Washington Post guild doesn't want folks to read Post stories Thursday out of 'respect' for 24-hour walkout. Mockery ensues.



The Washington Post guild sent a message this week seeking widespread solidarity, asking folks not to read Post stories Thursday out of "respect" for its planned 24-hour walkout.

More than a few social media users mocked the guild's request.

What are the details?

Reuters said the daylong "strike" is a protest against staff cuts and what unionized journalists at the paper said is management's failure to bargain in good faith in regard to contract talks that have "stretched on for 18 months."

Here's a video the guild posted Tuesday to X:

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The guild also posted a message on X to the "dedicated readers" of the Post:

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"On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content," the message reads. "That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes."

Uh oh

As you might imagine, quite a number of folks hit social media to mock and ridicule the guild's request. Here's a sampling:

  • "My contempt for the @washingtonpost is rivaled only by my contempt for its employees," one commenter wrote. "So maybe I'll check out the 'Style' section Thursday."
  • "We're laughing at you, not with you," another user quipped.
  • "I will be clicking on every WaPo article I can," another commenter shot back before adding, "Learn to code."
  • "This is not going to be difficult for me. At all. Ever," another user added.
  • "I'll do better than that: I promise to not read any WaPo content ever again," another commenter promised.
  • "This legitimately might be the only time I intentionally read the @washingtonpost," another user revealed.
  • "I guess this means I'll be unblocking the @washingtonpost for a day," another commenter shared. "I despise the fascist 'journalists' more than the paper itself."

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Fox News accuses Tucker Carlson of violating contract: Report



Fox News told Tucker Carlson's lawyers that the man breached his contract by starting a show on Twitter, Axios reported, citing a copy of a letter that it obtained.

The outlet reported that a breach-of-contract claim positions Fox News to explore possible legal action.

"Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson's right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events," Carlson's lawyer Bryan Freedman declared in a statement, according to Axios.

Carlson had been a primetime fixture on the Fox News Channel for years, and in April, on what turned out to be his final episode, he had even said, "We'll be back on Monday." But instead, on that Monday, Fox announced that Carlson would not be returning to the air. The press release claimed that Carlson and Fox News Media had "agreed to part ways."

Carlson, who announced in May that he planned to do a show on Twitter, posted the first episode on Tuesday of this week. The tweet containing Carlson's approximately ten-minute video has already amassed more than 94 million views.

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After Carlson shared the video, Fox News general counsel Bernard Gugar sent a message to Carlson's lawyers claiming that Carlson "is in breach" of his contract agreement, Axios reported.

"In connection with such breach and pursuant to the Agreement, Fox expressly reserves all rights and remedies which are available to it at law or equity," the letter stated, according to the outlet.

"This evening we were made aware of Mr. Tucker Carlson's appearance on Twitter in a video that lasted over 10 minutes," the letter stated, according to Axios. "Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Mr. Carlson's 'services shall be completely exclusive to Fox,'" the letter declared, quoting from the media personality's contract, according to Axios. The contract further states Carlson is "prohibited from rendering services of any type whatsoever, whether 'over the internet via streaming or similar distribution, or other digital distribution whether now known or hereafter devised,'" the letter said.

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