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A high-ranking employee of the Oregon Department of Forestry reportedly wanted to hire new members based on merit rather than their personal identity. 

A diversity, equity and inclusion expert had her former boss placed on administrative leave for reportedly prioritizing merit over personal identity when hiring new employees, according to a report.

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It appears that the main claim, that a "top Oregon official [was] put on leave for allegedly prioritizing 'qualified' job candidates over 'gender identity'", originated from an Oregon Live article which is subscriber-only. The news source, Fox News, and source of the article it references throughout the piece, Daily Mail, are both right-leaning and sensationalist, suggesting that the news source is biased and not necessarily high-quality. Supporting this, both of the authors of the Fox News article have written various other pieces that are pro-Trump and anti-Harris. It doesn't seem that any media outlets other than Fox News and Daily Mail are reporting on this news. Finally, the headline does align with the content in the Fox News article, but doesn't match all the information in the Daily Mail article. This claim is likely misinformation, given that the original source's headline was about the work culture, not the consideration of diversity in hiring candidates, and that "officials have not revealed the reason for his [the "top Oregon official"] absence" (Daily Mail).

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