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NPR Fires Liberal News Analyst For Non-PC Nervousness

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JUAN WILLIAMS: I Was Fired for Telling the Truth

M: Yup, he should see what happens when he really tells the truth, that people hate themselves.

Humanity is choosing extinction over self awareness. They are going to fire themselves.
 
I just turned on the TV and saw the tail end of Williams letting loose on the O'Reilly show. Wow, just wow.

O'Reilly's got his back. Which kind of gives me faith that under different circumstances it is possible for liberals and conservatives to find common ground.

Will have to catch the rerun later tonight.
 
I love the liberals still in denial in this thread with the true nature of Juan's statement (the one which "got him fired") and NPR's politically motivated and vindictive nature. Really it just speaks volumes when the reality and context of Juan's statements are taken into account in the debate he was having with Bill O'Reilly.

Of course lets face the facts here folks. Juan wasn't fired over his statements (which were taken completely out of context) but over his political views (especially as a minority individual) which are contrary to the left leaning NPR network and Juan's attempt to seek a dialogue between both political spectrum's. Sorry Juan you just didn't fit into the NPR's political mold for who you are as a person.
 
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Sorry PJIBBERISH, as a Liberal I cannot imagine holding a civil conversation with the likes of Bill O'Reilly or Rush Limbaugh. I would not have to be rude, but the second they tried to sell me their ill thought out garbage, I would be on them like stink on shit.

But when Rush Limbaugh uses his imaginary sidekick Snurdley to bounch his intellectual drivel off on, its hard to imagine Juan Williams as being any better than Snurdley is for Bill O'Reilly.
 
So, is Mara Liasson going to have to quit her FOX gig in fear that she is going to express her opinion on what is opinion programming and get the ax from NPR too?

If I was her, I'd be thinking about whose spreading more butter on my bread. It's really not a matter of if, it's a matter of when NPR is going to terminate her if she stays with FOX as her night gig.

If NPR is going to censor (with the ultimate penalty of termination) what those associated with them say on TV, in print, or on the radio, it's time to de-fund them. It's time to cut them off from public dollars. Let them sink or swim on their own without the crutch of tax dollars.
 
boomerang said:
So, is Mara Liasson going to have to quit her FOX gig in fear that she is going to express her opinion on what is opinion programming and get the ax from NPR too?

If I was her, I'd be thinking about whose spreading more butter on my bread. It's really not a matter of if, it's a matter of when NPR is going to terminate her if she stays with FOX as her night gig.

If NPR is going to censor (with the ultimate penalty of termination) what those associated with them say on TV, in print, or on the radio, it's time to de-fund them. It's time to cut them off from public dollars. Let them sink or swim on their own without the crutch of tax dollars.
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Without public tax dollars NPR would go the way of "Air America".
 
boomerang said:
So, is Mara Liasson going to have to quit her FOX gig in fear that she is going to express her opinion on what is opinion programming and get the ax from NPR too?

If I was her, I'd be thinking about whose spreading more butter on my bread. It's really not a matter of if, it's a matter of when NPR is going to terminate her if she stays with FOX as her night gig.

If NPR is going to censor (with the ultimate penalty of termination) what those associated with them say on TV, in print, or on the radio, it's time to de-fund them. It's time to cut them off from public dollars. Let them sink or swim on their own without the crutch of tax dollars.
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It looks like the outrage is sufficient that government defunding is on the table.

But most of the money comes from contributors, including the likes of corporations and George Soros.

Soros might pony up the funds, he does fully fund lefty attack entities like Mediamatters and he has more than enough to pay their entire budget if he wants to, but I can see that the corporate world and any number of individual contributors are now going to pull their bucks and that is going to hurt way more than federal funding.

They are in the middle of their seasonal begging drive right now. It will be interesting to see how they do. Especially since lefty bucks are already stretched keeping their candidates in the running.
 
If I could take back the $60 pledge I made to my local station yesterday I would.

NPR needs to apologize and fire the lady who seems to be most interested in office politics.
 
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Ha. NPR and integrity do not belong in the same sentance, unless there is a "doesn't have" in there.
NPR is a joke and liberal leaning. They once again prove they are only tolerant of people that say what they want them to say.
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I think it varies quite a bit some, some shows are more balanced than others. It's hard to find cogent policy debate anywhere else though - infotainment on cable has 2 mins of policy and 30 minutes of "where's hayley" analysis.
 
Wow having read the whole thing, NPR really fucked up on that. No pledge from me.
 
