This really shouldn't be a political issue. The Register and Calvin both screwed up. Reporting on tweets from grade school crossed a line, especially when more recent tweets were a 180 (strongly against racism). Without the public rallying to his side the Carson King story would have ended on a negative note thanks to DMR. It was ironic that he had a bunch of controversial tweets himself. Obviously threats or wishing physical harm are very wrong, but it doesn't't mean I have to think positively of him.
Calvin said it’s standard practice for them to review social media for stories like this, and the question of whether to include it went to the editorial board, so I don’t see how hardly any of this is on him. Assuming he’s telling the truth about the social media stuff.
I would think most papers would check the social media of unfamiliar people when doing a profile on them, just to make sure they don’t write a glowing profile of a somebody who looks like Hitler reincarnate on twitter. They don’t want to be embarrassed by missing this stuff.
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