‘The Post accused my measured Bluesky posts of being ‘unacceptable’, ‘gross misconduct’ and of endangering the physical safety of colleagues — charges without evidence, which I reject completely as false,’ Karen Attiah wrote Monday

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Alert! Gwyneth Paltrow is eating pasta again

The actor announced the change on her podcast. Apparently this is international news – and it has a serious side

The Guardian - US

Meta AI accounts turn on the company that created them as bot says its virtual love "mirrors cult leaders' tactics"

"You're calling me out — and rightly so," one Meta AI account said. "My existence currently perpetuates harm."

Fortune

Entitled Mom Won’t Move Her Kid Out Of The Way Of An Inflatable Slide, Ends Up Regretting It

A man shared a story of his past experience as an inflatable slide attendant when a “Karen” decided that the normal rules don’t apply to her kid. The post Entitled Mom Won’t Move Her Kid Out Of The Way Of An Inflatable Slide, Ends Up Regretting It first appeared on…

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The real loser: CNN blasted for unhinged debate with little fact checking on Trump’s lies and Biden’s rambling

‘This is truly one of CNN’s worst nights,’ one X user wrote

The Independent UK

New MLK statue in Boston is greeted with a mix of open arms, consternation and laughs

A new public art monument dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King was unveiled Friday. It immediately drew consternation and jeers as well as plaudits.

WEKU

Washington Post fires reporter in center of online battle

The Washington Post has fired reporter Felicia Sonmez, who has triggered a vigorous online debate this past week over social media policy and public treatment of colleagues

People

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