NBC News calls for a timid, cowering, apologetic stance on Steve King-style racism.

[Miles Archer]

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NBC News standards sent guidance to staffers telling them not to call Steve King's comments racist but instead that reporters should say, "‘what many are calling racist’ or something like that." http://bit.ly/2Hf33U1

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[gratuitous]

1. My, the liberal media is a circumspect bunch, aren't they?

How can they possibly know what's in Steve King's shrivelled little heart, unless they to a quick, short review of his other public comments?

[MontanaMama]

2. WTAF?

Do NOT reward racists. Period.

[Solly Mack]

3. Why even bother? Weak as that is.

Makes me wonder who there is worried about their own thinking.

[Midnightwalk]

4. How about

Steve King, considered a racist by everyone except NBC,...

[SunSeeker]

5. Pretty pathetic when they're more circumspect than Senate Republicans. nt

[maxsolomon]

6. Journalistic Standards

He doesn't call himself a racist.
He hasn't been proved a racist in court.

They don't want to slander.

The RWNM, they'll slander, but not NBC. They have Ethics. They hire real journalists, like Megyn Kelly.

[Qutzupalotl]

11. My thoughts as well.

Racist is an opinion or value judgement. “What many are calling racist” is factual and more appropriate for factual journalism.

[sarcasmo]

7. This explains why NBC won't call Trump a liar.

[oldlibdem]

8. Money. Always about cash!

Fool the deplorables into thinking your middle of the road so they"ll watch your network and you can rake in the ad dollars.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. what part of WHITE SUPREMACIST does NBC think is not racist?

Goodbye, NBC.

[bullwinkle428]

10. This is exactly why Trump ended up in the White House.

[leftynyc]

12. Need to update this OP

NBC has changed course

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nbc-news-steve-king-racist_us_5c3e0b48e4b0e0baf541869c

[Miles Archer]

13. I'll let the original stand, since it was legit when it happened, but here's the update at your link

UPDATE: 2:15 p.m. ― Shortly after this story was initially published Tuesday, NBC News advised its staffers it was, in fact, fair to describe Rep. Steve King’s remarks on white supremacy as “racist.”

“We revised our guidance on Rep. Steve King’s comments,” reads an email from NBC News’ standards department that was shared with HuffPost. “It is fair to characterize King’s comments as ‘racist,’ and point out that he has a history of racist comments, and the context can be shared that others hold that view as well.”