I'll be honest I'm sick of this whole story. I'll be glad when the fundraiser is closed.
Aaron Calvin Speaks
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The editor who greenlighted the stuff about King's tweets should've been fired as well. It was her call.
You think Calvin’s tweets were more offensive than Carson’s? Agree to disagree.
This situation really exposes what this "cancel culture" is all about. The best take-away is this: "He who is without sin, cast the first stone." We each need to take a look at our own life first & think about how much we would hope that others would show a measure of grace (& forgiveness) for something stupid we did that is not commensurate with how we have lived the VAST MAJORITY of our life. I certainly would not have advocated for people to air out this reporter's dirty laundry - but if one is willing to initiate the "dirt-digging," that person should be fully prepared for others to take that same action against him/her. It's something that people, who relish the doxxing process, should carefully consider.
Except its not like the article made those tweets a centerpiece. It merely mentioned the tweets. Ironically it was people like you who got all outraged about it that made it a bigger deal than it had to be. Otherwise it would have been a one-paragraph footnote -with mitigating information showing that isnt who he is today- in an otherwise extremely positive profile.
The reporter never 'tried to ruin his life' as many morons have claimed, or tried to get him fired or anything like that, so its not like there's some hypocrisy there. Nor was there much damage in the end anyway, other Busch ending its relationship that was likely to be short-lived anyway (and they still maintained their donation). From the tweets i saw, Calvin's tweets were much like the ones that Carson's claimed to be (though we've never actually seen the exact ones from Carson because they were deleted)- mostly just quotes of other people from several years ago.
I am also not sure anyone should get fired even though I hated this. I think our urge to overreact as a society lately could use a restrictor plate. The register issued an apology and maybe it should have just been left at that. Carson shouldn’t have had to apologize for something he said as a sophomore in high school. We need to get out of the business of trying to ruin people’s lives in 24 hours for mistakes that aren’t that big of a deal in the long run.
Meh. It’s another nail in the coffin of an institution who’s time has passed. Collateral damage is to be expected while it clings to life.
I know what will make this week in CF the best ever- if we turn the King/Register/Calvin thing into a political debate.
Anyone paying attention has seen that its had those overtones from the start. I mean tucker carlson picked it up.
Could be one segment but pretty much both sides of the fence were pissed about this one. Pointing a political finger in this won’t really work.
I do think he got scapegoated and the leadership at the DMR is hoping it keeps them protected. Complete garbage all around.
I personally don’t like any of this kind of thing. I did enough stupid crap when I was young that I would be in big trouble today had we all had iPhones. I’m betting most on here are in a similar boat.
This entire situation is a debacle and there's a ton of blame to go around. The reporter should never have been hired given his history, and that's true whether he'd ever exposed Carson King's tweets or not.
But the online mob that developed in the wake of the Register story was like nothing I've ever seen, and it hasn't let up even now that the reporter lost his job. Even tonight I'm seeing tweets that essentially say, "It's a shame he got death threats, but..." People have lost their minds.
But the online mob that developed in the wake of the Register story was like nothing I've ever seen, and it hasn't let up even now that the reporter lost his job. Even tonight I'm seeing tweets that essentially say, "It's a shame he got death threats, but..." People have lost their minds.
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 mean people have to think positively of him.
I get political overtones picking a cereal in the cereal aisle at the grocery store.
Alvin has clearly shown what way he'll bend any story. But he is supposed to be part of the objective media. I think the response is more in part of the wag the dog that consumers have experienced.
This was a pretty big story nationally. Hopefully this is a start of the end of people trying to dig through tweets that are years old to throw dirt at someone. Its always seemed to stupid to me, whether it came to Carson in this instance, or athletes on draft night where this happens, ect.
Him saying he feels like people of color is like Tom Hanks saying he knows what it was like to storm the beaches of Normandy.
I don't think this kid should stay in Iowa. He clearly doesn't understand us. What a joke. I dislike him more now!...but maybe he was taken out of context!
