A reporter who tried to tarnish the reputation of Republican Blake Masters, who is a candidate in the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Arizona, has been fired after past social media postings were revealed.<\/p>\n

Dillon Rosenblatt, a reporter for the small, nonprofit news outlet the Arizona Mirror<\/a>,\u00a0 lost his job, according to the Arizona Daily Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Masters took to Twitter to publish a link to a file that had six pages of screenshots of racist and misogynist tweets posted in 2011 and 2012 by a poster named @DillonReedRose, which the Mirror later confirmed was Rosenblatt. (Warning: Some of the language is vile. The link is here<\/a>.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a>, States Newsroom, which owns the Arizona Mirror, said a reporter was fired, without naming names, and added that the company has \u201czero tolerance for racism, misogyny, and any forms of hate speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to holding ourselves and our reporters to the highest ethical standards, learning from our mistakes and producing the type of non-partisan, high-quality journalism that our readers expect,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Blake Masters (@bgmasters) June 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The statement said, \u201cthis journalist\u2019s conduct\u201d while at the Mirror would be reviewed.<\/p>\n
Masters appears to be taking a page out of former President Donald Trump\u2019s playbook when it comes to aggressively dealing with liberal media outlets. Maybe that aggressiveness is why he has Trump\u2019s endorsement in the race:<\/p>\n
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BREAKING: TRUMP ENDORSES BLAKE MASTERS IN ARIZONA SENATE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY pic.twitter.com\/2lG860Ggjx<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) June 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Master said he was simply responding to what Rosenblatt had done.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe lied about my past writings. Why shouldn\u2019t I tell the truth about his,\u201d Masters said, according to the Daily Independent, an online news outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n
On May 6, Rosenblatt wrote an article<\/a> about Masters that later required<\/a> the Mirror to issue a correction.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn earlier version of this article incorrectly characterized other media reports as saying that Blake Masters had \u2018praised\u2019 Nazi leader Hermann Goering,\u201d the Editor\u2019s Note stated.<\/p>\n
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The publication in question simply called the words of Goering \u201cpoignant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy,\u201d states the quotation from Goering.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Is it fair game to dredge up old social media comments?<\/p>\n
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\nYes: 89% (1152 Votes)\n<\/p>\n
\nNo: 11% (147 Votes)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
According to the liberal fact-checking site Snopes<\/a>, the quote comes from a conversation an American intelligence officer and psychologist had with Goering in the Nazi leader\u2019s cell during his post-war trial in Nuremberg, Germany.<\/p>\n
After the publication of the May 6 piece, Masters<\/a> indicated that after the election he might sue the Mirror.<\/p>\n
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Hey @ArizonaMirror<\/a> and @DillonReedRose<\/a>: preserve your documents! If I get any free time after winning my elections then you\u2019re getting sued, and I\u2019ll easily prove actual malice. Gawker found out the hard way and you will too. https:\/\/t.co\/HPBD0ZOYsr<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Vp68ScJaTp<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Blake Masters (@bgmasters) May 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cIf spreading false progressive political propaganda under the guise of \u2018reporting\u2019 were an Olympic sport, you would be on the podium,\u201d Kory Langhofer, an attorney for Masters, wrote in a letter sent to the Mirror that Masters posted to Twitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut be prepared for the consequences of your business model of subverting facts, for consequences are indeed coming,\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n
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