Juan Williams fired by NPR

Pretty insignificant. Juan Williams probably makes way more at FOX than NPR anyway. Like others have said, I don't think many people listen to NPR....although it may be highly rated on the geriatric circuit.

The first amendment guarantees a right to free speech not imposed by the state, kids - it has nothing to do with you keeping your job. Still- I was all ready to bash NPR for a hasty and botched decision. . .until moderate research reveals that. . . 1. NPR has a policy of not allowing employees on contracts (usually) to editorialize on other networks (or something to that effect) this is a well-known policy that Williams flaunted in an manner so obvious it seems like this was a classic PR shakedown to get fired so he could land a Fox job. . .and. . 2. Williams has been a shrieking baboon ever since the news hit. He has fulfilled every stereotype of the batshit crazy right-wing demagogue that (quite frankly) has no place as a contracted employee at NPR. Flipping the channels, I kept noticing how this insane jackass brayed constantly about his real and imagined rights and being insulted, et.al. (Oh, NPR is left wing? Only in America - NPR is literate and has quality standards -... Read more

Fundamentally, this event highlights the fact that there no longer exists a division between the objective press and the opinion press. Both have become indistinguishable. The idea is that no person can be objective, and in the overwhelming majority of content-created "journalism, there only exists the veneer of objectivity, not the substance of it. In addition, the line between news and entertainment has also been blurred in the minds of most people. NPR is about as objective as FOX News or any other corporate based brand. Certainly NPR has some hosts who treat the issues fairly, but certainly they are not objective. People like Diane Rehm or Michel Martin bring their opinions to the fore as well. The news media today effectively manufactures the news, creating these controversies that have little bearing or importance in the broader scheme of things. O'Reilly, Williams, and the others cut their trade by creating these culture war issues that inflame, divide and ultimately ... Read more

Excellent decision. This will cause the end to most of the funding of the left-wing crusader network. I suppose Nina Totenberg has to be chuckling he got himself fired for his "incendiary" comments, after her left-wing bomb throwing was hardly noticed by the "brass" at NPR. At the end of the day, under the cold blue light of analysis, NPR and its spokespeople look positively dumb . . . and politically tone deaf. They couldn't stop if they tried and will continue to pump pom-poms for every lefty cause and candidate through their expressed hatred for any ideas and/or people to the right of Mao. They scold Obama, not for his poorly explained socialistic overreach, but because he's not strong enough to arrogantly continue to ignore the obvious will of the vast majority of Americans, which they will vividly witness on November 3rd. Don't cry for NPR, they've found a dangerous and manipulative sugar daddy in George Soros and will soon be completely unwatchable . . . even for the t... Read more

Only important to the right-wing pundits who are angry that the Ruling Class does not control 100% of our media. For propaganda to be effective, there must be NO dissenting voices. In the 1920s and early 30s there was a great debate about radio--the first mass media since the printing press. The question was, should it be public, reflecting our "democracy," or private? The vast majority of Western nations opted for public radio, but the United States privatized it; i.e., put it in the hands of corporations. When TV came along about a decade later, there wasn't even an argument; it was completely corporatized. Starting in the 60s, other Western nations started corporitizing their public media as well... To quiet the small group of dissenters (you know, those who were logical and could actually reason and think for themselves) the corporate media (and the corporate-controlled government) threw them a bone, allowing a small and underfunded National Public Radio station. Of course, f... Read more

Hilarious. The leftos never fail to entertain. Freedom of speech? Hilarious, again.

This might have more significance if more than three dozen people listened to NPR.

Oh damn, the PC people don't like things that they probably think too being voiced in public.

I don't know who Juan Williams is and don't really care, but there's something about the phrase "fired by NPR" that made me chuckle. Don't ya just wonder how that would go? "Hi Juan, come in a sit down, could I get you some chai? Listen Juan, we have been wondering if you might think about something. We were talking and some of us thought it might be time to share the airwaves with others for a little spell. We're not telling you that we don't want you here anymore and it could be some one else who goes instead of you, its just that we think that there's some people who might have some things that they would like to say on the radio. You don't have to give us an answer this week, but could you think about it?"

It may be true that not more than a dozen people listen to NPR; but it is also true that a hell of a lot more than a dozen fund this crap through their tax dollars. Juan Williams was fired for telling the truth.

George Soros is at it again. So much for diversity...