Wall Street Journal Reporter Calls Out Publication for Running ‘Disgusting’ Dr. Jill Biden Op-Ed

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Wall Street Journal higher education reporter Melissa Korn ripped into her own publication’s opinion side on Saturday, following the WSJ running an op-ed critical of soon-to-be First Lady Dr. Jill Biden using “Dr.” ahead of her name.

Korn didn’t hold back on her criticism, stating publicly that the op-ed was “disgusting.”

“I cannot bring myself to include a link, because why give it more air? But that op-ed belittling Jill Biden, urging her to drop the Dr., mocking her research on community college, likening her degree to an honorary doctorate, is disgusting,” Korn stated via Twitter.

There is a thick wall between the news and opinion operations of @WSJ, but it still saddens me that they’d print it. Which is the way I’ve felt about many op-eds over the years. Pieces like that make it harder for me to do my job. 2/2

— Melissa Korn (@melissakorn) December 13, 2020

Korn followed up her initial tweet by sharing that the piece makes “it harder for me to do my job.”

“There is a thick wall between the news and opinion operations of @WSJ, but it still saddens me that they’d print it. Which is the way I’ve felt about many op-eds over the years. Pieces like that make it harder for me to do my job,” she added.

The opinion piece from Joseph Epstein titled “Is There a Doctor in the White House? Not if You Need an M.D,” faced blistering criticism over its “sexist tone.”