Details are sparse, but it’s been confirmed that fists flew in the Washington Post’s newsroom. FishbowlDC reports the details of this ultimate hostile work environment:
Fishbowl spoke with the paper’s HR Monday morning “and confirmed that both reporters are still employed at the paper.”
Washington Post’s Director of Communications Kris Coratti: “I can’t discuss private personnel matters but that doesn’t mean we haven’t taken this incident seriously and addressed it appropriately.”
Apparently, Roig-Franzia elicited the reaction by saying, “Henry, don’t be such a c***sucker.” Executive editor Marcus Brauchli “was then forced to intervene.”
The lesson to be learned from this?
Never tell a reporter not to be a c***sucker. It’s their basic nature.
Source: FishbowlDC via Politico.com
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