POLITICO reporter suspended for remarks

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Politico reporter suspended after racial comment on Romney

POLITICO reporter Joe Williams has been suspended pending review of recent controversial comments he made on television and Twitter, POLITICO editors informed staff late Thursday night.

On MSNBC today, Williams made a remark suggesting Mitt Romney was only comfortable around white people. The video was first flagged by conservative website Washington Free Beacon. Breitbart.com ran the video and also flagged a series of tweets Williams had written that made fun of the Republican candidate, particularly in regard to his wealth.

"Regrettably, an unacceptable number of Joe Williams's public statements on cable and Twitter have called into question his commitment to this responsibility," POLITICO's founding editors John Harris and Jim VandeHei wrote in a memo to the staff. "His comment about Governor Romney earlier today on MSNBC fell short of our standards for fairness and judgment in an especially unfortunate way."

POLITICO reporter suspended for remarks - POLITICO.com

The race card has been played so much, when there truly is an issue it will be ignored because of "crying wolf".

 

[Zxereus]

By the way I'm not comfortable around snooty liberals.

 

[blackhawk]

Not surprised by this expect to see a lot more of it between now and November.

 

[Conservative]

good for John Harris and Jim VandeHei.