The Log Cabin Republicans, a pro-LGBT lobbying and activist group, found messages from Kaitlin Collins of CNN dating back to 2011 — when she was a student at the University of Alabama — and, none too happy about the messages, posted screenshots of them on Twitter.

Her tweets included use of the F-word on July 20, 2011, along with this comment from Collins on June 8 of that same year: “Idk [I don’t know] if I wanna room with a lesbian.”

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This led Gregory T. Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, to post screenshots of the tweets on his personal account and ask, “How can we expect fair reporting on LGBT issues from @kaitlancollins on @CNN after she tweeted this?”

In response to those messages, Collins issued an apology.

She said, “When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all.”

She added, “I regret it and apologize.”

Matt Dornic, CNN’s vice president of communications, who is gay, told the Log Cabin Republicans group that he forgave Collins for her words even though he was not at all happy to see them.

“I’m a proud gay man,” he wrote.

“And I am a proud friend of @kaitlancollins. Tho I’m disappointed that she ever used the word (even as an immature college kid), I can say with certainty it doesn’t reflect her feelings toward the LGBTQ community. She’s apologized and I accept that.”

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Dornic was not the only CNN employee unhappy with Collins’ past tweets.

Another unnamed colleague “who works close to Collins at CNN” said he or she was “personally offended” by the comments, according to the Washington Examiner.

CNN’s letting those old tweets from Collins go unpunished has also made the network a target among conservatives.

They argue the network is holding itself to a different standard than it would hold someone outside of its network with different political leanings.

As of Monday afternoon, CNN had not issued an apology or any other formal statement on Collins’ past conduct.

Collins, who is 26 years old and previously wrote for The Daily Caller, has made headlines on multiple occasions this year.

This most recently includes her actions last week, when she repeatedly tried to ask President Donald Trump about Supreme Court Justice (then-nominee) Brett Kavanaugh during a press conference on to the United States’ new pending trade agreement with Mexico and Canada (USMCA).

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Tom Joyce is a freelance writer from the South Shore of Massachusetts. He covers sports, pop culture, and politics and has contributed to The Federalist, Newsday, and other outlets.