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IS REALLY CONCUSSION INSURANCE. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING THE DES MOINES REGISTER SAYS THE REPORTER WHO UNCOVERED THE RACIST TWEETS MADE BY CARSON KING YEARS AGO IS NO LONGER WITH THE PAPER. KCCI’S MAX DIEKNEITE IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY. MAX: THAT REPORTER CAME UNDER FIRE AFTER READERS DISCOVERED INAPPROPRIATE TWEETS OF HIS OWN. KING, OF COURSE, BECAME FAMOUS FOR HOLDING UP A SIGN ASKING FOR MONEY FOR BUSCH LIGHT ON COLLEGE GAMEDAY IN AMES. HE’S SINCE RAISED $1.7 MILLION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA STEAD FAMILY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE REGISTER UNCOVERED OFFENSIVE TWEETS HE POSTED WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. KING HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY TO APOLOGIZE. THAT NIGHT, THE REGISTER MENTIONED THE TWEETS AS PART OF A PROFILE STORY ON KING, AND THEY’VE FACED EXTREME BACKLASH EVER SINCE. ABOUT 90 MINUTES AGO, THE PAPER POSTED AN ARTICLE TO ITS READERS ONLINE. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CAROL HUNTER SAYS THE PAPER IS REVISING ITS POLICIES AND PRACTICES, IN RESPONSE TO ITS HANDLING OF THE STORY. SHE SAYS THEY’RE CONSIDERING HOW THEY GO ABOUT BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR PEOPLE THEY FEATURE AS WELL AS HOW SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS REFLECT A PERSON’S NEWSWORTHINESS, IN GENERAL. FINALLY, THEY’LL BE LOOKING AT THEIR SCREENING POLICY AND SOCIAL MEDIA VETTING, FOR THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES. AFTER ANHEUSER BUSCH CUT TIES WITH KING, SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINE

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Reporter Aaron Calvin, who received backlash from a report Tuesday that unearthed tweets from Carson King, is "no longer with the Des Moines Register," the newspaper's editor, Carol Hunter, wrote in an editorial Thursday night.King is the Iowa State fan who has raised over $1 million for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital after appearing on ESPN's "College GameDay" program holding a sign asking for beer money.After Calvin called attention to an offensive social media post King made when he was 16 years old and Anheuser-Busch announced the company would sever ties with the viral star, readers were quick to point out and respond with several examples of posts from a Des Moines Register reporter that were also offensive.In response, the Register replied, “The Register is aware of reports of inappropriate social media posts by one of our staffers, and an investigation has begun.”In an editorial Thursday, titled "We hear you. You're angry. Here's what we're doing about it.", Hunter said the Register is revising its policies and reported Calvin's departure from the paper. The article did not say whether Calvin was fired or resigned."We’re revising our policies and practices, including those that did not uncover our own reporter’s past inappropriate social media postings," Hunter said. "That reporter is no longer with the Register." The Register has never directly named Calvin in any of its public statements relating to its internal investigation thus far, but Calvin's biography on the paper's website now refers to his employment status in the past tense.Calvin protected his professional Twitter account after users pointed out his past tweets. Prior to doing so, he apologized for posting "inappropriate or insensitive" tweets."Until readers called to our attention some inappropriate posts from several years ago, the Register was unaware of them," Hunter wrote, explaining that its screening process did not surface any inappropriate tweets. "We took appropriate action because there is nothing more important in journalism than having readers’ trust.""Register employees additionally must review and agree to a company-wide social media policy that includes a statement that employees 'do not post comments that include discriminatory remarks, harassment, threats of violence or similar content,'" she said."We also have policies that speak to our company values."Stay with KCCI for more on this developing story.