After learning about the Des Moines Register Case, I was torn in my feelings towards it. On one hand I would say it is right to know the whole story about someone so you can be aware of whom you are supporting. But on the other hand, how far is too far? I think the reporter went a little too far back, after all he said that when he was a teenager and has grown up.

I’m not sure if the paper was right in firing, because after all he was just doing his job. But since the man already commented and apologized for his comments, the man should have regarded that and left it out.

If I were the reporter I would not have printed the profile, especially since he had some of his own racist comments, thus deeming his information hypocritical. Overall, I thought that there needs to be a sense of “will this help or will this hurt”.