Felicia Sonmez tweeted article on rape allegationPaper says it regrets speaking publicly about suspensionFollowing an internal revolt from hundreds of journalists, the
Washington Post said on Tuesday afternoon that a reporter it suspended had not violated the company social media policy by tweeting an article about Kobe Bryant’s historical rape accusation hours after his death.
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The Washington Post’s managing editor, Tracy Grant, also said the newspaper regretted speaking publicly about suspending Felicia Sonmez, a national politics reporter, for the tweets, which Post management had initially said “undermined the work of her colleagues”.