The Boston Globe's boston.com this morning was silent amid a furor of criticism over their article mocking death threats aimed at Republican House Speaker John Boehner.
Boston.com spokeswoman Mary Zanor did not return an email or call for comment today.
The story, written by Boston.com associate editor Victor Paul Alvarez and posted on the website's "Top News" section last evening, was headlined "Would Anyone Have Noticed if Bartender Succeeded in Poisoning John Boehner?"
"The question is: Would anyone have noticed? Stories about Boehner's drinking have circulated for years. His drinking inspired a blog called DrunkBoehner, and in 2010 he brought booze back to Washington," the story read. "Had he been poisoned as planned, perhaps his pickled liver could have filtered out the toxins."
The cutline on the Associated Press photo attached to the story reads: "House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, has been known to get hammered from time to time."
Michael R. Hoyt, 44, of Deer Park, Ohio, was indicted in federal court last week. He had tended bar at the Wetherington Country Club, where Boehner is a member.
In an email to Boehner's wife, Hoyt wrote: "If I had any intention of hurting Mr. Boehner, I could have poisoned his wine at Wetherington many, many times," according to a criminal complaint.
The boston.com story prompted immediate outrage online, both in the story's comments section and on social media.
"It's hate speech," wrote one commenter. "If a commenter said this about Obama, the FBI would be at their door."
Another commenter said, "This piece goes over the line. Remove it, please."
There was also backlash on Twitter.
"Imagine a plot involving the assassination of Obama getting this sort of treatment from the media," wrote one tweeter.
Another wrote: "To Boston.com, John Boehner's death would be funny. This hateful column is featured as "Top News."
"Boston.com does satire now?" tweeted Sue O'Connell, co-publisher of Bay Windows, "Then they should hire an satirist."
At about 9:30 this morning — about 14 hours after the story was posted — the sentence referencing Boehner's liver was removed. At the bottom of the story, an "editor's note" was added: "A previous version of this article made an unsubstantiated reference to the health of Speaker Boehner."
Boston.com is owned by Boston Globe Media Partners LLC.
The flap is the second in a month for boston.com, which in December suspended the site's deputy editor for creating a T-shirt that mocked a Harvard professor who, she reported, had sent emails to a Chinese restaurant complaining about his takeout bill. Boston.com had to pull a follow-up story Hilary Sargent wrote claiming the professor had emailed a racial slur to the restaurant.
In the Boehner case, the suspect had told police he was "going to shoot Boehner and take off" and that he had a loaded .380 Beretta automatic handgun. Police later recovered a Beretta from his home, records state.
After he called 911 in October, Hoyt was committed to a mental facility. On Dec. 16, he was transferred to the Bay State's Devens Federal Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation, according to court records.
The complaint says Hoyt was treated for a previous psychotic episode about two years ago. He was prescribed medication, "which he voluntarily stopped taking" about six months ago, the complaint states.
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