Commentary
The world of journalism was done a huge favour last week when the Washington Post fired reporter Felicia Sonmez after she waged an online campaign against her own newsroom.
The Twitter barrage that led to her termination has been subjected to much commentary and an exquisite monologue by Bill Maher. But Sonmez was hardly a woke outlier. She is just the latest example of how trust in journalism is being undermined by too many reporters and so-called news outlets that lack the discipline to keep their opinions out of their work or on social media. Not only are they oblivious to the vandalism they are inflicting on their craft, they remain unaware that by taking government subsidies, what they think is viewed with growing suspicion….