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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The liberal babe who wished death on Rush Limbaugh recently (when he had that heart scare last winter) still works for NPR.
Huffington Post is funded by Tides Foundation. Soros and Heinz-Kerry are Tides.
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Liberals are sooooooooo tolerant of diverse viewpoints.
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Maybe Juan will turn into a Bernie Goldberg and expose them from his perscective inside NPR.
It is not safe to speak ill of Muslims with this Muslim president.
Mara Liason better mind her PC manners.
Mayvbe now Juan can get a real job and stop shilling for the real racists, the democRAT party.
And the left continue to eat their own. I wonder who’s on the menu next????
Williams is a million times better than Allen Combs.
Why are liberals so infatuated with Muslims,
Someone please explain this to me?
“Juan Williams always seemed like a deer in the headlights of the camera.”
You beat me to it...This was my post that was to go on the duplicate thread, but it was locked..
Juan Williams always seemed like a deer in the headlights on the camera. I always referred to him as “Juan the Moron”.
NPR is racist, but that is to be expected. After all, NPR is liberal.
NPR and PBS never should hve received public money (it’s unconstitutional.) This would be a good time to cut them off.
NPR is racist and intolerant of any opposing voice that isn’t PC.
When all else fails
BLAME THE DAME
It is the Muzzie way...
My wife worked with him way back when he was a teacher at Friend's Central School in Philadelphia. She said he was a very decent guy but, hold your breath, a liberal. I like the guy but I notice he seems a little irrational in his defense of Obama.
I thought it was Media Matters that Soros gave the money to?
I heard her political reports during the 2008 campaign. She was embedded in the McCain camp and she spoke glowingly of Obama.
Because Democrats hate America. The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend.
It infuriates me that our tax dollars pay for that crap.
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