NPR Fires Juan Williams For Telling the Truth

jmimac351

that he is a black journalist who sometimes does not sound liberal enough. I’m certain the whole Fox News thing has been getting under his colleagues’ snakeskin for a long time. Juan Williams seems to be one of the few liberals on TV who you can have a conversation with and it not seem like you are talking to a brainwashed robot. Pat Caddell is another. I like the guy even though he drinks the Kool Aid. At least he doesn’t make we want to chuck a lamp at my tv.

Yet another victim of liberalism. Maybe Juan can talk to Dick Morris about this.

http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/ reaganiterepublicanresistance

Put these taxpayer-funded statist Rockettes on the list

They were right to fear the TEA Party, I guess… we will ensure
their little ministry is toast, of that you can be sure

Doc Holliday

Everyone should call them out for toting the Demonrat talking points. Williams is a liberal, but he speaks his mind, that must have grated at NPR. I told them the next Congress should end their funding, I think we should all tell them that.

bigmaude

I think I heard George Soros gave money so NPR could hire 100 new journalists at NPR? I’m still in bed, so if I’m wrong, my bad..zzzzzz

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

Not to sound too apocalyptic. But there are some verses that describe how those who are wicked will become even more wicked and will not be able to tolerate the honest among them. The wheat will be separated from the chaff.

That is what is happening in our society. As the left becomes more and more unhinged they lose all respect, credibility, and alienate those who might agree with them most of the time.

Juan WIlliams is already a very very rare person. A left winger who is honest and willing to look at both sides of an argument. Soon there will be none left like him.

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

Not to sound too apocalyptic. But there are some verses that describe how those who are wicked will become even more wicked and will not be able to tolerate the honest among them. The wheat will be separated from the chaff.

That is what is happening in our society. As the left becomes more and more unhinged they lose all respect, credibility, and alienate those who might agree with them most of the time.

Juan WIlliams is already a very very rare person. A left winger who is honest and willing to look at both sides of an argument. Soon there will be none left like him.

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

Along with de-funding the NEA. Just one more indictment of the big government Rino Republicans who did not eliminate ONE SINGLE program when they had the chance.

And these idiots still don’t understand why we are so angry with them.

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

Along with de-funding the NEA. Just one more indictment of the big government Rino Republicans who did not eliminate ONE SINGLE program when they had the chance.

And these idiots still don’t understand why we are so angry with them.

thalpy

NPR should investigate the topic of irreconcilable differences. They would discover them and us.

mirac777

Kind of funny how Soros makes another move using comminist propaganda and cash to try to shut FoxNews up with the pathetic MediaMatters and Huffington liberal rag sites.Then,this same week NPR fires Williams because of him going on Foxnews. These are great reasons to keep on hammering the left.12 more days until we really show them what true Americans are all about.

I dont personally like Williams, but he earned my respect by simply being willing to talk out an issue, instead of trying to bury it under liberal doublespeak. Chavez has a dictatorship in Venezuela that built its power by doing these same things. Shutting down any dissenting opinions or talk.The left is desperate.Millions of true Americans being called racists and bigots for standing up for American principles.People being paid to spread the Socialist propaganda and lie about people. Liberal bloggers, so pathetic that they have to pose as Conservatives, and then go into sites telling phony lies about the GOP. A truly pathetic bunch if ever there was one.
They exposed themselves as being nothing more than a bunch of anti-American radical Socialists at the Onenation rally. Every day more toss-up races are leaning Republican and Teaparty.Each day the left get whipped more, the attacks will get worse.Tthey have nothing but an Anti-American platform in America.Hold your ground. Stick to our principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, and personal responsibility. The welfare class doesn’t outnumber the working class yet.We will turn this country back around towards true American values.

Boot the Socialists in 2010/2012

minncon

… but to tell you the truth, I didn’t mean most of it (except the de-funding part). Both Juan Williams and the republic are better off when NPR shows its true colors, and becomes increasingly irrelevant. Hmmm… would I rather be a commentator on NPR (with its close-minded 1 or 2% of the total listening/viewing audience)… or Fox?

And don’t forget the effect this dismissal is going to have on the rest of NPR’s “name” correspondents and anchors? Perhaps Roger Ailes should get out the checkbook and make a raid over there, right about now, and burnish Fox’s reputation for airing all sides of a story.

throwback59

person. While I often disagree with his positions on Fox, I never doubt that this man is a patriot, one of the few liberals I can say that about.
Wish him the best, hope he gets another gig and more air time on Fox.
Seeing a pattern here, first O’Reilly, now Williams, MSM is trying to deconstruct any connection between Islam & terrorism.

mirac777

The left had to operate like poisonous snakes hiding in the grass, lest the people see their true colors and the dange they pose to our country. They exposed themselves at the Onenation rally. Progressive= Communists, Socialists, extreme Anti-American radicals and Race-based fear-mongers.They were all at the Onenation rally for all to see. As I explained before Socialist saturday, that rally would be a great point in American history where the left exposed themselves to true Americans. And they sure did.

Now that they have come out of the closet, so-to-speak, they have no problems using Communistic attacks on the media like firing Williams and the head Communist, George Soros had no problem publicly putting up millions of dollars to take control of the NPR, Huffington Post and Media Matters.You can hire a million new members of Jornolist propagandists and it wont stop the tital wave of true Americans bvooting the Socialists out of our Gov’t, period. Thanks to the One nation rally, Soros and the liberal-Democrats are shown to be nothing more than Anti-Americans. They will never shut down the teaparty or FoxNews. We outnumber them. Remember that.

holystone

Dear Sir/Madam;

Let me give you some “tea bagger” talk. I don’t generally agree with Mr. William’s positions on the issues but he is a thoughtful and considerate commentator on the issues of the day from a left of center perspective. Your recent dismissal of him for making a comment that he is “uncomfortable” when he sees muslims in religious garb on an aircraft is disgusting in its adherence to a government narrative that there are no muslim terrorists only “man caused contingincies” . Meanwhile your great debate moderator and spokesperson Gwen Iffel doesn’t seem to know when the first tea party occured in 1773. Which fact do you find more egregious someone who doesn’t even know their own country’s history or a man who knows who attacked us on September 11, 2001?

