• GOP lawmaker rejects racism charge: 'My son is named after a black guy'
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/396118-gop-lawmaker-rejects-racism-charge-my-son-is-named-after-a Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Va.), who is campaigning for reelection in November, said Democrats are “stupid” if they believe he is an ally of Virginia GOP Senate candidate Corey Stewart. “I don’t give a shit about Corey Stewart,” Taylor told The Virginian-Pilot. “No one else does either except for Democrats who are trying to target me. ... No one cares, except for a small teeny amount of people you met at the cupcake place. What are they trying to say? That Scott Taylor likes Corey Stewart so therefore he’s a racist?” “Do you think that’s going to play here?” Taylor continued. “My son is named after a black guy. I’m a military guy. We don’t give a shit about where you come from. Black, white, brown, gay, straight. I don’t care.” Taylor said on Twitter on Monday that his 5-year-old son, reportedly named Sterling, was named after "a black guy who was killed giving his life for them in Afghanistan." The Republican lawmaker also added he thought The Hill's report of his comments was "baselessly" editorialized and “trying to make someone out to be a racist.”
The ultimate black friend
Look, I'm not racist, my son has a black person's name! He's basically black adjacent! Could a man with a black son really be racist? You're really going to sit there and call me, a black man, racist.
black friend: galaxy brain edition
The Republican lawmaker also added he thought The Hill's report of his comments was "baselessly" editorialized and “trying to make someone out to be a racist.” This is pretty believable. The Hill editorializes the shit out of its articles and headlines. I never utilize it as a source because I've just come to expect that they're going to twist the message and omit information to get the juiciest headline/story, and that's been true for comments and stories regarding both left and right wing candidates. They manufacture controversy.
Are there any sources that show him actually being racist? Has he made comments, or performed actions, which would show he's racist? Or is it literally social media word of mouth and editorialized BS? Like BDP said, it's not exactly out of the question that media conglomerates would do this kind of stuff.
MBFC puts them almost right between least biased and left center biased with a high factual rating. The Hill covers both sides on the political spectrum and generally sources information properly, however they sometimes rush stories and have to change them after the fact.  The Hill rarely uses loaded words in their headlines and articles such as this: Trump says he won’t sign GOP’s compromise immigration bill. All news stories are sourced to either journalists in the field or credible media sources. Story selection slightly favors the left, but is generally balanced. A factual search reveals The Hill has not failed any fact checks. However, it should be noted that they have rushed to publish breaking news that needed to be corrected or removed in past. The Hill always corrects factual errors in a timely manner and therefore maintain a high factual record. But if y'all don't like it I'll stop using it.
Yeah, it does currently fall into line with the MBFC guidelines, it's still had some pretty glaring examples of poor journalistic conduct. I've specifically noticed a trend of their headlines often being heavily editorialized, even to such a degree that they appear to tell a completely different message or broadcast a completely different focus than the content of the actual article. I've seen this to the benefit and detriment of both Republicans and Democrats -- typically favoring/reporting whichever position is most controversial. There are certainly worse sources, but I personally don't utilize The Hill as a source because of their habit of editorialization. Granted, I really can't be arsed to go crawl through their archives looking for specific examples, so this is really just my personal opinion.
but thats cheating like, I could just give my kids "a black name" or "an asian name", and I'd have more immunity than an arabian diplomat
Primary source, yeah, I'd agree, probably not the best. Secondary source, maybe it's still usable. I'd say secondary with scrutiny would be fine, but I have no authority over stuff like this.
Exactly, it's a major power move
Couldn't even find a black friend? Also if you seriously weren't racist then it wouldn't be that hard to just be straightforward and say racism and nazis are bad.
Guys I'm sad that I cant run for congress because there are no black people in my area for me to be friends with
But he can't go and say that if he wants to stay with the GOP
Luria made the remarks during a weekend campaign rally with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Stewart's November opponent. She and the senator suggested that Taylor should outright reject Stewart — or else it signals that Taylor “stands with him.” “He should reject the fact that Corey Stewart stands next to racists and anti-Semites,” Luria said. “If he doesn’t have the fortitude to reject those values, then I think he stands with him.” Taylor, a former Navy SEAL, continued to say that he plans to run on his own ticket this year and not as part of Stewart’s.  “People keep writing, ‘Oh my God. Corey Stewart is going to weigh down the ticket.’ ... Did Trump weigh me down? No. Not at all. It’s crap,” Taylor added. “That empty strategy assumes that the people in Virginia 02 are too stupid to see the difference between me and someone else. And I don’t think they’re stupid. I think they’re smart.” it really doesn't seem like he stands with stewart to me
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