*The black reporter whose questionable comments about Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney got him fired, is speaking out.
Joe Williams, a former political reporter at Politico.com, has released an essay on TheGrio.com talking about his experience at thPolitico and why he thinks he’s a victim.
Here’s an excerpt:
As soon as the words escaped my lips, live on national television, I suspected I might have a problem. I’d used the phrase trying to explain why Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent so much time chatting with Fox News, why he’s kept the mainstream press at bay, and why he seemed so awkward and stiff around minorities.
It didn’t take long for my suspicions to be confirmed. Within hours, my Blackberry was filled with racist hate mail, my Twitter account had been ravaged, I was on indefinite suspension, and my 28-year career was in jeopardy.
The Right Wing Noise Machine — a small cabal of self-appointed watchdogs on a perpetual hunt for perceived liberal bias — had struck again.
By now, my cautionary tale is familiar: after saying Romney, a millionaire businessman, is more comfortable with around people like him was like waving a red cape waving in front of a charging bull — namely, Big Media, an arm of the late Andrew Breitbart’s online empire, and DC Caller, a web site scandal sheet run by Tucker Carlson. After rummaging through some 3,000 tweets, they cherry-picked ones designed to prove their flimsy case: that I was biased against Romney, a racist against whites and a representative of my employer’s slant against conservatives.
Read the rest of this article at The Grio
C’mon Joe.. don’t be so petulant..
The GOTea don’t ‘smear’.. that is actually their version of love man.. they are just trying to show you their brand.
I don’t think you should have been suspended BUT it’s best to be careful when accusing someone else of being racist or uncomfortable being around blacks unless you have some strong facts to back it up. I wish you the best.
The truth is the truth and this man spoke the truth. Speaking truth don’t necessarily mean that you are prejudice or racist. If he was White and said the same thing about President Obama he would not have been fired, as a matter of fact, they would have been patting him on the back and shoulder. Your time there had run its course. God has something better for you.
No Joe, you became a victim of your own making.