mirac777

I can’t believe they aren’t lining up to take Williams side for a few million in fees.( Sarcasm) The NAACP cant do that as it would mean going against the liberal agenda that they have crawled into bed with as of late. How about Sharpton? Jackson? Not a peep.Oh thats right these folks were all at the Onenation rally together. Thats a hell of a coincidence isn’t it? I think not.This is guilt by association, and that was because Williams was on Fox news too much.
Soros needs to be deported or thrown in prison for spreading Anti-American communism which supports a soft overthrow of our gov’t through the liberal-Democratic party and manipulating the ignorant puppets at MediaMatters and Huffington Post. Add the NPR to it. Defund the NPR. If they are to be taxpayer funded they have to offer equal time to all people, not just leftwing Socialists hell bent on ruining our country.Bring back the Anti-Communism league and get the FBI to start going after these Anti-Americans and do it now!

jhh1023

On NPR. I don’t know whether to be glad the powers that be at NPR watch the Factor, that they demonstrated their typical open mindedness and fairness, or be so angry that I chew up my “free” NPR book bag over their high handed hypocrisy.
But really folks, did we expect anything less from them?

http://thesandsinstitute.org Vassar Bushmills

Add that to the growing “To-Do” List for 2011. An eye for an eye.

bus2dc

Juan Williams, while I hardly ever share his viewpoints, is one of the fairest commentator / analysts I’ve seen in what has become a cesspool of propoganda-pushers and Soros-Slaves. I hope Mr. Williams understands a little bit better now what we’ve been trying to prove – that the insane bow to Islam and false protection of “moderates” by disallowing ANY discussion of Muslim liability for ANYTHING is dealt with swiftly and harshly. This is both as punishment and warning for the next would-be speaker who apparently erroneously believes that America still has free speech or an allowed voice of opposition. Now the mere fact of being “afraid” of a possible radical or terrorist is enough to get you fired, ridiculed, or sued.Obama and his mouthpieces have managed to make “hope” and “tolerance” weapons in a great mind-game of manipulation to steal this country right from under our noses. Not on our watch, you frauds. Not on our watch you won’t.

cactusjack

for the impact of her comments to sink in to her management, that they had a problem “with the public percptions” of her venom spewing . Then they -grudgingly- retired her. Meanwhile Williams gets jettisoned through the floor into a pit of alligators like he was sitting in one of those gangster meeting chairs around the table in Goldfinger or Thunderball from James Bond. Instructive….

dexterb

I get scared whenever I see a person from Michigan’s thumb (McVeigh), a hardcore Christian (Inquisition), a black person (Black Panthers) or a creepy old guy from Montana (Unibomber).

Terrorists can be anyone, anywhere at anytime.

Quit using fear as a reason to be bigots.

http://lenamargita.com txgeekgirl

I have actually heard Juan play the devil’s advocate in support of some of what Obama is doing and doing it on Fox News. As journalists in our country, we expect that even they are entitled to free speech. Sad that NPR has become so liberal that they felt the need to fire someone for actually being honest!

smagar

Remember when he said that, sometimes, he felt fearful when he saw young black men approaching him on the street?

robmull

I once said [in e-mail to "The Factor"] “God Bless Juan Williams”. I knew that Juan was a die-hard liberal, but [he] really believed what he was saying, and was going to go down with that “ship”. I had changed my mind a little, much like “Serpico” did when he’d realized how deep the corruption in his department ran, Juan HAD to know after nearly two years of defending Mr. Obama, that Democrats have been hijacked by uber-liberal “progressives,” Now that George Soros has put a million dollar “bounty” on Glenn Beck, [and FOX, in general] hired a complete new Communist/global, NPR staff, and fired Juan, [he] may be starting to get the picture. I know the majority of America is, [getting the picture] and our Good Lord seems to be shining His “light” of Divine Providence over America again; and the vermin “scurrying” has begun. God Bless America!!!

SG_Lominac

has to go through such pains (security) to get on the airplane where he might see a muslim that makes him nervous in the first place? Anybody??

jiminga

Since Mr. Williams was not a straight news reporter and acted as a commentator on current events, it’s a shame that he was fired for giving an opinion that’s not “consistent with NPR’s policies”. Since NPR’s policies don’t permit independent thought I strongly suggest the name be changed to National Liberal Radio. This is even more appropriate now, as both NPR and its sister PBS have had a decidedly liberal stance for as long as I can remember.

Further, since much of funding for NPR comes from public tax dollars, NPR’s “policies” must include free speech. And since it doesn’t, I will be writing my Congressional representatives asking for de-funding of NPR. Once that happens NPR will be more honest and take whatever “positions” it desires.

cam1

Juan Williams is a big mouth, blow hard who is finding out how dangerous it is to speak your mind in a culture of PC. Ironic isn’t it that he can bash everything on the Right with impunity, but say one thing about peace loving muslims on a plane and …

taxmaiden

I heard it on Glenn Beck’s show last night. Soros even named Glenn personally for NPR and Media Matters to go after besides Fox News. I think it was Glenn’s proudest moment.

robmull

NPR is a travesty. The organization, NPR, is now obviously and richly funded [in malice forethought] by George Soros, as a “bounty” on Glenn Beck, Fox, the Tea Party and conservative Americans, in general. National Public Radio should now be categorized more as a criminal Communist enterprise, than an American “Public Service;” and like “Acorn,” immediately taken off taxpayer support. And if I hear Andy Griffith one more time advertising “ObamaCare,” I’ll puke.

jmimac351

not all muslims are terrorists but 99.9% of terrorists are muslim.

http://www.OverbrookResearch.com TheYeomanFarmer

That Jesse Jackson story was the first thing that came to mind when I heard about Williams. If memory serves, I believe Jackson also admitted to being relieved when he’d turn and realize the footsteps he’d been hearing behind him were those of a white person.

jiminga

and request for de-funding to my Representative and Senators, and hope all readers here will do the same/

theduck6

Jesse the Jackson who said when he heard footsteps at night on urban streets he was relieved to turn and find a white person was behind him? Or do you mean like Obama’s sainted granny who raised him (and he has yet to go back either for ar after her death) as a” typical white person” had an inate fear of blacks in secluded situations even though he claimed she harbored no prejudice?

