Sarasota Herald-Tribune deletes op-ed by Proud Boy wife after backlash — but doesn’t address major conflict

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Publishing online means media outlets can edit or even delete articles that ruffle feathers, but screenshots and internet archives mean there’s a trail of evidence. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune attempted to memory hole an op-ed published on Sunday that defended the Proud Boys as simply “caring fathers,” without disclosing that the author was married to a member of the group.

The original op-ed was titled “Attacking Proud Boys does a disservice to caring school parents” and written by Melissa Radovich, who was identified at the end as merely “a mother who lives in the Sarasota County Schools district and … an executive at an area manufacturing education company.”

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