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10-22-2010, 02:08 PM
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Precisely. It wasn't knee-jerk intolerant irrational anxiety about Muslims that got Williams fired. It was knee-jerk intolerant irrational anxiety about Fox News, from NPR listeners.
So now a man who has written about, studied, and suffered bigotry is secretly a bigot? Pico I don't think this approach will help bring about the kind of world you want. |
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10-22-2010, 02:13 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Is it because he's black, or because of Faux news?
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10-22-2010, 02:22 PM
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I don't think it has much to do with NPR listeners.
I think it's a management/talent issue and they were looking for an excuse to fire him. NPR doesn't like FOX, and they don't like it that he was going on FOX. So they fired him over this arbitrary infraction of his job description. |
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10-22-2010, 03:49 PM
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10-22-2010, 03:58 PM
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Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB.
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Did anyone here see the whole program? I'm guessing that it's the context that makes this what it is. Without context, all this jabber... is just jabber.
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