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The Cincinnati Enquirer was called out Friday for doxxing the home address of a family that had donated money to a school board candidate through Venmo.
The Gannett-owned paper published a story on Thursday looking into the legality of political donations accepted by local school board challengers Russ Loges and Darbi Boddy on the popular money-exchanging app.
However, as pointed out by political strategist John Ashbrook, the Enquirer shared screenshots of Venmo that revealed the home address of one of Boddy’s Venmo donors on its website.
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“The Cincinnati Enquirer just doxxed a middle class family from West Chester over the school board issue,” Ashbrook tweeted.
Ashbrook also highlighted that the Venmo screenshot was also shared on the Enquirer’s Twitter page.
The Enquirer faced backlash on social media, including from prominent Ohio Republicans.
“This is absolutely unacceptable. I’d expect national journalists to harass families, but not our local paper,” Cincinnati native and Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance reacted.
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“Labeled a ‘domestic terrorist’, doxxed by the media – THIS is what concerned parents are dealing with when they’re just trying to exercise their right to free speech, have a say over their children’s education, and protect their kids. Absolutely unacceptable,” tweeted Jane Timken, the former Ohio Republican Party chair who is also running for Senate.
The screenshot was later scrubbed by the Enquirer following the negative attention.
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