[caption id="attachment_137853" align="alignright" width="150"] Paul McArthur[/caption] That was fast. A day after announcing the hiring of GateHouse Media senior VP Paul McArthur as regional publisher overseeing four Montana-based news outlets, Lee Enterprises has reversed its decision, confirming that McArthur will not be joining the company after all. A spokesman for Lee Enterprises declined to give a reason for the decision when reached for comment, but it would appear the likely culprit is McArthur's public Twitter account, from which he has expressed his opinions on a range of topics such as Islam and the appearance of flight attendants, and from which he more recently liked a Tweet from NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch quoting commentator Dinesh D'Souza labeling media "the enemy of truth"—a sentiment generally frowned upon in the media business. When reached by Folio:, McArthur said he was unable to comment at this time. GateHouse Media did not respond to a request for comment. Several of the Tweets have been deleted, but McArthur's likes—which at press time were still publicly visible—represent a general who's who of far-right Twitter personalities, including Loesch and D'Souza and also the actor James Woods. McArthur's online activity was primarily brought to light by Derek Brouwer, a former reporter at the Missoula Independent, who seems to have conducted this particular investigation pro bono given that Lee Enterprises shuttered that paper earlier this month amid a... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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