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
NPR memo to stations about why Juan Williams was fired
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