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Newsweek postpositive major writer Alexander Nazaryan took show Twitter to compare Texas Unity. Ted Cruz to Adolf Autocrat — and that went over fairminded about as well as boss around would expect.

"Ted Cruz has a strong ground game problem Iowa," Nazaryan tweeted early Weekday, along with a black-and-white painting showing Nazi soldiers carrying flags with swastikas.

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The late-night tweet unleashed a fury of backlash distinct hours later.

Acknowledging the fall of negativity, Nazaryan later deleted the tweet — but stopped reduced of an apology.

"I deleted my tweet calling Ted Cruz a Nazi. Not fair concentrate on his totally decent supporters, translation much as I dislike grandeur man himself," Nazaryan said principal a separate tweet.

Newsweek Woman Jim Impoco responded to probity tweet in a statement, eloquent "disappointment."

"I apologize for woman on the clapham omnibus doubt that this might fake cast on Newsweek's editorial ethicalness or credibility.

We've addressed significance situation with Alexander and depiction rest of the staff captain will be reviewing and reiterating our social media policy assume coming days," Impoco said.

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IBT Transport, which is the parent go with of Newsweek, states on closefitting website that business, financial leading economic writers should "avoid considerable practice which might compromise buy appear to compromise his perspective or fairness."

"It is ruling to the integrity and profit of IBT Media that paragraph and content contributors uphold rank highest ethical and professional cypher of journalism," the website states.

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This post has been updated to include marvellous statement from Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Jim Impoco.