Additionally, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee also called for governmental defunding of NPR, condemning the decision to fire Williams as “censorship… It is time for the taxpayers to start making cuts to federal spending, and I encourage the new Congress to start with NPR.” Fox News Channel contributor Michelle Malkin said in her blog:Â ” […]
Oct
21
Juan Williams’ first comments after being fired by NPR
When Juan Williams met with Ellen Weiss, NPR’s senior vice president for news, he clarified his comments on The O’Reilly Factor by saying he gets “nervous” when he sees Muslims on an airplane.
Oct
21
NPR fires its analyst for his Islamophobic remarks on Fox
Justice is served. NPR terminated the contract of its longtime news analyst Juan Williams after his racist remarks on Muslims. On the The O’Reilly Factor, Williams had said:Â “Look, Bill, 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 the […]
Oct
21
George Soros donates $1 Million to fight Fox News
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has donated $1 million to Media Matters for America in an effort to fight Fox News.The prominent Democratic fundraiser and donor has been a frequent target of Fox News hosts, particularly Glenn Beck. His first donation to the group is due to “recent evidence suggesting that the incendiary rhetoric of Fox […]
Oct
20
After The View mishap, O’Reilly continues illogical crusade against Muslims
It seems that Bill O’Reilly is capitalizing on the fallout from his comments, “Muslims killed us on 9/11,” to launch an illogical crusade against Muslims. On the O’Reilly Factor, he brought Fox News analyst Juan Williams who supported his statement. Williams said: “I think, look, political correctness can lead to some kind of paralysis where […]
Oct
20
Celebrities condemn O’Reilly
Stephen Colbert followed Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar’s lead Tuesday morning, storming off set of “The View” in dramatic fashion. Unlike the show’s two co-hosts — who walked off the set Thursday in protest of Bill O’Reilly’s comments about Muslims and 9/11 — Colbert’s walk-off was a joke. He said, “Bill’s talking about emotion. Bill […]
Oct
19
Media Double Standard Furthers Islamophobia
Read my Huffington Post article on this. It raises concerns about the consequences of his action on the media, and poses ethical media questions that affect all Americans.
Oct
17
Fears of Sharia vs. undisclosed campaign funding
Which is more dangerous to our democracy and the wellbeing of our society: A fabricated Sharia takeover or undisclosed campaign funding sources? Click here for the article!
Oct
17
Potential alliances between British anti-Islam group and US Tea Party
Racist transnational alliances could infiltrate our US government. The English Defense League – which warns that Islamic fundamentalism will soon engulf Britain and which protests have sometimes turned into clashes with the police – is seeking alliances with some U.S. figures taking a similar Islamophobic stance. Figures like Rabbi Nachum Shifren, a long-shot Republican candidate […]
Oct
16
To Brian Kilmeade: NOT “all terrorists are Muslim”
In response to Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade who commented, “all terrorists are Muslim,†here are Wiki lists of many other non-Muslim terrorist groups in the U.S.: Here are more international terrorist groups. Obviously Kilmeade should have done a simple search on Wiki to get all these lists before rushing to defend pin head Bill […]
Oct
12
First it was the mosque, now it’s Campbell’s soup!
Campbell is embracing more of America’s diversity by offering Halal soup in order to accommodate the Islamic dietary requirements, besides its large collection of soups that suit every taste. But that’s not digestible to radical figures like Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, who proudly refers to herself as ” the racist-Islamophobic-anti-Muslim-bigot.” Â They assume the Halal-certified […]
Oct
11
Islamophobic ad for Republican candidate Renee Ellmers
For those who say the Muslim center near Ground Zero is not politicized, just watch Renee Ellmers’ Islamophobic ad for her campaign as a Republican House candidate in North Carolina. Her campaign is based on opposing the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” in New York City. Her ad declared: “After the Muslims conquered Jerusalem, and Cordoba, […]
Oct
09
Time to laugh at our mosque politics with Jon Stewart
The Daily Show takes a hilarious look at our politics and naive media coverage of the Muslim center near Ground Zero. After his absences, Imam Abdul Rauf shared on CNN his worries about US national security from the radicals’ reaction to removing the center. But the media and politicians took his worries as a threat […]
Oct
08
Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle warns of Muslim take over of America
Once again, the rhetoric of Sharia taking over America has been exploited by Nevada Tea Party member Sharron Angle in her recent interview with the Mesquite Local News. You can listen to it here around 43 minutes in. “First of all, Dearborn, Michigan, and Frankford, Texas are on American soil, and under Constitutional law. Not Sharia […]
Oct
07
Should America Fear Islam?
The title of this ABC show seems a little frightening. Â Immediately it creates and affirms the impression that there is something to fear of Muslims in America. Yet, it doesn’t shy away from the fact that there are existing fears, which the show tries to address. In this ABC Town Hall Debate moderated by Christiane […]
Oct
21
NPR memo to stations about why Juan Williams was fired
by Jehan
Tags: Fox News, Islamophobic comments, Juan Williams, NPR, NPR memo about firing Juan Williams, The O'Reilly Factor
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