If you are saying you never have preconcieved notions or stereotype due to probablilty that a certain group will be more likely to act or participate in a particular act I am dubious. English translation: I think you are lying.

NPR was looking for a reason to fire him because he didn’t ALWAYS puke the party line even though NPR is supposed to be immune to partisanship due to it’s public financing. Clearly that is a joke. Any broadcast media with Moyers et al is rabidly liberal and I am forced to subsidize it.

jackhammer

Sarah Silverman continually does an unfunny skit about how she can’t understand Jews driving German Cars? Aside from that nothing that woman has ever done was actually funny, I don’t see people up in arms.

Germans killed Jews 65 years ago, Christians Killed Muslims during the Crusades, Muslims killed Christians during the their occupation of parts of europe. And all those who commited acts of terror on September 11th, were muslims and did so for the cause of islam. Incase you aren’t sure, most of them left video claiming exactly this.

Timothy McVeigh blew up a government building because he as a person thought the government was too intrusive. There was no relation to religion. The Inquisition was hundreds of years ago, and that was pretty much state sanctioned purge, so not terrorism, the black panthers were truly a terrorist organisation, as many eco-terrorist organisations currently are, but they are not really relevant today, more of a nostalgia group, and the unabomber was truly a loner, and his terrorism, wasn’t really classical terrorism, as much as it was clearly targetted harrasment. He picked his targets, and targetted them closely, and wasn’t just blowing himself up in a town square to achieve maximal kill damage.

Fact is, the only group out there advocating wholesale terrorism of all and any targets in western countries at the moment are the islamic terrorists, with their strongholds in countries which don’t just happen to house a large percentage of muslims, but ones which generally have the prefix “Islamic Republic of” in their official names (as is the case in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as Saudi Arabia and everywhere the 9/11 terrorists came from).

I know and work with lots of Muslims, some in full islamic garb with beards and all. We make jokes about how Al Qaeda they look. I know they are peaceful in their belief, but they do know that it is a scary look nowadays.

robmull

Anybody who has been paying attention to politics these days knows exactly what we [patriotic Americans] are fighting for; and against. Ayn Rand must have been talking to [and about] Democrats, who have slowly been taken-over by the likes of “progressive” Communist, George Soros; who is now yanking on the “Blackberry” puppet strings of Mr. Obama. Remember the “nudge,” then the “shove?” Now it’s the “bounty” on conservative “heads”. Buckle-up America, “Media Matters,” doesn’t “matter” one little tiny bit to Our Lord!!! God Bless America.

theduck6

but several airliner incidents in recent years happened involving terrirists who were on the planes at the time of the incident. Do you completely trust theh TSP (minimum wage jobs for the most part) to stop all terrorists? Given a recent pilots refusal to be subjected to xray and pat downs ad nauseum as it was useless and “make work for TSP”, a little skepticism might be in order.

johnCV

Williams was accused, tried, and executed by a panel of his peers for the unforgivable act of Thought Crime.

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.

Chieftain1776

They probably looked for an excuse to rid a decent liberal voice from media. They hate “Fox News liberals” and I remember Williams saying that some on the left called him a “Fake Hispanic” et al.

This was probably “proof” that he was some sort of “crypto right wing fascist” and the NPR crowd couldn’t wait to pounce on this opportunity. They hate dissenting voices in the media more than anything an have an activist structure to throw them out: http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2010/03/19/no-quarter-how-left-wing-blogs-seek-to-destroy-us-rather-than-debate-us/

4deuce

How amazing to hear that NPR fired William’s for him daring to be actually honest – and they label “honesty” as something that reduces Williams’ credibility as a news analyst. I suppose that sort of warped logic makes sense to the Mad Hatter and the other denizens of NPR’s specially-constructed Wonderland.

At NPR, sponsored by taxpayer money, truth will NOT be tolerated. Spoken like true, committed Marxists. Lenin would be so proud of the ground he laid and the fertility of the soil at NPR.

erp617

Remember when Jesse Jackson said when he sees a bunch of black kids, he crosses the street because he’s afraid — the media shrugged, but he didn’t get fired. I guess that’s because he didn’t have a job and I don’t think he’s ever had one.

Poor Juan. Hanging around conservatives, he forgot how vindictive and hypocritical his homeys are.

mustango

From how I read the timeline on Breitbart’s websites, Williams’ firing was expedited by a complaint from our favorite promoter of Islamic “tolerance”, CAIR. I think this just about makes it official: If you’re working for a place run by the left, CAIR can have you fired anytime they want. That is the level of power they wield with in the (temporarily) majority party in this country.

chbroussard

that liberals believe in freedom of speech only if you agree with them 100%? Poor Juan is getting a taste of what conservatives have been putting up with for years. If you’re not Chris Matthews or Keith Olberman, you’re just not liberal enough, and you’re going to pay for it.

I’m sorry, Juan, because although I don’t often agree with you, I do respect how you present your views. But now maybe you’ll realize if you lie down with dogs, you’re going to get up with fleas. You need to take a long, hard look at who has the power in the Democrat party. This is your party. I think moderate Dems need to do a little housecleaning.

kaptkane

Since Mr. Williams was not a straight news reporter and acted as a commentator on current events, it? appears to me that he was fired for giving an opinion (as a “commentator!) that is apparently not ?consistent with NPR?s policies?. Since it seems that NPR?s policies don?t permit independent thought, I strongly suggest the name be changed to National Liberal Radio. This is even more appropriate now, as both NPR and its sister PBS have had a decidedly liberal stance for as long as I can remember.
Further, since much of funding for NPR comes from public tax dollars, NPR?s ?policies? are supposed to represent free speech. Apparently it does not.
As soon as I finish this note to you I will be composing letters to my Congressional representatives asking for de-funding of NPR. I do not want my tax dollars supporting such bias.
Once NPR is defunded from it’s taxpayer support, you (and NPR) can be more honest and take whatever ?positions? you desire on issues. And I will listen to other programs of my choice.

http://www.neoavatara.com/blog neoavatara

Is an embarrassment. I have defended them for too long.

