NBC reporters pushed back against a prohibition on labeling Congressman Steve King’s comments to the New York Times as “racist” without attribution. Should reporters be tossing around labels like racist? Or is it best to let the audience decide?

On this week’s edition of Beat the Press, Emily Rooney was joined by Joanna Weiss of Experience Magazine, former WCVB reporter Jorge Quiroga, Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University and Callie Crossley of WGBH News.