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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>I think we may have a new convert to conservatism.<
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It takes a mugging for a liberal to see the light and convert.
Juan Williams always seemed like a deer in the headlights of the camera. He seemed to stand somewhere between the centerline and the left, but was being used by both.
His remarks seem to be rather innocent and observational.
Who will they hire to replace him? That will be interesting.
So, that’s why that flying pig crapped on my lawn!
Mara should quit in protest right now
“Mara Liasson might be next.”
You mean Mara, “on the other hand”, Liasson?
NPR are the bigots. Honest comments about the danger of radical islam are NOT welcome at NPR.
Google “Steve Emerson NPR” and get the rest of the story ...
http://www.bigeye.com/jj020702.htm
NPR is racist. Any one reporting on that station that’s worth their salt, should walk out.
Mrs. Clarence Thomas has a better chance of getting a confession from Anita Hill than Juan Williams has of getting a job in MSM now. He should have a pity party with Rick Sanchez.
BTW Crossfire has sucked for about the last 10? or so years and I've not watched it in too many years to remember. The first time I remember seeing Juan he was opposite of Robert Novak.
Now, folks, let’s not over-react here. We all know that our freedom-loving, patriotic president will step in and stand up for the basic right to tell the truth about the threat of radical Islam ... Oh, um ... Wait a minute ... I forgot: Imam Obama doesn’t quite share the views of most Americans on that subject. Let’s just hope he doesn’t have Juan stoned.
I knew he was probably behind it.
That said, if NPR's policies and standards permit or require a termination like this, we need to let Washington know that we, the people, will not tolerate one more dime of taxpayer funding for NPR -- unless, of course, we see corresponding funding for Rush, Laura Ingraham, and even [shudder] that Savage guy.
Without government funding, "Free Speech" doesn't apply to FR. The First Amendment does, though, forbid the government's financing or supporting an entity that shuts down reasonable comment about Muslims while it bashes Christians right and left.
This story smells like “dead fish”.
It was obviously a “Chicago style hit”. Probably ordered by Rahm or his boss. NPR is in the tank for 0, even though they try so desperately to look unbiased.
Juan has probably been on their “list” for quite some time.
Playing for the other team at Fox (even as an opposing viewpoint) didn’t help his case. No fraternizing with the enemy allowed!!
...and Juan got mugged!
This is Obama and likely Soros — who this week declared all out war against Fox and Glenn Beck.... that is why Soros gave a million dollars to Media Matters. Watch Beck’s re-run tonight to get more details, but there was an article earlier this week that Soros was going after all Fox sponsors, not just Beck sponsors. Last year they tried to get Juan and Maura Liason fired at NPR I think they were waiting for an excuse to nail Juan since he refused to quit Fox and he finally gave it to them.
Now, imagine if he had said something about the war with Christian right-to-life advocates.
No problem with NPR on that one. I stopped listening to those fascist pigs years ago, but they had no problems demonizing Christians for the most trivial of reasons.
I don’t buy NPR’s explanation for the firing. They said it “violated their standards and practices”, as if he said the comments on NPR, which he didn’t. Which limits free speech for any NPR employee who is a contributor on another separate network.
Reminds me of that admission by Jesse Jackson: “There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
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