JSobieski

Risks are all about percentages. Some people drown in their bathtubs each year. With the rise of flat screen TVs hung on walls, there are now kids who die each year because the flat screen TV falls on top of them.

Doesn’t make bathtubs or flat screen TVs more dangerous than a mugger or an armed robber.

99% of what people refer to as “terrorist acts” would appear to be done by Muslims. If you want to start a website that focuses on the remainiong 1%, go ahead, but you won’t have much to talk about most days. On the other hand, websites talking about Muslim Jihadists have numerous stories from which to talk about each day.

So yes VIrginia, terrorists can be anyone, anywhere, at anytime.

Doesn’t change the fact that the number of incidents of Roman Catholic priests saying God Is Great and then killing anyone is ZERO.

ZERO,

blooch

http://www.twitter.com/RS_yoyo yoyo

He is one of the few liberals, anywhere, that actually can talk through his [any stated idiotic & WRONG] position on a topic without resorting to name calling, and still make sense in the end.

Dissenting voices are welcome, nigh, ENCOURAGED, in political and social discourse; it is what makes the society as a whole better. It is akin to playing Chess. You always want your opponent to be better than you…by playing against them, it requires you to sharpen your skills and become a better player. The same with liberal-minded … GENTLEMEN … such as Mr. Williams. I may disagree with him 85-95% of the time, but the way he states his positions and argument, it sharpens my position and makes me better for it.

Shame on you, NPR. You are worse off because of this.

tlhanger

I just knew I would be reading this some day. Juan ticked me off more than once, but sometimes I think he just wanted to give us another view. Figures the kool-aid drinking liberals would toss him off the ship. Hope he lands at FOX

tlhanger

They did lose a listener

http://www.twitter.com/RS_yoyo yoyo

Roger should look into this.

I would watch it. Just saying.

The_Rebel

n/t

traversecityconservative

He often represents the “balance” on Fox News. For NPR to NOT give balance with TAXPAYER MONEY is ludicrous. If anything at all is supposed to be unbiased, it should be a TAXPAYER FUNDED radio program. This is part of an ongoing effort on the left to shut us up so that we won’t speak the truth. By us, I mean Americans who are NOT going to be silent on the threat that Muslim terrorists pose to our country. Consider us all the kind of people who are like those who were on that ill-fated plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on 911. We are pro-active and will defend our country – in legislation, in voting, in action and in words.

izoneguy

to see Juan back on O’Reily and bookend this with O’Reily’s View appearance.

The libs are foaming at the mouth and they just don’t get it….

Pretty much what happened in Europe around 1938.

alaskaescapeartist

Williams is a good guy, but the relevancy of the talking head shows is minimal if not seriously diluted over the past 10 years or so.

Most of the shows do nothing but preach to the choir, and attempt to do so at a greater volume than their competitors. It’s exhausting to watch and an exercise in futility to actually learn anything.

I don’t care what any of them think anymore.

I don’t know of any politically undecided human being that views any of these shows to base any of their thinking on. I’ll look for the revised unemployment figure next month to see if I can spot Juan.

smitch61

Unless people start paying attention our children and grandchildren are in big trouble. WE are the one’s losing our religious freedoms here.

smitch61

Islam starts, seriously, if we are not careful we will go the way of Europe. I guess John Bolton for president at this point.

banzaibob

Is proof that not even liberal blacks are safe from political correctness.

There have been times I wanted to put my hands around his neck with his views on some issues but he has also shared some of the same as mine.

Defund National Propagandist Radio

congressworksforus

Indeed many times he makes no sense at all, but with Juan Williams you know that he actually believes what he is saying, and that he’s come to his conclusion by actually thinking through the issue, rather than regurgitating whatever the lieberal spin-du-jour is.

And as an earlier comment said, he’s about the only lieberal that doesn’t make you want to throw something at the TV.

cam1

There is no such thing as a moderate democrat.

Castor

To cast out into the outer darkness a liberal,Mr. Williams, who provided the balance in Fox?s fair and balanced. In the long run this act of intolerance will benefit conservatives by revealing the truth about NPR to the general public.

grampster

is one of the very few liberals I can listen to. I sent an e-mail to NPR expressing my opinion
.
A few years ago Jesse Jackson said that he’d cross the street when he saw other black men dressed in thug clothing because he was nervous about them. Of course Jesse was not excoriated for that.

NPR is a garbage dump for non thinking Americans staffed by those who are unable to have rational thought.

Mr. Williams will land on his feet. I wish him well.

conservativebeacon

It is. I have been pointing this out for quite sometime now.

Not only is political correctness destroying America from within, it’s also a primary cause of why we’re losing the War on Terror. Everywhere you look there is political correctness–textbooks, media, couter-terrorism and -insurgency strategies, etc.

It must be stopped.

Conservative Beacon

southcoast

In the Soviet Union, people were regularly purged from the party because were deemed to have lost their ideological purity. In the eyes of the NPR (We pay for this, right?), Juan has been purged and sent to the Fox gulag.

Another liberal institution which has earned the distinction of anachronism and really needs to have whatever taxpayer money rescinded as soon as possible.

Read Chesterton

Have you actually ever read a book on anything of which you speak? The Inquisition was a” state sanctioned purge”? Timothy McVeigh was a lone anti-government look? Don?t expect to be taken seriously around here when your “facts” go no deeper than any two page Newsweek article or a Jack Chick publications comic. Ignorance and moral equivalence are a dangerous combination.

tngal

The NYT piece on this has Alicia Shepard, the NPR ombudswoman saying they’ve had issues with Williams before, as he “speaks one way on NPR and another on Fox., and that back in 2008 they received 378 e-mails with complaints about him. (honestly, 378 is not a lot in the grand scheme of things)

Ms. Shepard needs an e-bomb dropped on her with complaints of how stupid her little stick-in-the-air is reacting to this. It doesn’t have to be a glowing recitation of all things wonderful about Mr. Williams but rather how their credability has just crumbled.

