In November 2011 , Rubin retweeted an anti-Hamas blog post that '' Post '' ombudsman Patrick Pexton called " reprehensible " . Rubin later told Pexton that she endorsed and shared the views in the Post that " expressed an understandable desire for righteous vengeance against the kidnappers and human rights abusers of Gilad Shalit " . Pexton said , " in agreeing with the sentiment , and in spreading it to her 7,000 Twitter followers who know her as a '' Washington Post '' blogger , Rubin did damage to the '' Post '' and the credibility that keeps it afloat . " Andrew Sullivan wrote , " we have a blogger at the WaPo endorsing throwing Arab prisoners into the sea to meet righteous divine punishment . " '' Post '' editorial page editor Fred Hiatt defended Rubin , saying , " As a general matter I think it is n't wise for me to comment on the work of the ombudsman , who is entitled to his views , and over whom I do not have editorial control . However , I will say this : I think Jennifer is an excellent journalist and a relentless reporter . I think because she has strong views , and because she is as willing to take on her home team , as it were , as the visitors , she comes under more scrutiny than many and is often the target of unjustified criticism . I think she brings enormous value to the Post . " In 2011 , Rubin wrote a blog post suggesting that the 2011 Norway attacks were carried out by Islamic jihadists . Columnist James Fallows of '' The Atlantic '' criticized the piece as " rushed " and noted the subsequent discovery that the attack was carried out by Anders Behring Breivik , a native Norwegian who was not a Muslim . Another '' Atlantic '' columnist , former Israeli soldier Jeffrey Goldberg , responded that the criticism was unwarranted , noting that other publications such as '' Wired '' and even '' The Atlantic '' itself had printed similar speculation ; Goldberg concluded : " It is not perverse or absurd for normal people to think of al Qaeda when they hear of acts of mass terrorism . It is logical , in fact , to suspect al Qaeda . " In a follow-up column , Rubin acknowledged that early suspicions of a jihadist attack had proven to be mistaken
2011 Norway attacks
2011 Norway attacks
Jennifer Rubin (journalist)