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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:20 PM Original message |
Juan Williams: NPR Went After Me Because 'I Appear On Fox' |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh SFTU, Williams |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. What an asshole... |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ooga Booga Smooga Wooga! |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. You don't "fit in their box," because you are NOT a journalist anymore. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is the RW's attempt to distract from the secret money charges against the Chamber of Commerce |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Most contracts are spelled out |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:44 PM Original message |
Funny, Megyn Kelly said something similar just now on O'Lielly's show |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Most contracts require that you don't moonlight without prior approval, |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why am I suddenly pronouncing his first name |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. For some strange reason I keep thinking his second name is Kerr |
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Ticonderoga (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. The message is clear |
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Kind of Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Ditto! I 'm shocked that he considers himself a liberal. n/t |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. He has to say that |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
43. If he honestly considers himself a liberal, he's delusional. Neither he nor NPR is liberal. |
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herbm (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Why should "black" be synonymous to "liberal"? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. No one said it was, though Williams implied something. Did you read the OP? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. You appear on Fox because you're an idiot, and NPR fired you because you're an idiot. |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. A few years ago NPR gave him a job as a host, but he was so dumb |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Good |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. Stop whining, schumck - you got your $2 million! |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. and a THREE year contract on faux snooze. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. He migh appear on fox but he disappeared from NPR for |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. The guy expressed something stupid and prejudice. |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Wouldn't Jesse Jackson's comment be similiar? |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You posted a partial quote, as the WikiQuote site you linked to says US News did. The full quote... |
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herbm (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 03:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Thank you for the full quote. I think it fits in with his plane quote. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You're reading too much into what he said. It was indeed an Islamophobic statement |
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herbm (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Expressing fear (rational or not) is not hate speech. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I didn't use the phrase "hate speech". "Islamophobia" is what I wrote, I even gave you a link... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. When fear is based on religion, race, etc, your comment is debatable, at best. |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Agreed - fear is not hate |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:41 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. LOL n/t |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. Quotes mean the same thing: Fear |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. The difference is that Jackson expressed regret and humiliation |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Thanks for explaining it so succinctly. n/t |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. George Orwell and Liberty |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 05:24 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. "Fear is not hate speech" - roxiejules |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Good Fucking Grief |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 04:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Nothing like convenient ellipses, eh, Roxie? |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
47. It might be similar, if Juan is an Islamic Imam |
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TheeHazelnut (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. If NPR is so horrible and left wing and "you didn't fit there," Juan... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Michelle Obama, you know she's got the Stokely Carmichael in a designer dress thing going. If she |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
44. As though Carmichael had no legitimate reason to blame 1950's America for anything. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Mr Williams' comment was content-free. It was solely intended to stir up rightwingers |
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Grassy Knoll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. I would have fired you a long ago...... |
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savalez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. That's enough for me. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Uncle Ruckus lives. |
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tomhayes (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. But i like Uncle Ruckus |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
27. And Juan Williams' new show on FOX starts when? |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
29. Juan Williams playing the victim - he really does have the RW |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
45. Your appearance on Fox was not the problem. Problem was, your mike was on while your bigoted mouth |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. typical RWer...whining and playing the victim |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
49. whine whine whine. nt |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
51. FAUX is NOT a news source but a RW propaganda tool and should be described only as such. |
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frontrange (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
52. Watch George Stephanopolos' interview with Juan Williams |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. If you despise Faux you'll understand... |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
56. I recall a fluffy softball interview of Dubya....when Iraq was crumbling |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
60. Well in that case. Good, we don't need people belonging to hate groups |
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