{"id":10325,"date":"2010-10-22T18:08:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T22:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=10325"},"modified":"2010-10-22T18:08:01","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T22:08:01","slug":"juan-williams-experiences-liberal-tolerance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/juan-williams-experiences-liberal-tolerance\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Williams experiences liberal tolerance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Williams was fired from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is what got him fired:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GAfGKVK8PyE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GAfGKVK8PyE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CAIR<\/a> Communications Director, Ibrahim Hooper, being mercilessly grilled for demanding that NPR &#8220;take action&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EyxehqPBsvU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EyxehqPBsvU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Here is Juan Williams&#8217; reaction to his demise at NPR:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"guid=7KvefetF\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/s0.videopress.com\/player.swf?v=1.02\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/s0.videopress.com\/player.swf?v=1.02\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" flashvars=\"guid=7KvefetF\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And here is Bill O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s view of what happened (time for those with an O&#8217;Reilly allergy to plug their ears):<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tg4MSbLX_2o?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tg4MSbLX_2o?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, NPR itself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thetwo-way\/2010\/10\/21\/130729461\/npr-ombudsman-williams-should-have-been-given-choice?ft=1&amp;f=1001\" target=\"_blank\">just about admits<\/a> that they fired Williams because it was on Fox News \u2013 Satan\u2019s entertainment emporium &#8211; that Williams chose to express his opinion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, however, told executives of NPR&#8217;s member stations that Williams&#8217; contract was terminated Thursday because he had more than once expressed personal opinions on controversial issues while offering commentary on other media outlets&#8217; shows \u2014 most recently on Monday&#8217;s edition of Fox&#8217;s The O&#8217;Reilly Factor when Williams says he gets nervous when he sees people in &#8220;Muslim garb&#8221; on airplanes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;take action&#8221;: Here is Juan Williams&#8217; reaction to his demise at NPR: And &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/juan-williams-experiences-liberal-tolerance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[2143,2185],"class_list":["post-10325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fox-news","tag-fox-news","tag-juan-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}