Politico Suspends Reporter Over Racist Romney Comments

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Politico, the Web site devoted to covering all facets of the political news cycle, said late on Thursday that it had suspended one of its White House reporters for making numerous disparaging and vulgar comments about Mitt Romney.


The reporter, Joe Williams, had a history of describing Mr. Romney and other conservatives in provocative terms on his Twitter feed. And on Thursday, after Mr. Williams appeared on MSNBC and said that Mr. Romney only appeared comfortable around “white folks,” Politico said that it had taken action.


In a memo to the staff, the Web site’s editors said his comments were regrettable and inappropriate.


“Our standards are serious, and so are the consequences for disregarding them. This is true for all Politico journalists, including an experienced and well-respected voice like Joe Williams,” the memo said.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/politico-suspends-reporter-over-romney-comments/

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'Regrettable and inappropriate' doesn't automatically mean racist.


This:
Mr. Williams appeared on MSNBC and said that Mr. Romney only appeared comfortable around “white folks,”
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is disparaging, but not racist.

These:

Mr. Williams ridiculed Mr. Romney in a variety of ways. He alluded to the now infamous Romney road trip to Canada with their dog strapped to the roof and poked fun at Mr. Romney for being out of touch. (“Jeeves knows my tastes,” he wrote in response to a remark Mr. Romney had made about food.) And when Ann Romney commented once that her husband was more relaxed than his public persona would suggest (“I guess we’d better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out!” she said), Mr. Williams fired off a crude anatomical joke.
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are disparaging and/or inappropriate - but not racist.

This:

Referring to Mr. Rommey’s frequent interviews on Fox News, and on the morning program “Fox & Friends” in particular, Mr. Williams said the candidate had a problem relating to people who weren’t like him. ”When he comes on ‘Fox & Friends,’ they’re like him. They’re white folks who are very much relaxed in their own company,” Mr. Williams said.
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Is disparaging in that it's dissing Fox and Romney for their racism. The diss itself isn't racist.

Nice try, but

FAIL
 
LOL

You really hate to admit that blacks can be just as racist as white people. If the shoe was on the other foot and a white reporter had made all those comments about Obama, liberals would be asking for the reporters head.
 
So RacistX says reporters that utter racist comments should be fired?
 
RazorX said:
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You really hate to admit that blacks can be just as racist as white people. If the shoe was on the other foot and a white reporter had made all those comments about Obama, liberals would be asking for the reporters head.
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It has nothing to do with whether or not blacks can be racist. Of course they can.

However, the reporter wasn't fired for racist remarks. He was fired for inappropriate and/or disparaging remarks.

Like I said - nice try, but

FAIL
 
RazorX said:
LOL

You really hate to admit that blacks can be just as racist as white people. If the shoe was on the other foot and a white reporter had made all those comments about Obama, liberals would be asking for the reporters head.
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White reporters, pundits and GOP spokespeople make inappropriate, disparaging, AND racist comments about Obama regularly and face no consequences. Quit whining.
 
RazorX said:
Politico, the Web site devoted to covering all facets of the political news cycle, said late on Thursday that it had suspended one of its White House reporters for making numerous disparaging and vulgar comments about Mitt Romney.


The reporter, Joe Williams, had a history of describing Mr. Romney and other conservatives in provocative terms on his Twitter feed. And on Thursday, after Mr. Williams appeared on MSNBC and said that Mr. Romney only appeared comfortable around “white folks,” Politico said that it had taken action.


In a memo to the staff, the Web site’s editors said his comments were regrettable and inappropriate.


“Our standards are serious, and so are the consequences for disregarding them. This is true for all Politico journalists, including an experienced and well-respected voice like Joe Williams,” the memo said.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/politico-suspends-reporter-over-romney-comments/

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LOL
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Right on!
 
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