Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Costs Juan Williams His NPR Job
But don’t worry. I’m sure Fox will gladly give him more time on the air: Veteran journalist Juan Williams was fired from his job as senior news analyst for National Public Radio late Wednesday because of comments he made about Muslims and terrorism on “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News Channel. NPR said in a […]
But don’t worry. I’m sure Fox will gladly give him more time on the air:
Veteran journalist Juan Williams was fired from his job as senior news analyst for National Public Radio late Wednesday because of comments he made about Muslims and terrorism on “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News Channel.
NPR said in a statement that Williams’s remarks–including that he gets “worried” and “nervous” when he sees people dressed in Muslim-style clothing on airplanes–“were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR.”
Williams, 56, made the remarks after the show’s host, Bill O’Reilly, asked him whether he thought the United States was facing a “Muslim dilemma.” “The cold truth is that in the world today jihad, aided and abetted by some Muslim nations, is the biggest threat on the planet,” O’Reilly said.
Here’s the video of Williams making his comments on O’Reilly:
And of course the wingnuts are already framing this as some big act of collusion from the left, with Think Progress being the ring leader. Scapegoats, boogey men and conspiracy theories; these are a few of the wingnuts favorite things.