NPR's Firing of Juan Williams Was Poorly Handled

NPR.org ^ | 10/21/2010 | ALICIA SHEPARD

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Yesterday morning he stated that NPR does not need funding from the government to operate. He said if they lost their funding they should have no difficulties. That he said this is an important point, I believe.

[Mark was here]

This episode is such a fun train wreck.

[ex-Texan]

Put all the Blame on the evil money man who owns Obama and controls his strings:

That Mad Media Monster George Soros !

Excerpt:

Fox News is Mr. Williams’ other employer and the place where he made his controversial statement about Muslims. Mr. Soros recently donated $1.8 million to NPR, seen by conservative critics (and certainly by Mr. Beck) as proof (a) that NPR is a liberal mouthpiece and (b) that billionaire Soros pressured NPR to get rid of Williams.

“Up until then, opinions by NPR correspondents and analysts had been expressed in abundance, but Williams' statement on Fox, because it was expressed on Fox, amounted to apostasy,” editorializes Investor’s Business Daily. “The firing sends a message that Fox is beyond the pale and must be silenced.”

The fall-out from William’s dismissal has been sharp and swift, and it’s likely to continue.

On NPR’s web site, ombudsman Alicia Shepard reported that thousands of comments had caused the organization’s “Contact Us” form to crash. * * *

I just wish the old bastard was dead already . . . LOL LOL ! !

[Quix]

INDEED.

[goat granny]

hateful or hate filled is exactly the right term...they are only afraid of being outed. That shows their hate toward those not like themselves.....the old biddy was probably at the tail end of menopause and had an opportunity to take it out on a male, a black one at that....(or a bad case of PMS)

I think most of the people at PBS or CPB only like limp wristed men anyway...someone they can bully

[stephenjohnbanker]

Defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or this will go on forever.