Juan Williams' firing reflects fear and favor in the media - On Liberty blog - Boston.com:
"Poor Juan Williams. He learned the hard way that journalists hired to report or analyze the news without fear or favor can't expect to air their personal prejudices and still pretend to be impartial -- except that too often, they still can.
What makes Mr. Williams' situation particularly disappointing is that the view he expressed -- that he 'feels nervous when he sees religiously attired Muslims on planes' -- reflects a profound ignorance both of Islam as a religion and the ways in which terrorists operate..."
2 comments:
maybe a verbal reprimand.
i guess npr doesn't subscribe to progressive discipline.
It's always hard to get both sides of the story-- but from what I gather, he'd been warned before. But who knows.
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