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Juan Williams Dropped By NPR Over Fox News Remarks

DToTheJ said:
Nate Wesley said:
Now, Juan Williams has publicly called his former employer out--this Friday morning on that intellectual juggernaut known as Fox and Friends...
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Former employees - they always have some sort of ax to grind... ::)
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And if you check the other thread on the subject of Juan, you'll note that he's just signed a big new contract with Fox News - reportedly $2 million over 2 years. Like I said, all the way to the bank...
 
Nate Wesley said:
Now, Juan Williams has publicly called his former employer out--this Friday morning on that intellectual juggernaut known as Fox and Friends.

I could accept some of his complaints as genuine anger over his firing, but its clear to me he's playing to the conservative crowd now. He didn't seem to mind cashing paychecks 'on the federal dole'.
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The forum doesn't add to or subtract from the credibility of his statements - his opinion is what matters, and he happens to be correct on this one. Williams has been caught in a wave of ideological cleansing.
 
dhett said:
Nate Wesley said:
Now, Juan Williams has publicly called his former employer out--this Friday morning on that intellectual juggernaut known as Fox and Friends.

I could accept some of his complaints as genuine anger over his firing, but its clear to me he's playing to the conservative crowd now. He didn't seem to mind cashing paychecks 'on the federal dole'.
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The forum doesn't add to or subtract from the credibility of his statements - his opinion is what matters, and he happens to be correct on this one. Williams has been caught in a wave of ideological cleansing.
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I'm not a Juan Williams fan, and as much as I hate to agree with you, dhett - from everything I've read, he was just expressing an honest feeling, not saying in any way that Muslims were bad. So, yes - Williams was screwed.

And I'll add that NPR has just played into Fox News' hands.
 
Lkeller said:
And I'll add that NPR has just played into Fox News' hands.
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I'll agree with that, and if that's how the game is played, it's a terrible statement on the state of journalism in this country.
 
TheBigA said:
Lkeller said:
And I'll add that NPR has just played into Fox News' hands.
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I'll agree with that, and if that's how the game is played, it's a terrible statement on the state of journalism in this country.
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I would agree with that,too. The fact that CNN (delivering straight news) is third in the ratings compared to Fox News and MSNBC) which both deliver biased coverage - is proof of that.
 
NPR was right. They have strict standards for their employees, both on-air and support staff/ And I'm surprised that nobody has yet mentioned the Stewart/Colbert rally ban that was big news a few weeks ago, but some here are so ideologically biased that they just cherry-pick the facts to cover their hollow arguments. Works both ways.

If Williams is on the air stating rather xenophobic opinions that could easily be deemed offensive, while at the same time being billed as an NPR employee, then NPR has the right to assert themselves. And no, it's not about political correctness. If he said the same thing about Christians or Jews (like Rick Sanchez said a few weeks ago), imagine the uproar over that.

And it's quite sad that so many people are so clueless about the government funding issue. NPR ain't gettin' much from Uncle Sam. But don't let that get in the way of good spin. Just remember, if your arguments are based on lies, then you're shooting blanks. But as the saying goes, truth does have a liberal bias.
 
FightingIrish said:
If Williams is on the air stating rather xenophobic opinions that could easily be deemed offensive, while at the same time being billed as an NPR employee, then NPR has the right to assert themselves. And no, it's not about political correctness. If he said the same thing about Christians or Jews (like Rick Sanchez said a few weeks ago), imagine the uproar over that.
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But it was OK for NPR's Nina Totenberg to say that she wished that Jesse Helms and his grandchildren get AIDS and keep her job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7msrF1V4NeY
 
sdwulfdawg said:
But it was OK for NPR's Nina Totenberg to say that she wished that Jesse Helms and his grandchildren get AIDS and keep her job.
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First of all, she didn't say "I wish for Jessie Helms to get AIDS." So she's not inserting herself into the story.

Second of all, she made the comment on PBS, not a commercial TV network.

Third of all, it was 15 years ago, so statute of limitations is over.

Fourth, let's consider the context. She was talking about this: Jesse Helms, the man who in 1995 said (in opposition to refunding the Ryan White Act) that the government should spend less on people with AIDS because they got sick due to their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct."

Maybe Jesse Helms should get run out of the Senate for his insensitive remarks. He's the one who should be fired. But he's already dead.
 
Lkeller said:
So, yes - Williams was screwed.
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Screwed? All the way to the bank. This had to have been in the works - how many companies do you know of whose lawyers would permit them to draw up and sign a $2M contract overnight?
 
listener-in said:
Lkeller said:
So, yes - Williams was screwed.
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Screwed? All the way to the bank. This had to have been in the works - how many companies do you know of whose lawyers would permit them to draw up and sign a $2M contract overnight?
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Finally, someone else stated what was obvious to me! Juan was clearly already negotiating a contract with Fox. This whole "episode" may have been planted by Fox to get attention. The naive NPR people played right into Fox's hands!

Let's face it. We all react to seeing certain people in certain situations and I trust my immediate reaction. For example, I was in a bank when a guy came in with a duffel bag. Upon seeing this guy, I decided to immediately exit out the opposite side of the bank. Did I overreact? Apparently not...since there were multiple police cars at the bank about 10 minutes later.
 
formeraa said:
Juan was clearly already negotiating a contract with Fox. This whole "episode" may have been planted by Fox to get attention. The naive NPR people played right into Fox's hands!
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You are waaaay too funny!! The Fox bogeyman? There is a serious case of Fox Derangement Syndrome around here! :D
 
Juan will do fine with all this. His name is now "out there", and his Fox contract will enable him to be top of mind for quite a while. No tears for Juan, perhaps some tears for NPR. Bone headed move by NPR, IMO.
 
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