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| NPR Fires Juan William for Common-Sense Muslim Remarks |
| 2010-10-21 |
| Williams responded: "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." Williams also warned O'Reilly against blaming all Muslims for "extremists," saying Christians shouldn't be blamed for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Whoa! Careful with that feather, you almost knocked me over! But strong criticism followed Williams' comments. Late Wednesday night, NPR issued a statement praising Williams as a valuable contributor but saying it had given him notice that it is severing his contract. "His remarks on The O'Reilly Factor this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR," the statement read. Couldn't have anything to do with the 1.8 million Soros just gave NPR |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #22 As I recall, Mr. Williams is no saint. He's said some pretty insulting things about the right side of the spectrum in the fairly recent past. I look forward to discovering whether this was the moment he discovered his inner classical liberal/neocon, or if he just had a single moment of clarity. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-21 23:30 |
| #21 On top of the delicious irony list... William agreed to a 3 year, $2 million dollar contract with Fox News, which is a substantial bump from his former salary. Please don't throw him into the brier patch NPR!!! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-10-21 18:08 |
| #20 Whoopie and the women of 'The View' will send Juan an invite? |
| Posted by: wr 2010-10-21 17:17 |
| #19 Fresh Error. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-10-21 16:24 |
| #18 The Thomas Jefferson Cower. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-10-21 16:18 |
| #17 All Things Considered.... Except That |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2010-10-21 16:10 |
| #16 Remember, it's Pledge Week. Be sure to call in to your local NPR station and support "free" |
| Posted by: Your Local NPR Station 2010-10-21 16:06 |
| #15 "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." General George S. Patton Jr. "All glory is fleeting." General George S. Patton Jr. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-10-21 15:48 |
| #14 NPR CEO: Williams' Views Should Stay Between Himself And 'His Psychiatrist' |
| Posted by: Beavis 2010-10-21 15:35 |
| #13 CAIR's Ibrahim |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-10-21 15:33 |
| #12 Williams is not a parrot; wonder how long they have been looking for a reason. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-10-21 14:53 |
| #11 Maybe Powell was just not democratic enough, Thing. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-10-21 13:01 |
| #10 Oh sure, they were calling the highest ranking African American official in America's history an "Uncle Tom". But hey...that's satire. And besides he's a Republican. He is? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-10-21 12:52 |
| #9 NPR acted stupidly. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2010-10-21 12:29 |
| #8 "His remarks on The O'Reilly Factor this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR," Yeah right. They were looking for any little thing to give him the hook. Williams was an “analyst” for NPR – not a correspondent. That status was specifically created to allow news organizations great latitude in distancing themselves from controversial comments made by staff. Does the name Daniel Schorr ring a bell? And then there’s NPR contributors Bruce Kluger and David Slavin who are currently on the NPR payroll. They used to write a satirical piece in Salon spoofing to be internal memos of the Bush Administration. In one of their bits they muse about something called "Operation We Have to Get Black People to Like Us." One can’t help but wonder how does the following quote from that piece gell with NPR’s high “standards”? I opened the papers to see a shot of our esteemed secretary of state, Colin "Dove Bar" Powell, singing karaoke to the Japanese foreign minister. Oh sure, they were calling the highest ranking African American official in America’s history an “Uncle Tom”. But hey…that’s satire. And besides he's a Republican. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-10-21 12:23 |
| #7 NPR applies Political Correctness Shariah. Similar to Islamic Shariah but no restrictions on pork. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-10-21 11:41 |
| #6 Heh, more calls to de-fund NPR, this time from Huckabee. Ain't ever gonna happen, but it is interesting to see more calls for it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-10-21 11:35 |
| #5 Soros also just used a front organization, the Open Society Foundations, to give 100 reporters, bought and paid for, to NPR, to report news at the State level. "...the journalists would not be part of typical statehouse coverage, but instead would work on enterprise journalism that looks at how state government decisions play out over years, and extend beyond a single stateÂ’s borders." "Enterprise Journalism" aka "Investigative Journalism" aka "Muckraking" aka "Yellow Journalism". Techniques may include exaggeration of news events, scandal-mongering, imaginary sources and sensationalism. Often is it politically oriented attack journalism sponsored by one organization against another. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-10-21 10:18 |
| #4 NPR shouldn't be possessive They should not be publicly funded doctrinaire dickheads, either. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-10-21 10:16 |
| #3 Interesting. I've heard NPR 'Reporters" call Tea Partiers Insurgents, rascists, and bigots. I very seldom listen to NPR. Even the local station has stopped playing music and runs re-runs of Democracy Now, Fresh Air, and the BBC all day. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-10-21 10:11 |
| #2 Sounds like Juan just needed to get out of his contract so he could go to work for Fox full time. And shame on him for having personal opinions. Everyone knows that only people without agendas or opinions work for NPR. [spit] |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-10-21 10:07 |
| #1 Mods can you fix my headline? I combined 2. NPR shouldn't be possessive, sorry |
| Posted by: Beavis 2010-10-21 09:34 |