Washington Post Says Reporter’s Kobe Tweets Didn’t Violate Social Media Policy

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The Washington Post said a review of a reporter’s tweets about Kobe Bryant concluded the posts didn’t violate the paper’s social media policy.

Felicia Sonmez, a national reporter, was suspended after posting on Twitter a negative article from 2003 about Bryant shortly after he died on Jan. 27. Sonmez also posted other tweets saying she'd been threatened for posting the article, including one that included a screenshot of her email inbox that showed the full names of some people who allegedly threatened her.