Joe Williams, Suspended Politico Reporter, Blames Conservative Media Smear Campaign

HUFFINGTON POST:  Speaking to radio and Current TV host Bill Press, Joe Williams, who was punished for saying on MSNBC that Mitt Romney is more comfortable around “white folks,” said that there had been a “selective prosecution” against him by conservative websites like The Daily Caller and the late Andrew Breitbart’s Big Media

Speaking about the comments that got him suspended, Williams said that he “probably should have selected my words more carefully.” But he defended the broader point he had been making, and said that he thought people had understood what he meant. Asked by Press if he should apologize to Mitt Romney for saying he felt more at home with white people, Williams said, “If I apologize for that there are going to be many other people who will have to as well.”

Williams said that the right-wing outlets targeting him were nothing more than bullies…  (more)

 

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