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NPR Defends Firing Williams as Criticism Mounts
New York Times ^
| October 23, 2010
| By BRIAN STELTER and ELIZABETH JENSEN
Posted on 10/23/2010 12:55:35 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Of the thousands of complaints that have saturated NPR in the wake of Juan Williamss firing earlier this week, some of the most telling have been from callers describing themselves as long-time viewers of NPR who warn that they are going to stop watching.
NPR, of course, does not have viewers, it has listeners. But the public radio organization has come under severe criticism largely from people who are not listeners, it believes for having fired Mr. Williams, an analyst who was employed by both NPR and Fox News when he said on Fox that he felt fearful when he saw people in Muslim garb on an airplane.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cpb; juanwilliams; ninatotenberg; npr
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To: BunnySlippers
PBS gives between a quarter and a half million dollars? What’s up with that? PBS is forever crying with its hand out. If they didn’t donate such princely sums to a fellow leftist cabal maybe we’d be spared another Pledge Week.
To: JohnHuang2
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10/23/2010 2:03:51 PM PDT
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rhema
("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
To: WilliamofCarmichael
The resemblance in ideology frequently creates a likeness of physical appearance.
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10/23/2010 2:19:13 PM PDT
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arasina
(So there.)
To: JohnHuang2
Steyn says NPR is “National Peace-be-upon-him Radio”
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10/23/2010 6:32:39 PM PDT
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combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
To: JohnHuang2
I remember when Obama was campaigning, he told about his white grandmother, when she would be walking and came across some black people she would be intimidated and cross the street, or some such story.. but for Juan to say he was intimidated by muslims is some how wrong..
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10/23/2010 8:55:34 PM PDT
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JoanneSD
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