Flatwater Free Press, Asian American Journalists Association made statements Tuesday in response to governor’s comments about the author of an investigative report he says he never read.

The Flatwater Free Press and the Asian American Journalists Association are standing by an investigative reporter after Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen called her “a Communist” when dismissing her in-depth report critical of his farming operation.

The response comes after comments the governor made regarding his family hog farming business. It’s not unusual for the target of a story to lash out at the journalist rather than take issue with the content.

Last month, Pillen took aim at Yanqi Xu, a reporter from the Flatwater Free Press, after her investigative story raised questions about the environmental impact his hog farms had on drinking water.

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    No. 1: I didn’t read it — and I won’t. No. 2: All you got to do is look at the author. The author is from Communist China. What more do you need to know?

    (emphasis mine)

    What a gigantic, ignorant, piece of shit.

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    Jesus Christ. Why not just go ahead and call her a slanteye or something if you’re going to do that? Why even bother couching it in that term when everyone knows you’re just being a racist?

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      No, no, no. You’ve got it wrong. The truth, and journalism in general, is not valid if it comes from a communist.

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          Yes, definitively something about racism/and stereotyping. But you know, you also gotta through in those buzz words every once in a while when being attacked. /s

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    SLAM!

    Journalism these days is slowly turning into a 60’s Batman comic.

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    “Pig piss, shit, and decaying remains in your drinking water? Nevermind that; look there it’s a slant eye!”. – Governor Pillen

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    Oh no, a communist! Be careful, she might… try to ensure that everyone is taken care of?

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      Well unless they’re of the leninist variety and you disagree with them. Well I guess they still "take care of you” depending on how loose you define taking care. But yes, small c communist are pretty chill.

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    We need to start adding new words to describe these “slams”. I suggest suplex and atomic drop

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    It pisses me off not that some asshole is a douchebag but that his followers on the red team will blindly repeat and standby his words.