The Firing of Juan Williams From NPR

[xoxoxoBruce]

Legit news outlet? For you, but for half the population it's just left-wing bullshit, and Fox is the shining path to truth and light.

[spudcon]

Ok, I'll chime in. First, Shawnee said "Anything could mean one thing or two things or many things or most things or all things. Anywhere could mean one where or two wheres or many wheres or most wheres or all wheres." To which I respond, what about silverware or tupperware?
Then Lamplighter said "Do Catholics, Jews, or Amish in their customary attire make Juan nervous too ?
Probably not." They don't make me nervous either. Of course, I've never heard of those groups strapping on explosives to blow themselves and everyone else up, either.
Then Griff said "Juan is an idiot for giving Fox cover and NPR should be embarrassed for their inability to hire a decent right wing journalist." I agree, but when did NPR start hiring right wing journalists?
And finally, Spudcon says "NPR has been totally biased toward the left for as long as I've known. Juan Williams isn't conservative, Fox has him on to be fair and balanced, along with Geraldo."
I still wanna know about Shawnee's Tupperware.

[Shawnee123]

First, Shawnee said "Anything could mean one thing or two things or many things or most things or all things. Anywhere could mean one where or two wheres or many wheres or most wheres or all wheres." To which I respond, what about silverware or tupperware?

I made you say underwear. Oh, wait, no I didn't.

[TheMercenary]

When GD George Soros gives 1.8 million dollars to NPR and that dumb beotch CEO of NPR says that Juan is crazy and needs to take it up with his psychologist, we need to cut off the public support of NPR. I have been a loyal member of NPR since 1979. I will no longer give them a dime until the rectify this situation with Mr. Williams. And this is our state drive for money week. National Pubic Radio gets only about 2% of their money from the government, not so at the state level. They get a much higher percentage. Further, today on NPR All Things Considered, what did they do? They did not just report on the issue, they attempted to demonize Juan by emphasizing his relationship with Fox News, not the fact that he was a loyal employee for 10+ years, not that he was often a voice of reason on a majority conservative news program. No, they chose to demonize their fellow reporter. I am absolutely pissed and insulted by the actions of NPR and that idiot in charge. They need to sack that bitch if they want another dime from me....
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[TheMercenary]

Ok, so back up statements from Nina Totenberg. All people say nutty things sometimes. It does not mean they should be demonized and fired because of natural feelings he expressed. It was handled poorly and I think NPR may regret this way they dealt with it. I have been a loyal member of NPR since 1980 and I am pissed, I will not give them any money this year. Who knows, maybe next year as well, at least until they fire that idiot CEO. This is nothing more than the fact they do not like the fact he appears on Fox News. He is a welcome and refreshing voice of reason in what is otherwise a mainly conservative news program. They should be ashamed.

[Flint]

Or? Where do you get or?

[spudcon]

Merc, you may have hit on something. Maybe they are racist.

[gvidas]

Well, sheesh. He gets worried when on airplanes with Muslims?

Commercial air is by far the safest way to travel in America. Was, too, in 2001, as far as I can tell. In a world of about 6.6 billion people, there are about 1.6 billion muslims, or about one in four.

He should be completely free to be nervous around Muslims, and particularly on airplanes -- but it's completely irrational, and kinda dumb.

Firing him was probably counter-productive in terms of helping educate him, or anybody else. It seems to have, somehow, validated his paranoia.

[Shawnee123]

Naked men have very few places to hide, like, bombs and stuff.

[Lamplighter]

NPR website

Fox News Gives Juan Williams $2 Million Contract

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

NPR website

"It is an act of total censorship," Gingrich said. "I think that the U.S. Congress should investigate NPR and consider cutting off their money."

Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin — themselves possible Republican presidential candidates with similar ties to Fox — chimed in with the same call, as did others in more of a position to do so, such as South Carolina Sen. Jim Demint and Ohio Rep. John Boehner.

Oh. My. Gawd. I cannot WAIT to cast my vote against Boehner...again.

Little dogs in the tall grass, always jumping up to see what all the other dogs are doing.

[Undertoad]

This is how deeply NPR stepped in it:

From the far right, Stephen Hayes demands that Nina Totenberg should be fired for making far more partisan remarks on Inside Washington;

From the far left, Eric Boehlert demands that Mara Liasson should be fired for appearing on Fox.

And Mr Williams notes that NPR now has zero black on-air talent. They demand 100% compliance with modern political correctness which values multiculturalism and diversity above all else. As a result they have developed a monoculture with no diversity. It simply couldn't be any more ironic.

[Undertoad]

Muslims speak out against NPR's political correctness

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, told The Daily Caller that though Williams could have been more tactful, his ouster is symptomatic of the problems Americans continue to face when discussing Islam.

“As much as the way he said it was poorly chosen, the era we find ourselves — of political correctness — we are not able to address what this fear is,” Jasser said. “Anybody that starts talking about this fear gets shut down.”

Fatah agreed, saying that he did not believe that anything Williams’ said was terrible enough to lose his job. “I think it is another expression of political correctness. I didn’t find anything that he said that he deserved to be fired,” he told TheDC.

According to Jasser, the fact that the vast majority of national security threats emanate from the Muslim world makes Williams’ fear reasonable. Without open discussion, however, those concerns will never be conquered.

[Shawnee123]

And Mr Williams notes that NPR now has zero black on-air talent. They demand 100% compliance with modern political correctness which values multiculturalism and diversity above all else. As a result they have developed a monoculture with no diversity. It simply couldn't be any more ironic.

Indeed. It's almost as ironic as those who rail against "compliance" with diversity because in this compliance they may not actually be hiring the best person for the job.

[Shawnee123]

Well, we must make the distinction between "light-skinned" and "dark-skinned" blacks. Following that: Beige-ish Muslims in Levis don't bother us a'tall.