Ah, yesss, but any deviation from zee party line vill result in your IMMEDIATE execution!
Ve, at Nazi Propaganda Radio, VILL NOT TOLERATE DISSENT!
Posted on 10/20/2010 8:45:07 PM PDT by La Lydia
NPR has terminated its contract with Juan Williams, one of its senior news analysts, after he made comments about Muslims on the Fox News Channel. NPR said in a statement that it gave Mr. Williams notice of his termination on Wednesday night. The move came after Mr. Williams, who is also a Fox News political analyst, appeared on the “The O’Reilly Factor” on Monday. On the show, the host, Bill O’Reilly, asked him to respond to the notion that the United States was facing a “Muslim dilemma.” Mr. O’Reilly said, “The cold truth is that in the world today jihad, aided and abetted by some Muslim nations, is the biggest threat on the planet.”
Mr. Williams said he concurred with Mr. O’Reilly.
He continued: “I mean, look, Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.”
Mr. Williams also made reference to the Pakistani immigrant who pleaded guilty this month to trying to plant a car bomb in Times Square. “He said the war with Muslims, America’s war is just beginning, first drop of blood. I don’t think there’s any way to get away from these facts,” Mr. Williams said.
NPR said in its statement that the remarks “were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR.”
The public radio organization said it thanked him for many years of service. Mr. Williams did not immediately respond on Wednesday night to an e-mail seeking comment...
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Gee maybe Jaun will do a complete conversion to “Conservitism” right before our eyes....Taking a few of NPR followers with him.....Could turn out to be a good thing.
Have you read his book?
And when BO and Hannity finally mention the news item they always make it look like they were the ones to first report on it!
It's more that there's a Saudi prince who owns a large block of stock in Fox's parent company, and who is needed to prevent hostile takeovers. They need to keep him happy.
It's Radio Havana Cuba's Washington bureau.
Juan up next to chat with the Friends.
Karma’s a comedienne, eh Juan?
>> Mara Liason better mind her PC manners <<
She’s probably safe, because she’s Caucasian. But a “person of color” like Juan Williams apparently isn’t allowed to stray from the party line.
Juan is an odd duck. At times, he makes a lot of sense, but most of the time he’s just an Obama parrot lately.
>> What is NPR? <<
Nothingbut Pinksand Reds?
National Propaganda Radio?
National Pinko Radio?
I realize that a deal was made. But I think this is a fine example of how FoxNews should not be thought of as ‘the enemy’ — such a suspicion is not etched in stone so far as I’m concerned. Maybe that deal with the Saudis was exactly what Murchoch said — an outreach program that helps us gain influence there [instead of the other way around].
Juan just got a taxpayer-funded lynching from NPR for exerting his First Amendment rights and speaking the truth.
I always thought employment by NPR was dependent on what you think.
O’Reilly is taped earlier than shown. Isn’t Hannity, too? So that things didn’t hit the fan until later?
I was watching Follow The Money the other night on Fox Business (first time I’ve seen it) and it was Juan and Colmes on the “left” and D’amato and Monica Crowley on the “right”.
I believe Juan agreed more w/ “the right” than w/ Colmes. He had his lib views, but I remember thinking why is he on the “left”?
Bingo! We have a winner!
Hi, I’m 1cewolf and I have a confession to make - I listen to a local NPR radio station because it plays classical music.
I think this story has made it abundantly clear that it’s time for me to begin my two-step recovery program:
1) Turn it off
2) Listen to considerably large classical collection on CD instead
Ah, yesss, but any deviation from zee party line vill result in your IMMEDIATE execution!
Ve, at Nazi Propaganda Radio, VILL NOT TOLERATE DISSENT!
Thanks for the information. That explains a lot.
He did apologize and now I believe he will be grovelling again.
Heard IMUS saying Juan should have known better.
I consider Juan equal to a crash dummie on most days but I never ever once thought he should be off the air.
“Gee maybe Jaun will do a complete conversion to “Conservatism” right before our eyes....Taking a few of NPR followers with him...”
Could happen. Comments section at NPR this morning reads like FreeRepublic. All are outraged. All are defending Mr. Williams.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130712737&ps=cprs
George Soros, through the Tides Foundation, just gave 1 mil to NPR. Connect the dots.
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