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Politico appears to have terminated a reporter after he trashed Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI<\/a> following his passing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Dec. 31, Pope Benedict died at the age of 95 following a battle with an illness. Following the news of his death, Politico’s cybersecurity reporter Eric Geller made clear he was not shedding a tear for the late Catholic leader.<\/p>\n

“Homophobic pedophile protector and Hitler Youth alumnus dead at 95,” Geller tweeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Geller faced intense backlash by critics for the hostile tweet, which he later walked back and took down.<\/p>\n

“I deleted the tweet about Pope Benedict that was offensive and in poor judgment,” Geller wrote.<\/p>\n

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Brad Dayspring, Politico’s vice president of marketing and communications, called Geller’s tweet “a clear violation of our social media policy and was both inaccurate and offensive.”<\/p>\n

“Violations of company policy\u2014including the social media policy\u2014are subject to an internal review process. Without commenting further on this specific matter (as it is under review), violations of company policy could result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination,” Dayspring tweeted at the time.<\/p>\n

All signs seem to indicate Geller’s tweet resulted in his termination based on his digital footprint since his attack on Pope Benedict.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Geller’s Twitter bio was changed from reading “cybersecurity reporter at @politico” to “journalist focused on cybersecurity and technology.”<\/p>\n

According to his author page on Politico’s website<\/a>, Geller has not had a story published since Dec. 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His personal website, according to the internet archives, went from labeling him to being a cybersecurity reporter at Politico” to a “cybersecurity journalist in Washington, D.C.”<\/p>\n

“I’m a journalist covering cybersecurity for Politico, including our subscription service Politico Pro. I write about cyber policy developments at the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies,” his website previously read as recently as Dec. 28, according to the Wayback Machine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It now reads, “I’m a journalist focused on cybersecurity and technology. Most recently, I spent six and a half years covering cybersecurity for Politico, where I mostly wrote about how the government protects U.S. computer networks from hackers.”<\/p>\n

Additionally, his LinkedIn profile indicates he concluded his work at Politico in January 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When asked by Fox News Digital whether Geller had been terminated from Politico, Dayspring declined to comment on “personnel or disciplinary matters” but pointed to his previous tweets<\/a> and stressed that what Geller wrote “violated company policy.”<\/p>\n

Geller did not respond to multiple requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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