NPR fires Juan Williams for Muslim remarks on Fox

[notadmblnd]

NPR terminated the contract of Juan Williams on Wednesday after comments the veteran journalist and news analyst made about Muslims on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor."

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly stirred up controversy last week on "The View" after making the blanket statement that "Muslims killed us on 9/11," a comment that led to co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg walking off the set.

On Monday, O'Reilly asked Williams if there is a "Muslim dilemma" in the United States. The NPR analyst and longtime Fox News contributor agreed with O'Reilly that such a thing exists, and added that "political correctness can lead to some kind of paralysis where you don't address reality."

"I mean, look, Bill, I'm not a bigot," Williams continued. "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."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101021/cm_yblog_upshot/npr-fires-juan-williams-for-muslim-remarks-on-fox

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. turkeys do come home to roost

afterall... good riddance

[Crunchy Frog]

2. Now if they would just get rid of Cokie.

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[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. "I don't think there is anything racist at all about it."

Well, I do.

[doc03]

5. Come on if every few days some Native American

group or whoever was carrying out a terrorist attack and you went to the airport and saw ten of them getting on the plane the thought wouldn't occur to you that possibly they may mean harm? I am not going to lie, I would. Anyone that says the thought never occurred to them is a liar.

[leftynyc]

7. It's the hypocrisy that burns me

If he had said that white Christian redneck types make him nervous, many here would be cheering his honesty.

[Kalyke]

8. Why should they be afraid.

If someone was planning to hijack a plane, they would dress like average Americans - like the 9/11 hijackers did. Why would they purposely call attention to themselves? After all, wearing traditional Muslim clothes is still not the norm in this country.

[doc03]

9. To be honest they don't have to wear the traditional cloths

and still the thought may occur anyone, that doesn't make you a racist. If fat ugly white Teabaggers were carrying out terrorist attacks I would be nervous if I saw them getting on a plane too.

[doc03]

10. delete

[malaise]

6. There's an idiot on Ratigan talking about freedom of speech

These fuckers are clueless.

[doc03]

11. Why is it Rick Sanchez and Juan Williams get fired for one little

gaff and the assholes like Savage, Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh can say whatever they want?

[BrklynLiberal]

13. $$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$

and perhaps that Savage, Beck Hannity and Limbaugh do not really work for actual news companies. Their corporate philosophy includes hate mongering and bigotry.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. and idiots like Newt consider inciting bigotry and hate to be "freedom of speech".

Personally, I am thrilled that NPR dumped that asshole Williams. Almost restores my faith in NPR.
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