Juan Williams was fired from NPR.
This is what got him fired:
Here is the CAIR Communications Director, Ibrahim Hooper, being mercilessly grilled for demanding that NPR “take action”:
Here is Juan Williams’ reaction to his demise at NPR:
And here is Bill O’Reilly’s view of what happened (time for those with an O’Reilly allergy to plug their ears):
Meanwhile, NPR itself just about admits that they fired Williams because it was on Fox News – Satan’s entertainment emporium – that Williams chose to express his opinion:
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, however, told executives of NPR’s member stations that Williams’ contract was terminated Thursday because he had more than once expressed personal opinions on controversial issues while offering commentary on other media outlets’ shows — most recently on Monday’s edition of Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor when Williams says he gets nervous when he sees people in “Muslim garb” on airplanes.
I have a feeling that by doing this, NPR and CAIR have shot themselves in their collective foot: NPR has exposed its own bigotry, CAIR has whined once too often and Juan Williams is a hero for giving voice to a fear that is repressed only by the greater fear of having to admit to it.
Your headline (the thing intended to catch a person’s eye) says, “Juan Williams experiences liberal tolerance”. You then suggeste that he was probably fired for appearing on FOX and that his comments may have been a convenient pretext. I wonder how long an anchor would last on FOX if he started criticizing people who were not supportive of Obama?
People get pushed out of positions and jobs all the time for not being loyal, at both ends of the spectrum – and in between. It even happens in churches – regardless of whether they’re conservative or liberal.
Can point me to an online example of a liberal who is cheering Williams’ firing? I couldn’t find one, but maybe I didn’t search long enough.