Now, what would their reaction be if they received 3,790 or 37, 900 emails. They need to be shown, as the elitist pols do, that they can be brought down in swift order.

Here’s a page with contact info. In the “I want to” line scroll down to contact the ombudsman.

http://help.npr.org/npr/includes/customer/npr/custforms/contactus.aspx

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/business/media/21npr.html?_r=3

Commodore Perry

that it was going to get him in trouble. He prefaced his comment with a disclaimer about how he wasn’t a bigot and he had written about the Civil Rights movement, etc. He KNEW that what he was about to say would not go over so well with his radio employer, so he made sure to do what O’Reilley wouldn’t do on The View- he qualified his comment before making it.

Does anyone else find it ironic that Williams put his own disclaimer on a comment regarding the ill effects of political correctness? Or that he was fired for making a comment about the same?

So we now have even more insight into the shortest-leash culture of NPR and other like-minded media outlets (like we didn’t know before this).

Read Chesterton

Clumsy mobile interface…

johnt

Said it before & I’ll keep saying it. Going back to O’Reilly; just how is it wrong to say muslims attacked the WTC? They weren’t German Lutherans. Should he have said “man made disasters” attacked?
The insane left has looked at what alarms and threatens Americans & chosen sides, nothing new just more vicious in wartime, a state they would deny. NPR is part of it.

tngal

Sometimes O’Reilly can irk. But today, I hope he opens a can of woop on NPR. If he doesn’t, if he just lets it slide, he’s a wus. Be nice if Williams would appear today and pour out all the dirt he knows about his former employer. Probably won’t happen, but it’d be nice.

vamoose

How about Obama characterizing his granmother’s “fear of black men who passed her on the street.” (Renee Montagne of NPR’s language, not mine) NPR didn’t have any trouble carry water for Obama in 2008. Obama’s race speech in Philadephia in March 2008 was hailed by the MSM as Lincolnesque, even though Obama had to clarify his remarks the next day:
?The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity, but that she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn?t know (pause) there?s a reaction in her that doesn?t go away and it comes out in the wrong way.?

After Mr. Williams made essentially the same point–fear of unknown persons based upon appearance–he gets fired. Williams was NPR’s go-to guy on Obama’s race speech, who will they turn to for commentary on William’s race speech?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88552293

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

who does not know the value of freedom of information and differences of opinion. That is what we are discussing here, NPR’s rejection of diversity. Not some innocuous statement Williams said about his feelings.

By the way, I only know of one type of terrorist who has ever hijacked or blown up an airplane. And those were the ones he was talking about.

And by the other way, Speaking of bigots. that describes all of the left and the way they view anyone with an opinion who slightly disagrees with them, Witness, the firing of Juan Williams.

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

He will be on it hard and fast with a big long interview with Juan.

/yes I know what you ae saying, sometimes he is a populist, and often just a narcissist and bully, but he brings up the subjects that many will just not do.

And he is always interesting.

Tbone

Poor old man is senile. Might as well put on Jimmy Carter.

http://www.thejoyofreason.com Greg Garrison

Juan Williams is a very good writer, a fair-minded individual, and a sharp commentator. He gave Clarence Thomas a fair shake when no one else would, twenty-plus years ago, and it’s a shame to see him targeted for holding a majority opinion that is unpopular with many elites. Here’s a classic profile of Thomas that Williams wrote in 1987: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1987/02/a-question-of-fairness/6370/

blooch

wherever they can under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act:

http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-c-2010-07-07-183647.114126_Islamic_Center_sues_Alpharetta.html

Crazy like a fox, they are.

http://www.resistnet.com/profile/semperfi sirjason

I began writing a dissertation explaining the goal of Islam but I believe that would be over the heads of liberals. So here is a movie to entertain you with the TRUTH! You might want to remove your kids.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/03/here-is-fitna.html

chihank

In gaining favor with conservatives, Huckabee says NPR should be defunded and he won’t do anymore NPR interviews.

Tbone

You know that the very people who fired him also get nervous if they have to board an airplane with a bunch of Muslims. So, it’s OK to feel like a bigot or even be a bigot, just don’t admit to it.

http://www.resistnet.com/profile/semperfi sirjason

NPR, here is another FACT that you cannot spin to please your uninformed readers. WAKEUP! Muslims cannot be appeased! They have a few so called moderate Muslims. However, there is no moderate Quar`an! Got it??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU

johnt

Doubtless we will see more of this, along with the castigation of Christian bigots and racist Tea Partiers. There seems to be a suicidal impulse among our friends on the left.
Thanks for the link.

realvoice2010

I always felt that Juan Williams wasn’t always saying fully what he believed. He must have thought he had to honor the democrats. I actually did like the guy though. Now I see that he told it like it is and I admire him for it. NPR should not get a dollar of taxpayer money. Of course they could go private and have the “hedge fund” genius fund it totally.

miroco

Nothing the underwear clad lefties love more than watching US catch an out of line member—Why? Oh why? do we not get such joy observing the commie creeps devour their own? Juan’s OK, maybe the only pinko puke with whom I might share a beer—(Imagine getting trapped with Beckel) but sooo! From now on I expect a jig when the hypocrite tax sponges underbus their own…

deano64

journalists. When 99% of them are in your corner I don’t know why you would need to buy them but it’s not surprising.

dambama

I never agree with him, but he is one of the few liberals who will discuss an issue without resorting to name calling.

Also Juan is very likable with a pleasing personality. This is incredibly rare on the left. Juan is an old school liberal, not a leftist progressive who hates America. That is why he must go.

My question is why are taxpayers funding NPR? This must stop!

ashland_avenue

Not that he is likely to suffer professionally or financially but still.

tngal

(or something like that) And that’s why they fired him. end of story.

tngal

(or something like that) And that’s why they fired him. end of story.

blooch

Wait unitl he starts jonesing for the government mic late next year.

leeatmg

Maybe enough of us are writing emails, because the NPR commentary site is down, and when it does intermittently come up, you can’t submit the form. Heep trying, everyone!

ashland_avenue

Here is what we know about the president and CEO of NPR:

“Prior to joining NPR, Vivian Schiller served at The New York Times Company as Senior Vice President and General Manager of NYTimes.com. Schiller led the day-to-day operations of NYTimes.com, the largest newspaper website on the Internet, overseeing product, technology, marketing, classifieds, strategic planning, and business development.

