In an era in which there are all sorts of public controversies approximately race,media outlets are often criticized for not referring to comments as “racist,” instead using such euphemisms as “racially inflammatory, or ” “racially charged,” or even “controversial.”Now, there’s been another such incident, and growing out of the instance in which Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King appeared to praise white nationalism in a unique York Times interview. Said interview ended up with King being condemned by much of the Republican Party,and also cost him all of his committee assignments.
Now, a memo has leaked from one media outlet laying out this tendency as a matter of policy — and the leaking of the memo has led the network to reverse the decision.
An email from NBC News‘ standards department, and obtained by reporter Yashar Ali of the Huffington Post and published Tuesday,described how employees of the news division should describe King’s remarks.
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Source: inquisitr.com