Left-wing Salt Lake Tribune reporter Bryan Schott has been fired after he offered to buy sexually explicit books for high schoolers in Utah, per sources at the Utah legislature. He posted his intentions on social media and backlash promptly ensued.
On Thursday, Schott took all his associations with the Salt Lake Tribune off his social media profiles and posted: “When news outlets that are supposedly protectors of the first amendment try to curry favor with the far right and wannabe fascists, you should take a hard look at whether that organization is serving the public.”
Earlier last week, Schott posted a list of books that had been taken out of Utah’s public school system that included novels such as “Blankets” by Craig Thompson as well as “Milk and Honey” by Rupi Kaur. In response to Utah taking the list of books out of schools, Schott posted, “These books are now banned in every school library. If you are a high school student who wants to read one of these books (and your parents say it’s ok) I will purchase it for you.”
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