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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Using these standards, there is no logical way that NPR can support or endorse barack obama.
He has admitted much more prejudice in his numerous biographies.
I’m with you...Williams is about the only leftist on FOX that doesn’t cause me to start throwing things at the TV...most of the time.
Its a fair bet it won't be somebody honest.
I never cared much for most of Juan William's political views. But I generally respected him for his honesty.
Put this on the list, absolutely.
New Republicans - just get it done; damn the torpedos.
The left continues to eat it’s own.
Yours is a good take on Williams. I actually like listening to him because he occasionally surprises...all the rest of the lib hacks are so predictable; at least Williams occasionally speaks from his heart, and got fired for it.
I think what got him fired is that, “he agreed with Bill O’Reilly”.
Regards
Ah, but while those on NPR have no problem with discussing their fear of this nation's Christian Right, Williams crossed the Left's line -- clearly on display at NPR -- of daring to speak of his concern with Islamic ROT (Religion of Terror).
Ah, but while those on NPR have no problem with discussing their fear of this nation's Christian Right, Williams crossed the Left's line -- clearly on display at NPR -- of daring to speak of his concern with Islamic ROT (Religion of Terror).
LOL...me too...you just know the guy isn't long for NPR when FReepers are defending him.
This is internal Democrat politics.
They'll replace him with one of the Capitol Hill staffers who are going to be fired after the election.
There are probably some Freepers who could name the candidates!
If you have time, wander over to the npr site and read the comments...they are more scathing than FReep.
Liberals that are cheering the firing of Juan Williams are the same people that protested the firing of Helen Thomas over her remarks about Jews. How do you reconcile that?
Remember, it's not just the Congress-Critters at risk, it's their staff!
The deal is totally impersonal ~ true to their calling, the concentration camp managers at NPR hang a number on you and that's the end of that.
We better remind the new Congress who put them there and force them to take overdue action to begin defunding NPR. The GOP has been too timid to take on the media on tough issues.
Rush is right!
Wow ... Even the libs are upset with the government-funded opinion station they consider "moderate" and "even-balanced".
Direct link to comments (sorry I forgot how to post an active link, but really worth a quick visit):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/storyComments.php?storyId=130712737&pageNum=2&pPageNum=2
Juan will be fine at FoxNews and it might be interesting to hear the opinions of a Liberal Not bound to do other than speak his mind.
But now we'll see him more on Fox. Ugh....
Liberal: “Don’t judge all Muslims just because a few million want to kill Americans.”
Liberal: “Everyone who disagrees with us is a racist! We know because we saw a few signs out of thousands last March. They are all RACISTS.”
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