NPR said:NPR Fires News Analyst After Remarks About Muslims
by The Associated Press
WASHINGTON October 21, 2010, 10:04 am ET
Longtime news analyst Juan Williams, who has written extensively on race and civil rights, has been fired by National Public Radio after comments he made about Muslims on the Fox News Channel.
NPR issued a statement late Wednesday saying his contract as a senior news analyst was being terminated after Williams' comments Monday on "The O'Reilly Factor."
Host Bill O'Reilly brought on guests to discuss his appearance last week on ABC's "The View" during which Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg walked off the set in protest of O'Reilly's views on Muslims.
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What's the problem? He still has a job at Fox doesn't he?
I'm not sure how that works. His being a nightly guest of Fox may have been an assignment from NPR.
George Soros just gave a bunch of money to NPR. He's on a mission to get Fox News off the air. Juan is employed at Fox News. Logical conclusion.
"But when I get on a 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."
Poor Fox news. If only their owner was rich.
Do you agree with his mission?
Wrong in alot of ways. I see how he got the axe. Should he have? No. I would of rather this evolved into some sort of discussion on NPR and they kept him around.
I don't think it's wrong. I think he was saying what many Americans feel. Does NPR not want people who are honest about their feelings if those feelings are not considered politically-correct?
This whole thing about Juan Williams is ridiculous, but I would expect nothing less from the communist National Propaganda Radio station.
Juan has just discovered that calling himself a liberal is not the same today as it was 30 years ago.
It's a sad day in America, because we just witnessed our federally funded, National Public Radio, decide that political correctness is more important than being honest.
It's a sad day in America, because we just witnessed our federally funded, National Public Radio, decide that political correctness is more important than being honest.
:lamoImagine all the Muslims listeners that NPR almost lost.
NPR terminated the contract of Juan Williams on Wednesday after comments the veteran journalist and news analyst made about Muslims on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor."
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly stirred up controversy last week on "The View" after making the blanket statement that "Muslims killed us on 9/11," a comment that led to co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg walking off the set.
On Monday, O'Reilly asked Williams if there is a "Muslim dilemma" in the United States. The NPR analyst and longtime Fox News contributor agreed with O'Reilly that such a thing exists, and added that "political correctness can lead to some kind of paralysis where you don't address reality."
"I mean, look, Bill, I'm not a bigot," Williams continued. "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."
The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan wrote Wednesday morning that Williams' statement about fearing Muslims on planes is an example of bigotry. "What if someone said that they saw a black man walking down the street in classic thug get-up," Sullivan wrote. "Would a white person be a bigot [if] he assumed he was going to mug him?"
But I'm sure that there are still some people out there who when they get on a plane, if they see people who are in Muslim garb and they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I'm sure they get worried. They get nervous.
Yeah, 30 years ago being a liberal was a lot better than it is today. Maybe you'd like to push your idea of how liberals were treated to say... 1820?
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