Washington Post Fires Karen Attiah Over Charlie Kirk Death Posts
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Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah was fired after posting on Bluesky about racial double standards in how Charlie Kirk's death was being mourned, including liking a post describing the reaction as decolonization. Megyn Kelly, who said she and Attiah had followed each other on social media for years despite their political differences, argued the firing had more to do with silencing criticism than any breach of journalistic standards, and read through Attiah's own posts and termination letter on air. Historian Victor Davis Hanson separately argued that people using Kirk's death to criticize him before his burial were facing swift consequences from media platforms, not censorship, calling it a reversal of the cancel culture dynamic that had shaped the previous five years. Podcast hosts Briahna Joy-Gray and her co-host later defended Attiah, contrasting her firing with how other commentators handled criticism of Kirk after his death.