“Previously, Schiller spent four years as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture of The New York Times and Discovery Communications. Schiller launched the network, and under her leadership, Discovery Times Channel tripled its distribution while achieving critical acclaim for its award winning journalistic programming.

“Schiller also served as Senior Vice President of CNN Productions, where she led CNN’s long-form programming efforts. Documentaries and series produced under her auspices earned multiple honors, including three Peabody Awards, four Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards, and dozens of Emmys.”

That from NPR’s website, link http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99152497

So, she comes to the organization with an NYT and CNN mindset. Her decision to exorcise Juan was imbedded in her very existence.

dambama

The opposition to funding NPR with tax dollars has been going on for 30 years.

The Republicans could have defunded it, but remember Richard Nixon established the EPA, George Bush Sr. Established the ADA, and George Jr. brought us No Child Left Behind.

Old school Republicans like big government like democrats do, just a different type of big government.

Maybe the NEW Republicans being elected with TEA Party credentials will finally get rid of this leftist propaganda machine.

ashland_avenue

There is a certain kind of affluent, suburban person to whom Israel is always wrong, the Palestinians (despite whatever horrific terroristic acts they may commit) are always right, and America is to be admonished rather than admired.

They chair Multiculturalism committees in schools and civic organizations. My father used to say they believe their refuse doesnt stink, but their gas gives them away.

This is the sort that champions NPR, provide much of its funding, send its sons and daughters to work in its editorial functions.

As we found last week with members of The View, there is no such thing as discussion with this sort. They scream, they hang up, they walk out.

When someone such as Juan disagrees, they wipe him from their existence.

blooch

and a little further up the road is another one in Forsyth County. I expect the DOJ will weigh in and both localities will cave to the Muslims within the year.

On a side note, We had a Youth Day parade here in Roswell, where all the local Kid’s Organizations are on parade, and some local Muslim kids group was in it. Most of their signage was in Arabic, except for some blather about Peace, and out in front of the kids were two garbed-up guys waving scimitars! You could almost feel the zone of silence moving down the street with them.

What’s even sadder is that some of the kids in the parade with our Cub Scout Pack go to a Fulton County Charter School that is run by Fethulla Gulen, an Islamist Turk who was kicked out of Turkey for trying to overthrow the “Secular” government! I’m not sure if their parents know or care. Between the suicidal impulse and the blissful ignorance, we are in for a rude shock down the road.

http://www.twitter.com/RS_yoyo yoyo

Convenient:

Going to http://help.npr.org/npr/includes/customer/npr/custforms/contactus.aspx
to send my email of discontent, I get this…

This site is currently undergoing maintenance. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Please try again later.

Oops! Hahahahahahahahahaha

izoneguy

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/10/christines-odonnell-cowardice-and-lack-of-character.html

msctex

. . .the remainder stands out all the more, and the more shameless the lie, the more they stand out. A true disinformation campaign requires blind, absolute allegiance, and a willingness to suppress the truth. Anyone with a conscience must be excised from the equation, as was Mr. Williams.

chbroussard

ashland_avenue

Here is a typical one

Frank Dima (65HotStrat) wrote:

I am a card carrying member of the ACLU and as Liberal as Liberals get, and I can easily see and relate to the point Juan was making on O’Reilly’s show. He was voicing what the VAST majority of THE WORLD believes. And he did it in a respectful and honest way. NPR should be ashamed of itself. I NEVER viewed NPR as either Right or Left, Liberal nor Conservative. I always looked to NPR for some great stories, discussion and insight – and I particularly liked Juan’s insights and perspectives. It’s crystal clear now that NPR – at least on this issue- has an agenda of political correctness that will lead to its own intellectual suffocation, and stymie any real honest dialog from its on-air talent in the future. You played right into Fox’s hands. Whoever made this shoot from the hip decision should do some real soul searching, rehire Juan and then resign from the news business.

The link is here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/storyComments.php?storyId=130717991&pageNum=7&pPageNum=12

rubicon01

For many years I have advocated an end to the public taxpayer funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting & its National Public Radio affiliate organization. The bias, the prejudice, the deliberate demagoguery of anyone or anything that did not embrace a leftist mindset, has been far too obvious for far too long. Worse is the public is compelled by congress to pay for much of this drivel.
When NPR funding is questioned, they mount a serious campaign with congress to protect it, while they advertise to the public that taxpayers really don’t provide all that much to their operations. The fact is, w/o taxpayer funding, NPR would not stay on the air.
I say its time George Soros & other leftists pay for the propaganda operations & other functions they want taxpayers to pay for. Let them fund these things we find repugnant. The left has managed to have taxpayers pay for many projects, while they claim they serve our best interests, & that we really only pay a small fraction of their operating costs. Well, if our money is so small, lets save it for our real needs & let those leftist outlets make it on their own. If the left had to pay for all they have dumped on the public, many of these leftist operations would fold.
So…. lets start anew with calls for NPR & in fact the CPB to pay their own way since their political positions do not reflect an unbiased viewpoint. Conservatives should not have to pay to have liberals pontificate how terrible we are, just as liberals should not have to pay for conservative causes. (Oh wait, there is no funding of conservative causes! Oh well!)

dexterb

“By the way, I only know of one type of terrorist who has ever hijacked or blown up an airplane”

D.B. Cooper

John J. Divivo

Billy Gene Hurst, Jr.

Garrett Trapnell

Clay Thomas

Juan Williams was fired for making inappropriate blanket statements that do nothing to change the stigmas polarizing our country. Just like O’Reilly’s ‘patriotic’ statements on the View.

Per your logic should we recreate the interment camps for Muslims like we did in WWII for the Japanese?

stanlee

I can’t even remember when last I tuned to NPR, it’s too long ago. But, I have enjoyed hearing Juan Williams on Fox News, which is my regular stop on the air waves.

