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Washington Post Reporter Found Dead In Apartment
Daily Caller ^ | April 10, 2020 | Shelby Talcott

Posted on 04/10/2020 6:52:14 PM PDT by Morgana

Washington Post reporter Darran Simon was found dead Thursday in his apartment, according to a memo sent to staffers.

The cause of death has not been announced. Simon covered government and politics at WaPo, according to a Jan. 30 announcement from WaPo. Simon previously worked as a senior news writer at CNN, the announcement noted.

“We are deeply saddened to report that yesterday, Darran Simon was found dead in his apartment,” the memo from Tracy Grant, WaPo’s managing editor for staff development and standards, reads according to the Washingtonian.

“Our sympathy goes out to Darran’s family; we will share information about how best to express your condolences shortly.”

The Post Guild sent out an email as well with the National Suicide Hotline number and notes on how to approach needing “time to process” with bosses, the Washingtonian reported.

“This is a difficult time for all of us — made more difficult with the loss of a dear colleague. Now more than ever, reach out to each other. And let’s all look out for one another,” The Post Guild wrote.


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To: Morgana

What did his “husband” have to say?


21 posted on 04/10/2020 9:15:02 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: Morgana

Well. It’s a start.


22 posted on 04/10/2020 9:27:13 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Zhang Fei

I read he was a guy who chased disaster stories.

Kind of a peculiar obsession.

However, that’s what made Geraldo a billionaire.


23 posted on 04/10/2020 9:58:38 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: Morgana

The Washington Post showed its usual transparency and honesty by fully explaining the circumstances of his death....oops.....


24 posted on 04/10/2020 10:03:12 PM PDT by cgbg (Pattern recognition is the first sign of intelligence.)
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To: miserare

[I read he was a guy who chased disaster stories.

Kind of a peculiar obsession.

However, that’s what made Geraldo a billionaire.]


That’s how journalists make their name. Chasing pandemics, however, can be dangerous. When you’re initially infected, you’re not even aware of it. Get hit by a bullet or a truck, and they take you to the ER right away. And all this talk about the elderly being most at risk has led to a high level of complacency among under-65’s. 30% of NYC’s dead were under 65’s.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.05.20054361v1.full.pdf


25 posted on 04/10/2020 10:32:22 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Morgana

Maybe the Clintons are changing their strategy. Instead of making their Arkancides look like suicides they now make them look like coronavirus deaths.


26 posted on 04/10/2020 10:51:30 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: MinuteGal

I was going to answer

“A good start”

but I like yours better.


27 posted on 04/10/2020 11:07:06 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (The Democrats - Unafraid to burn in Hell.)
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To: Morgana

Drug overdose!!


28 posted on 04/10/2020 11:20:49 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: butlerweave

To think I almost became an Otis Elevator mechanic!


29 posted on 04/11/2020 3:03:04 AM PDT by Does so (Call it the CCP-virus...The Corona-virus dies in Summer's sunlight! But next spring's Chinese virus?)
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To: Zhang Fei
30% of NYC’s dead were under 65’s.

How many of those were intubated while still breathing? You can't put people on a ventilator if they are breathing on their own, they have to be sedated properly, then stop conscious breathing, then intubated carefully.

In NYC there is an 80% death rate on ventilators compared to 40-50% normally.

30 posted on 04/11/2020 3:33:42 AM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Patience my friends the real story will come out this week, it always does


31 posted on 04/11/2020 3:36:18 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: jonascord
Was this guy Antifa?
Was he a rabid anti-Trumper?
Was he even a Democrat?
Don't know?


All he was a reporter who worked for the Washington Post.


Dave's Site

32 posted on 04/11/2020 4:23:14 AM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: RedMonqey

We’re better than that.

_____________

No we are not,

this is not time to play by the Marquis of Queensberry rules.

Dirty fighting rules!


33 posted on 04/11/2020 4:26:10 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: OrangeHoof

Q: What do you call a dead WaPo reporter?

______________

A good start?


34 posted on 04/11/2020 4:27:07 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: RedMonqey
Do you honestly expect someone who was hired by the Washington Post to be a reporter, who simply relays the news in an unbiased, cryptic and clear way? Good luck with that.

He wouldn't get a paycheck from the WP if he WASN'T an anti-Trumper. Journalists coming out of schools, these days, would make Stalin seem a moderate. Hatred of the Constitution is on the third page of the WP style manual.

They are the Mouth of the Enemy. They lie, about EVERYTHING, if it can possibly be used to damage the Constitution and this country.

35 posted on 04/11/2020 7:53:19 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: jonascord

The man is dead. I don’t think you have anything to fear from him now.

So you can jump off your chair and put your skirt back around your knees.


36 posted on 04/11/2020 1:31:19 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: Does so
To think I almost became an Otis Elevator mechanic!

Uhgg. A lot of ups and downs in that business.

37 posted on 04/11/2020 1:35:38 PM PDT by Nachoman (Following victory, its best to reload.)
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