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PJABBER said:
I just turned on the TV and saw the tail end of Williams letting loose on the O'Reilly show. Wow, just wow.

O'Reilly's got his back. Which kind of gives me faith that under different circumstances it is possible for liberals and conservatives to find common ground.

Will have to catch the rerun later tonight.
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Yessss the mysogonists and the bigots party together!

This thread died when you labeled Juan Williams a liberal.

Mr Williams, when I walk down the street and I see a black man dressed up in hip hop/gangsta clothing, I fear for my wallet and life.

But hey, I'm just being honest, not racist.

Good day sir.
 
MooseNSquirrel said:
Yessss the mysogonists and the bigots party together!

This thread died when you labeled Juan Williams a liberal.

Mr Williams, when I walk down the street and I see a black man dressed up in hip hop/gangsta clothing, I fear for my wallet and life.

But hey, I'm just being honest, not racist.

Good day sir.
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Is that the definition of racist now?

If i I see I guy in bloodied clothes, pale skin and moaning "Brains", I must be a bigot if I think zombie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K1KHqi9bXc
 
MooseNSquirrel said:
Yessss the mysogonists and the bigots party together!

This thread died when you labeled Juan Williams a liberal.

Mr Williams, when I walk down the street and I see a black man dressed up in hip hop/gangsta clothing, I fear for my wallet and life.

But hey, I'm just being honest, not racist.

Good day sir.
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Good gawd you are a dumbass. Williams IS a liberal. Always has been.

The only thing dead in this thread is your brain.
 
If nothing else, NPR are a bunch of idiots for firing him during their fund-raising week. Then again, there might be no such thing as bad news in that regard.
 
HuffPo article form last year.


NPR Tells Fox News: Please Don't Associate Juan Williams With Us
Huffington Post | Danny Shea First Posted: 02-12-09 02:22 PM | Updated: 03-15-09 05:12 AM

NPR has asked Fox News not to identify its news analyst, Juan Williams, with NPR branding when he appears on Fox News because of outrage among its largely liberal listener-base. And Fox News has happily agreed to do so.

NPR Ombudsman Alicia Shepard wrote Wednesday that in 2008 she received 378 "complaints and frustrations about things Williams said on Fox," including claims that Williams "dishonors NPR" and is an "embarrassment to NPR" and that "NPR should severe [sic] their relationship with him."

Recent listener complaints have centered around Williams' comment that Michelle Obama could be a liability to her husband, seen below.

"Williams tends to speak one way on NPR and another on Fox," Shepard wrote. "As a result of this latest flap, NPR's Vice President of News, Ellen Weiss, has asked Williams to ask that Fox remove his NPR identification whenever he is on O'Reilly."

A Fox News spokesperson told Politico's Michael Calderone, "We were actually doing NPR a favor by even plugging them but we have no problem dropping the mention on the chyron along with their exposure to millions of O'Reilly Factor viewers."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/12/npr-tells-fox-news-please_n_166467.html
 
PJABBER said:
I just turned on the TV and saw the tail end of Williams letting loose on the O'Reilly show. Wow, just wow.

O'Reilly's got his back. Which kind of gives me faith that under different circumstances it is possible for liberals and conservatives to find common ground.

Will have to catch the rerun later tonight.
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Wow just wow isn't intelligent analysis but an attempt to subvert thinking with feeling. The wow factor is for folk who are interested in brainwashing others rather than communicating.

And O'reilly isn't a conservative and Williams isn't a liberal. Save your labeling for the superficial.
 
PJABBER said:
It looks like the outrage is sufficient that government defunding is on the table.

But most of the money comes from contributors, including the likes of corporations and George Soros.

Soros might pony up the funds, he does fully fund lefty attack entities like Mediamatters and he has more than enough to pay their entire budget if he wants to, but I can see that the corporate world and any number of individual contributors are now going to pull their bucks and that is going to hurt way more than federal funding.

They are in the middle of their seasonal begging drive right now. It will be interesting to see how they do. Especially since lefty bucks are already stretched keeping their candidates in the running.
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You remind me of a bottom feeder. There's just nothing on the bottom you can't turn into a treat.
 
Moonbeam said:
Wow just wow isn't intelligent analysis but an attempt to subvert thinking with feeling. The wow factor is for folk who are interested in brainwashing others rather than communicating.

And O'reilly isn't a conservative and Williams isn't a liberal. Save your labeling for the superficial.
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I am channeling my inner liberal. Don't make me cry.


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