Not that I’ve found his liberal views agreeable to my conservative views, but the man has always been fair, truthful, and has stood by his principles.
One can ask no more than that from a person, regardless whether or not in agreement with his views. We have shared common ground on occasion. It has never been a “one-way street.”

I hope Mr. Williams will put his past relationship with NPR behind him. I think most of us realize the crux of his dismissal, a sad indictment of dirty money over NPR’s supposed original mission…truth.
Mr. Williams’ stock has suddenly increased many times over.

proudmarinemom

Well, I am an American first, but I was taught to be fiercely proud of my Irish heritage and I express that openly by flying the Irish flag beneath the American flag, attending ceili dances and feiseanna (music and dance competitions) throughout the year.

The Irish Republican Army never acted on my behalf in their acts of terror against their Protestant neighbors of British descent to the North. I never donated money to any cause which could possibly be connected to the IRA and warned others to avoid the same. My family condemned Republicans who tacitly supported their actions.

Suppose, however, “The Troubles” were still raging in Northern Ireland. Suppose the IRA were using airplanes to carry out acts of terror. Suppose a group of Catholic bishops had issued proclamations justifying their acts as part of a holy war against non-Catholics. Suppose I allowed this to stand, said nothing and continued to attend Mass.

Wouldn’t you have a reasonable fear of sharing a plane with me?

dave72

I tried to send this to NPR, but their site is jammed or blocked…

Dear National Public Radio -

I have not listened to “All Things Liberal & Trivial” for 20 years or so. I mistakenly thought NPR was controlled by far left wacko liberals. I apologize, I was wrong.

Now that you have fired the ineffectual Juan Williams for saying that “Muslims on a plane make him nervous” I realize that NPR is controlled by fascist racists, not far left wacko liberals.

Congratulations! You have now insured that Mr. Williams’ audience will jump from a few hundred listeners to possibly several thousand.

On Nov. 3 I will be writing to my new conservative congressman and my current conservative senators, demanding that they defund NPR. My taxes should NOT go to federal-controlled media.

blooch

Kyle8 goaded you out pretty well.

“inappropriate blanket statements”…that has a public school bureaucrat ring to it. Why don’t you put that in a note home to Juan’s mommy?

And nice strawman at the end.

lol

blooch

“interment camps”

lolol

http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

(Unibomber)

plwinteregg

Just had the dickens getting my comments into NPR. Their servers are toast right now. Said much of what y’all said, added that I now have a personal mission to remove my tax dollars from their budget.
Shame on them.
Keep it up folks!

http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

I’ll never be able to look at used femine hygene products without feeling a snese of trepidation and fear (you!)

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

you googled some ancient history, (D B Cooper was not a terrorist, he was a thief)

Now, make a distinction that really matters.

So let me change my blanket statement: ALMOST ALL PLANE DESTROYING TERRORISTS ARE THOSE PEACE LUVIN MOOSLEMS!

And yes Juan has a right to be apprehensive, and you have a right to be a sanctimonious little twerp.

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

you googled some ancient history, (D B Cooper was not a terrorist, he was a thief)

Now, make a distinction that really matters.

So let me change my blanket statement: ALMOST ALL PLANE DESTROYING TERRORISTS ARE THOSE PEACE LUVIN MOOSLEMS!

And yes Juan has a right to be apprehensive, and you have a right to be a sanctimonious little twerp.

The_Gadfly

He’s been as much of a Kool-Aid drinker as any of them. Many has been the time I wanted to grab him by the lapels, shake him, and scream “What HAVE you been smoking?!” And yet when you watch him, you can see there is a man inside struggling to break free of the Kool-Aid. While I missed the O-Reilly episode, it is clear that last night that struggling man spoke. And to paraphrase a famous line from a movie, in striking down Juan, NPR may have unleashed forces even more powerful than they can imagine. Freed of the constant Kool-Aid input, that man may start to stand on his own to feet and proclaim well reasoned opinions. And if he takes those steps in the public eye, the Left is Doomed.

stanlee

The question now becomes, why bother writing to NPR regarding its treatment of Mr. Williams? NPR hasn’t been a top radio draw even up to the day before its decision on Juan Williams.

NPR has sold itself to the whims of George Soros and that’s behind Williams’ firing. It’s clear that people in the employ of NPR must stifle their own honest opinions whether they’re involved in an NPR broadcast or anywhere else.
What irony! A tax-payer funded radio station firing a perfectly good journalist, a liberal yet, for exercising his right to free speech. Most of us agree with him about the monster PC has become.

Rather than to write to NPR, when the Congress changes, write to the new Congress and demand it stop funding NPR.
NPR wastes our tax dollars, just look at the results. Let Soros’ and his kind support NPR. They want to set its policies!

blooch

but he’s still under CAIR’s thumb. Look for him to speak some mealy-mouthed mumbo jumbo that has been written for him.

http://lenamargita.com txgeekgirl

and yes, while I think Juan was taken aback initially by Obama and was on his Rah-Rah team, here’s the difference: Juan Williams worked for years to ensure Civil Rights for all – he was a Martin Luther King Black activist – you work hard and you have the RIGHT to succeed or fail based on your choices. Barack Obama is a Jesse Jackson Black activist – I don’t wanna work, I don’t wanna risk, just say it’s the white man’s fault and give me money. VERY DIFFERENT leadership styles.

dexterb

I remind you of used tampons and trolls

Muslims remind you of terrorists

Black trench coats remind you of Columbine

Hispanics remind you (and Arizona) of immigration

Archie Bunker reminds me of this thread

“Stereotypes, there must be more to life”

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

People of your obvious sensibilities would never stoop to assuming that all Tea party people are nuts right? Or that southerners are stupid hicks, Or that the Christian right are just a bunch of in bred fanatics, Or that Republicans just like rich fat cats and don’t care about little people. Or that conservatives hate the environment. Did I leave anything out?

Take it somewhere else, we are not impressed with your expanded consciousness, and political correctness is not being nice to people, it is simply censorship, no more no less.

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

People of your obvious sensibilities would never stoop to assuming that all Tea party people are nuts right? Or that southerners are stupid hicks, Or that the Christian right are just a bunch of in bred fanatics, Or that Republicans just like rich fat cats and don’t care about little people. Or that conservatives hate the environment. Did I leave anything out?

