Martin Bashir nods with earnestness…

Martin Bashir June 21.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Andrew Beaujon: Politico suspends Joe Williams for racially tinged remarks about Romney

Politico has suspended its White House correspondent, Joe Williams, for remarks he made on Martin Bashir’s MSNBC show Thursday. Williams’ “comment about Governor Romney earlier today on MSNBC fell short of our standards for fairness and judgment in an especially unfortunate way,” Politico editors John Harris and Jim VandeHei wrote in a memo to staff.

Flashback: Politico’s Kenneth Vogel allegedly calls a Black Waiter a “N***er”