NC GOP Governor Candidate Denies Commenting on Porn Site
The Facts
A Thursday report by CNN claimed that North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in that state, between the years of 2008 and 2012 made a series of controversial comments, including calling himself a "black Nazi," on a pornographic website.
The comments were connected to Robinson by CNN using biographical details and matching a shared email address between him and the username, "minisoldr." Robinson also expressed a fondness for transgender pornography and a desire to see the return of slavery to the US.
The Spin
Despite Robinson's long history of racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-transgender comments, Robinson had maintained the support of the Republican Party. So now they're stuck with someone whose campaign claims to be built on religious conservatism but has always been led by someone who spreads hate and doesn't live by the virtues he professes everyone else should.
Democrats and their allies who make up most of the mainstream media may want to convict Robinson without a proper investigation into this matter, but CNN has been less than trustworthy with its past reporting, especially when it comes to hoaxes related to conservative figures. This could be misinformation planted by Robinson's opponent to distract from the issues.