Take it somewhere else, we are not impressed with your expanded consciousness, and political correctness is not being nice to people, it is simply censorship, no more no less.

http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

nt

cpa2222

For budget cuts. Williams makes me mad enough to prove he is a bona fide liberal. I agree, he isn’t a “talking points” talking head, and he does make a good counter point for “fair and balanced” Fox. The action by NPR just further illustrates the typical liberal response-walk out, shout down and if all else fails, take the ball away. Cut all funding for NPR, NEA and Naional Public Television. 12 more days!

rightwingmom52

I would add that I fear elitist snobs (is that redundant?), inexperienced presidents, arrogant beltway insiders and a state run media.

Scope

On Fox and Friends this morning, he said that when he has attended Tea Party events, he saw signs that were racist that made him uncomfortable. I don’t care if he is just trying to get his NPR job back, if he is going to turn around and knock the Tea Parties, he is nothing but a pansy a$$. It has been mostly people on the right that have come to his defense, and, if that is how he is going to talk about a large portion of people on the right, who are Tea Partiers, then he can stay fired for all I care. This is not exactly a principled man who will knock a large group of people, just to get a job back.

PS- Mara Liason will be next.

tngal

and talked about the evily evilness of jews, he’d still have his job. But to express a modicum of fear from those who are waging jihad on us, well that’s just a bias too far.

tngal

and talked about the evily evilness of jews, he’d still have his job. But to express a modicum of fear from those who are waging jihad on us, well that’s just a bias too far.

http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

camogreen

I’m sure when the ONE is done with Griffith he will be designated a shovel ready job.

cam1

Looks like old Juan, who done got took to the wood shed by the mas’a, is now pandering to the NAACP and the lib media by saying that the Tea Party has racists and that the Tea Party should separate itself from this. I wonder why the NAACPs charge that was ridiculed even in the liberal press should be resurrected 12 days before the election.

I’m glad that Juan was fired for being … get this … a racial profiler.

hidlins

this might tie into the subject on Glenn Becks show yesterday? Didn’t Soros just buy the NPR with his “donation”???? I truly think that we will see more of this in the very near future. Obnoxious Alan Combs and Bob Becker will be the only ones on the left, left standing! (I hate both of them!) I didn’t always agree with Juan, but I had respect for him.

myron_j_poltroonian

I just sent this to NPR: My only exposure to Mr. Williams is through his appearances on Fox News Sunday. While I may disagree with him more often than not, I still enjoy his vigorous defense of his point of view. Unfortunately, as of late, it seems he’s fallen off the “Progressive Turnip Truck” just a bit. Imagine, actually defending Rush Limbaugh’s “Magic Negro” contretemps with the truth of how and why it happened. Outrageous as that may be to some, I’m certain he thought the truth was important. As, I suppose, was his honest, heartfelt revelations about his deep-seated fears that arise when he’s placed in a position of powerlessness at an airport when confronted with fellow passengers dressed in the mufti of the practitioners of the “Religion of Peace”. Just as you and I might feel while on the subway when gang-bangers suddenly appear amongst us. (Or, would it be incorrect to mention those feelings unless, of course, they were “White Power Skinheads”?) As to your willing use of the pejorative “Teabaggers” on the air: The term of disparagement so cleverly used by so many of the oh so tolerant progressives ? “Tea bag, Teabaggers, Baggers”, et cetera, is defined as: “An act of oral gratification performed on the male testicles”. How sweet of you to try and lump us in with Barney Frank. And you all wonder why we seem just a tad less than civil towards you. I do wonder however, what would Freud say about all of you? Eh? My little baguettes? (No offense to the Baking Industry expressed nor implied. “If you lay down with …, you’ll get up with … .”)

bluestateredgirl

“All Juan Williams did is say both exactly how he feels and how many, many other Americans feel on this subject.”

Since conservatives are always willing to accept and listen to ‘how people feel’ with an open mind this comment comes as a big surprise. To better reword this it should say:

“All Juan Williams did is say exactly how he feels and how people with my same views and prejudices feel on this subject.”

isn’t that more accurate?

and still one more:

“[conservative rant]…cannot have anyone expressing anything that might reflect what actual Americans think”

who are ‘actual’ americans? are they “…people with my same views and prejudices…”?

yes? ok so let’s fix that statement then:

“[conservative rant]…cannot have anyone expressing anything that might reflect what people with my same views and prejudices think”

There, much better.

…Good things!

The_Gadfly

I think NPR made a serious mistake here. This is similar to charging Rangel with fraud. Rangel does not believe himself to be a thief, and takes great exception to being accused of it. So much so that he is willing to go whatever number of rounds are required to win against anyone who accuses him of as much. Similarly Juan does not believe himself to be racist, and is willing to go as many rounds as he needs against all comers to sustain his good name. Except of course that Rangel did commit fraud and Juan wasn’t being racist.

whimsley

I believe that NPR’s firing of Juan Williams is reprehensible. It also highlights a high level or hypocrisy on the part of NPR’s management.

NPR claims that Williams’ comments are inconsistent with its editorial standards. I would like to know what those standards are. They allow NPR to run a segment on how to speak “tea bagger”, which was an obviously liberal attempt to marginalize and satirize a movement backed by millions of patriotic American citizens. This was very insulting. However, those standards do not allow a news analyst to express a fear shared by many, many other people. I must assume that NPR’s editorial standards require all comments to be politically correct. We certainly would not want to insult any Muslims!

NPR also said that Williams’ comments undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR. On the contrary, it was extremely refreshing to hear Mr. Williams speak the truth without regard to political correctness. I would be more inclined to trust his views and reporting because of that. I must assume that NPR’s editorial standards do not allow for truthful comments.

I am very disappointed in NPR’s action. I used to think that an organization with “National Public” as part of its name would be open, honest, nonpartisan, and allow all views on any issue to be present ed. I must have been wrong.

Common_Cents

read this: umm no NPR bias here!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2010/10/29/130911574/murkowski-foes-pack-write-in-list?ft=1&f=1014&sc=tw

WHO is starting chaos?

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