Juan Williams Fired from NPR for FOX "News" Comments

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For years, FOX "News" has been employing NPR commentators as supposed "balance" to their conservative commentators. I've always wondered how this is actual balance. It would seem that merely by being NPR employees that they're automatically liberals. I don't think this is the case, and I think that their performance on FOX "News" bares this out.  Finally, an NPR employee has been fired for his "balanced" statements on the fair and balanced "news" channel. It's about time.

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NPR Fires Juan Williams for Comments made on ‘The O’Reilly Factor’



NPR has fired news analyst Juan Williams for comments he made on Fox News Channel earlier this week. Williams, who has been a Fox News contributor for 13 years, was on “The O’Reilly Factor” Monday night talking about the comments O’Reilly made last week on “The View” about Muslims and 9/11. On “The Factor”, Williams said, “[W]hen I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous. . .”
 
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