Juan Williams Fired

[Drolefille]

NPR is pretty big on their news people staying neutral. They're banned from attending the Jon Stewart/Colbert rally for example.

Lol at "PC run amuk" and "liberal news salivating" to boot off a conservative

NPR's statement

[Ghostwriter]

Here is what he said:

“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 a 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.”

I believe he was fired for being politically incorrect. I think a whole lot of people (if they are honest with themselves) would agree with his statement.

I wonder if this has anything to do with George Soros giving NPR millions for new hires? Is this a slam at FOX?

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

Here is what he said:

“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 a 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.”

I believe he was fired for being politically incorrect. I think a whole lot of people (if they are honest with themselves) would agree with his statement.

I wonder if this has anything to do with George Soros giving NPR millions for new hires? Is this a slam at FOX?

It's a nothing. You will never hear Ira Glass saying "I'm not a bigot, but the other day I saw a bunch of Mexicans outside of Home Depot, so I pulled over and asked if they would re-tile my kitchen floor."

A lot of people agree with that or would do that, or at least can see the stereotype as "true", but NPR commentators have no business commenting on it because it's not in line with their organization's goals.

[DrPhil]

He shouldn't have said it. If anything, he could have made a general statement of how SOME people still feel nervous when they see a person with traditional Muslim garb on a plane. Attaching that nervousness to himself was a bad idea.

People need to stop pretending as though having to watch what they say in certain settings is "political correctness." We watch what we say because we wear many hats. In a professional settings, we are not wearing our "personal hat." We are wearing our "professional hat" and that makes personal opinion not distinct from professional commentary.

Juan Williams should've been smarter just as Dr. Laura's dumbass should've been.

On the other hand, Rick Sanchez shouldn't have been fired because even Jon Stewart said the comments weren't offensive; and CNN was using him as an excuse to fire Sanchez.

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

He shouldn't have said it. If anything, he could have made a general statement of how SOME people still feel nervous when they see a person with traditional Muslim garb on a plane. Attaching that nervousness to himself was a bad idea.

People need to stop pretending as though having to watch what they say in certain settings is "political correctness." We watch what we say because we wear many hats. In a professional settings, we are not wearing our "personal hat." We are wearing our "professional hat" and that makes personal opinion not distinct from professional commentary.

Juan Williams should've been smarter just as Dr. Laura's dumbass should've been.

^^^THIS

[Ghostwriter]

Originally Posted by agzg

but NPR commentators have no business commenting on it because it's not in line with their organization's goals.

What are their goals?

Poor Mara Liason is probably next on their hit list.

Juan had every right to say what he did. NPR probably was within their legal rights to sever his contract. But what he said did not reach the level of a firing offense. Freedom of Speech be damned. But you are right. It just doesn't fit into NPR's political views/agenda/goals. I just see a heck of a lot of hypocrisy here as there are NPR analysts who have dabbled in controversial commentary on occasion. Nina Totenberg for example.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

What are their goals?

His remarks on The O'Reilly Factor this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR," the statement read.

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