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
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
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 […]
Sep
26
When Muslim community center was not politicized, including on Fox News!
I know many of you would be shocked to hear Fox News actually praising the initiative to build a Muslim community center near ground zero, but it happened on December 21, 2009.  While guest-hosting “The O’Reilly Factor,” Fox’s conservative media personality Laura Ingraham told Imam Abdul Rauf’s wife, Daisy Khan, “I can’t find many people who […]
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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