Posted on 02/06/2026 4:50:40 AM PST by KevinB
One day after the Washington Post laid off roughly a third of its newsroom, former staff and supporters gathered outside the paper’s Downtown D.C. headquarters to protest the cuts.
Former transportation reporter Rachel Weiner, who spent 15 years at the Post, told the large crowd she was struggling with the loss of her job and what it meant for the community.
“Yeah, I’m sad about it obviously,” she said. “It is really disappointing having worked to cover as much as possible in this region because it’s also important. The Post has just decided it doesn’t matter to them.”
Weiner said this round of cuts was handled differently from past layoffs.
“They did something they haven’t done in previous layoffs and buyouts, which is you lock us out of the building and the systems immediately and not let us finish anything we were working on,” Weiner said.
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.... transportation reporter Rachel Weiner...
She must of been on holidays during the disastrous Buttgiggity era!
I’ve had many jobs, but never have worked for the media, so can’t say how that would have worked out. I’ve had different jobs where I left, but was never actually fired as best I can remember. They usually did something that just made you resentful of the job & you quit & moved on to something hopefully better. Been retired for several years now & doubt if I would ever go back to working of any kind. It would have to be something pretty special if I did.
Article:
“losing 300 journalists who hold power to account”
This is a common leftist myth.
They claim they have been fighting against power while they dominate almost every US institution and hold almost absolute power.
They are the power.
They just lost this one battle.
Those out of power are the conservative journalists who have been banned by the Washington Post, conservative authors who have been attacked by the Washington Post and conservatives from all walks of life who have been viciously slandered and attacked by the Washington Post.
I would be interested in how many words per day are published for each of those “journalists”.
Back when I started in the field, you were expected to have an article a day +- 900-1000 words, or several photos/a photo story (in my case), unless you were working on a major story.
But with 300 journalists the paper would be overflowing!
They were probably all sitting around doing nothing but building strawman arguments against Trump!
“I got laid off... that means the end of democracy.”
Let’s rally with them and chant our own slogans!
“Hey, Hey, Ho Ho!
Media whores have got to go!”
Great look for their next job prospect. I would expect a low score in the “Handles Criticism Well” , box.
How many unemployed journalists does it take to scrape the barnacles off the bottom of a yacht?
My company ‘nudged’ me out last year at age 69. I’m fine with retirement and have little desire to return working again. It’s a dynamic I don’t miss and I sorta liked my job by a factor of 50%. Nothing lasts forever in this life on earth.
Translation - She didn't care when she was spared from the last round of layoffs
Right? It’s standard operating procedure to lock out a potentially angry laid off or fired employee to prevent violence, sabotage or theft especially during a mass layoff. She’s not special.
They are propagandists, not journalists.
Wonder if he spoke to his union leader about it.
The stupidest thing to unionize government jobs all costs went up from day one and still climbing.
Stick it to the tax payer we got ours.
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