A key to unlocking the mystery of Washington Post writer Manuel Roig-Franzia and his animus towards Catholicism is the fact that he once called Henry Allen a c*cksucker. If we could solve the puzzle of the name-calling, which resulted in a fist fight, we may be able to pin down the reasons for Roig-Franzia’s liberal bias against the Catholic Church.
The incident happened in November 2009. Henry Allen, then a 68-year-old Style section editor and veteran journalist at The Post, was given a story by writer Monica Hess. Allen called the piece “the second-worst piece I have seen in Style in 43 years.” Hess allegedly asked for the story back and began to tear up, at which point Roig-Franzia, a veteran foreign correspondent who was born in Spain, wandered by. “Oh Henry,” he said, “don’t be such a c*cksucker.” At this point Allen, a Marine and Vietnam veteran, lunged at Roig-Franzia. Allen landed a punch to the face before the fight was broken up by Post editor Marcus Brauchli.
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