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NBA star Kobe Bryant died a few days ago in a helicopter crash in California. His daughter and seven other people also died there.
After the news, hundreds of the player's followers began to show their condolences and opinions, and actress Evan Rachel Wood was no exception:
“What has happened is tragic. I Chile Mobile Number List am heartbroken for Kobe's family. He was a sports hero. He was also a rapist. And all these truths can exist simultaneously,” wrote the protagonist of Westworld on the aforementioned platform.
The comment provoked anger, even followers of the sports star began to defend him, alleging that the former Lakers player was never prosecuted in 2003 for such accusations. Following the responses, Evan Rachel Wood was forced to share a second tweet where she asked for “kindness and respect for everyone.”
The Washington Post suspends journalist for tweet about Kobe Bryant's death
Not only did she remember the event, journalist Felicia Sonmez, from The Washington Post , published a message about the player with a link to an article from the American media Daily Beast from 2016.
The note, The Disturbing Kobe Bryant Rape Case: The DNA Evidence, the Accuser's Story and Half-Confession , recalled an episode in the basketball legend's life that took place in 2003, when he was accused of sexual abuse by a 19 year old girl.
Before Sonmez's publication, the responses began, most of them with anger. The journalist stated that she received dozens of negative messages, as well as threats of rape and death.
For its part, The Washington Post argued that the journalist's publications showed a lack of judgment that undermines the work of her colleagues, which is why it decided to suspend her to investigate whether or not she violated the outlet's policy regarding social networks.
When the number of criticisms on the social network increased, Tracy Grant, editor in chief of The Washington Post , ordered Sonmez to delete his tweets.
On defense...
Faced with this act, the newspaper's workers' union came to the defense with a letter addressed to the editors; It expresses its alarm and dismay at the decision to suspend the journalist due to her publication on social networks, and requests the newspaper to take immediate measures to guarantee the safety of her colleague.
The letter says:
We understand that the hours following Bryant's death on Sunday were a difficult time to share information about past allegations of sexual abuse.
«The loss of such a beloved figure, and of so many other lives, is a tragedy. But 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 opportune and inopportune times.”
It was also announced that this is not the first time that the media has tried to control the comments that the journalist makes on the topic of sexual violence.
Was it the right time to remember the accusations?
The journalist considers that it was the right time to publish the tweet. She perhaps thought that this could bring some balance to the situation, since everyone was talking about how good Kobe was and his positive actions.
In this way, it would be possible for people to learn more about what the famous player once did and that his accident should not completely erase his negative side.
What creates controversy is the suspension of the journalist from the media, since with that act, she is making her position on freedom of expression known.
The Washington Post is expected to report on the situation of its collaborator in the coming days.
After the news, hundreds of the player's followers began to show their condolences and opinions, and actress Evan Rachel Wood was no exception:
“What has happened is tragic. I Chile Mobile Number List am heartbroken for Kobe's family. He was a sports hero. He was also a rapist. And all these truths can exist simultaneously,” wrote the protagonist of Westworld on the aforementioned platform.
The comment provoked anger, even followers of the sports star began to defend him, alleging that the former Lakers player was never prosecuted in 2003 for such accusations. Following the responses, Evan Rachel Wood was forced to share a second tweet where she asked for “kindness and respect for everyone.”
The Washington Post suspends journalist for tweet about Kobe Bryant's death
Not only did she remember the event, journalist Felicia Sonmez, from The Washington Post , published a message about the player with a link to an article from the American media Daily Beast from 2016.
The note, The Disturbing Kobe Bryant Rape Case: The DNA Evidence, the Accuser's Story and Half-Confession , recalled an episode in the basketball legend's life that took place in 2003, when he was accused of sexual abuse by a 19 year old girl.
Before Sonmez's publication, the responses began, most of them with anger. The journalist stated that she received dozens of negative messages, as well as threats of rape and death.
For its part, The Washington Post argued that the journalist's publications showed a lack of judgment that undermines the work of her colleagues, which is why it decided to suspend her to investigate whether or not she violated the outlet's policy regarding social networks.
When the number of criticisms on the social network increased, Tracy Grant, editor in chief of The Washington Post , ordered Sonmez to delete his tweets.
On defense...
Faced with this act, the newspaper's workers' union came to the defense with a letter addressed to the editors; It expresses its alarm and dismay at the decision to suspend the journalist due to her publication on social networks, and requests the newspaper to take immediate measures to guarantee the safety of her colleague.
The letter says:
We understand that the hours following Bryant's death on Sunday were a difficult time to share information about past allegations of sexual abuse.
«The loss of such a beloved figure, and of so many other lives, is a tragedy. But 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 opportune and inopportune times.”
It was also announced that this is not the first time that the media has tried to control the comments that the journalist makes on the topic of sexual violence.
Was it the right time to remember the accusations?
The journalist considers that it was the right time to publish the tweet. She perhaps thought that this could bring some balance to the situation, since everyone was talking about how good Kobe was and his positive actions.
In this way, it would be possible for people to learn more about what the famous player once did and that his accident should not completely erase his negative side.
What creates controversy is the suspension of the journalist from the media, since with that act, she is making her position on freedom of expression known.
The Washington Post is expected to report on the situation of its collaborator in the coming days.