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The journalist behind the controversial profile about Carson King is fired
Posted on 9/27/19 at 12:48 am
Posted on 9/27/19 at 12:48 am
Karma. Appears the journalist has his own offensive tweets. Something about casting stones comes to mind here.
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Update: the fund is now up to 2 million dollars. Brewing company in Iowa is naming a beer after Carson, "Iowa Legend", in his honor. The company also chastised the paper and AB for their idiocracy about the situation.
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The Des Moines Register announced Thursday that the reporter who found years-old offensive tweets by a local man who raised $1 million for charity is no longer with the paper.
The paper's executive editor Carol Hunter published an op-ed on Thursday night and informed readers that Aaron Calvin, the journalist behind the controversial profile about 24-year-old Carson King, is "no longer with the Register."
Social media found past offensive tweets on his own Twitter account after the story was published. Before locking his Twitter account, Calvin issued an apology for his own tweets."Hey just wanted to say that I have deleted previous tweets that have been inappropriate or insensitive. I apologize for not holding myself to the same standards as the Register holds others."
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Update: the fund is now up to 2 million dollars. Brewing company in Iowa is naming a beer after Carson, "Iowa Legend", in his honor. The company also chastised the paper and AB for their idiocracy about the situation.
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This post was edited on 9/28/19 at 1:30 pm
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Posted on 9/27/19 at 12:53 am to Homesick Tiger
Posted on 9/27/19 at 1:08 am to Homesick Tiger
I find the decision to by the Des Moines Register to publish the shithead's work far more reprehensible
Posted on 9/27/19 at 1:09 am to Homesick Tiger
It's a start.
Can we start tar and feathering these demented leftist media types?
Can we start tar and feathering these demented leftist media types?
Posted on 9/27/19 at 1:09 am to Homesick Tiger
I HATE cancel culture normally, but not this time. Hopefully this will be a lesson taken by all in the media moving forward.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 1:35 am to Homesick Tiger
Good. frick that piece of shite.
Have they fired the editors who approved the story?
Have they fired the editors who approved the story?
This post was edited on 9/27/19 at 1:36 am
Posted on 9/27/19 at 2:11 am to psk_Vol
Fire with fire. They deserve to have to scrutinize every word they write, for fear of massive blowback.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 4:43 am to Homesick Tiger
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I apologize for not holding myself to the same standards as the Register holds others."
If only everyone in media/politics was compelled to do this.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 5:06 am to SLafourche07
It doesn't get in the paper without going by an editor.
They need to be fired as well.
What's really egregious with this punk "writer" is he felt the need to go to AB to get them to shut down their donations.
And frankly, AB doesn't look good here either.
They need to be fired as well.
What's really egregious with this punk "writer" is he felt the need to go to AB to get them to shut down their donations.
And frankly, AB doesn't look good here either.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 5:57 am to Homesick Tiger
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executive editor Carol Hunter
Why is he/she still with the paper?
The reporter only wrote the story. An editor (or editors) thought it was perfectly fine to publish the story as written, with the hit job in place.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:01 am to udtiger
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Why is he/she still with the paper?
According to the article she was catching hell on twitter by many people.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:09 am to Homesick Tiger
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journalist
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standards
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:12 am to Homesick Tiger
(no message)
This post was edited on 6/9/20 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:14 am to Homesick Tiger
The paper still doesn't get it. They think they handled everything properly
The only problem they see here is their reporter's past
frick all journalist scum these days. They think it's their job to ruin people
The only problem they see here is their reporter's past
frick all journalist scum these days. They think it's their job to ruin people
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:15 am to stniaSxuaeG
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Anybody surprised to see what he looks like?
Not one bit. They're all just alike in looks and thinking.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:16 am to stniaSxuaeG
They had to add DSM police protection at the paper lol. This douche is out of the state and the reg has lost over 12000 subscriptions.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:19 am to Jbird
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They had to add DSM police protection at the paper lol. This douche is out of the state and the reg has lost over 12000 subscriptions
Because the leaders STILL don't see a problem with what they did.
They only see a problem with the reporter's past
This post was edited on 9/27/19 at 6:20 am
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:21 am to Homesick Tiger
The editor should be fired as well
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:23 am to Jbird
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This douche is out of the state and the reg has lost over 12000 subscriptions.
Good. Newspapers are already dying. This may be a kill shot.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:44 am to Homesick Tiger
The thing that sucks about this is that these and other “journalists” now think it’s their job to dig into people like this once they become famous. Like it’s their public duty to end someone’s 15 minutes of fame. And they pat themselves on the back for “breaking a story.”
The truth is that it is lazy journalism. It’s the easiest thing in the world to “find dirt” on someone, because guess what... everyone has dirt. We are all imperfect people. So the hell what? Breaking news!!
You know what real journalism is? Going down to city hall, pulling a copy of the budget and combing through it like a detective to find all the waste. That is finding dirt. Not using a search engine to find a questionable tweet.
But we don’t make real reporters anymore. J-school now is just a bitch factory.
The truth is that it is lazy journalism. It’s the easiest thing in the world to “find dirt” on someone, because guess what... everyone has dirt. We are all imperfect people. So the hell what? Breaking news!!
You know what real journalism is? Going down to city hall, pulling a copy of the budget and combing through it like a detective to find all the waste. That is finding dirt. Not using a search engine to find a questionable tweet.
But we don’t make real reporters anymore. J-school now is just a bitch factory.
This post was edited on 9/27/19 at 6:45 am
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