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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWAPO reporter Joel Achenbach suspended for 'inappropriate workplace conduct.
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WaPo reporter Joel Achenbach once wrote that Hillary Clinton "needs a radio-controlled shock collar so that aides can zap her when she starts to get screechy."
He was just suspended for 'inappropriate workplace conduct.'
Noticing a pattern yet...?
He was just suspended for 'inappropriate workplace conduct.'
Noticing a pattern yet...?
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/368383-washington-post-suspends-reporter-joel-auchenbach-for-inappropriate-workplace
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WAPO reporter Joel Achenbach suspended for 'inappropriate workplace conduct. (Original Post)
ehrnst
Jan 2018
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flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)1. Maybe Achenbals needs a shock collar
Because I somehow doubt he'll be totally reformed of inappropriate behavior against women in 3 months.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)2. Sounds fair to me.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)3. The schock collar comment is inappropriate workplace conduct.
So it appears the punishment is fitting. Well, maybe give him a shock collar too.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)5. This
"The schock collar comment is inappropriate workplace conduct."
dsc
(52,166 posts)4. It is literally unimaginable that a bunch of Klansmen could rise to
the heights of political reporting but apparently he man woman haters can and did. No wonder the coverage of Hillary was so obviously sexist for so long.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)6. He joins the list of Hillary hating media bros who
turn out to be woman-hating in the workplace.