LATEST MEDIA OUTRAGE – AT 7:47 A.M. ET:  You will not believe this, from National Public Radio:

NPR News has terminated the contract of longtime news analyst Juan Williams after remarks he made on the Fox News Channel about Muslims.

Williams appeared Monday on The O'Reilly Factor, and host Bill O'Reilly asked him to comment on the idea that the U.S. is facing a dilemma with Muslims.

O'Reilly has been looking for support for his own remarks on a recent episode of ABC's The View in which he directly blamed Muslims for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg walked off the set in the middle of his appearance.

Williams responded: "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 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."

Williams also warned O'Reilly against blaming all Muslims for "extremists," saying Christians shouldn't be blamed for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

But strong criticism followed Williams' comments.

What? 

The man was simply expressing what he felt in a certain situation.  And for this he's fired? 

Of course we know the real reason that NPR fired Williams.  He's a Fox News contributor.  Can't do that, can we?  And he's an African American who doesn't hesitate to criticize black leaders.  No, no, no.

This is really outrageous.  NPR is subsidized by the American people, but it's always been a left-wing mouthpiece.  This would be a good time for the new, Republican House of Representatives, about to be elected, to cut NPR's budget to, say, a quarter of its current level.  It's great way to save money.  Let Code Pink write a check for the rest.

October 21, 2010