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NPR fires News Analyst
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Former NPR analyst Juan Williams' contract was terminated after he made some remarks about Muslims on The O'Reilly Factor.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130712737
Now I'm not quite 100 percent on how I feel about this, but I found this quote off of CNN interesting.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/23/hendler.journalism.opinions/?hpt=Sbin
As a writer for a university newspaper, this bugs me since it seems there's a precedent for things that I say resulting in the termination of my employment. For example, if I said or was quoted saying that I sort of act cautiously when I cross paths with a black guy on my way home from class at night (truthfully it's more based on how they're dressed, but just for this instance) and fired as a result, part of me would think that's a bit unfair, but then again I probably shouldn't have said it in the first place.
I dunno. What do you guys think?
Should NPR have gotten rid of Williams for making that comment on television?
Sorry if there's already a thread on this, I didn't see it. Oh, and yeah, the OP is short. I find it to be a simple question that requires a complex answer.
"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."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130712737
Now I'm not quite 100 percent on how I feel about this, but I found this quote off of CNN interesting.
"Now, journalists -- online, via Twitter feeds, and in an ever-mutating body of cable shows -- are being called on to offer their opinions, for the same basic reason they once stopped: money." The network ruled this to be a fireable offense "for the sake of avoiding controversy rather than because someone broke some cardinal rule" against chiming in. This decision should leave people "suspicious of the real motives.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/23/hendler.journalism.opinions/?hpt=Sbin
As a writer for a university newspaper, this bugs me since it seems there's a precedent for things that I say resulting in the termination of my employment. For example, if I said or was quoted saying that I sort of act cautiously when I cross paths with a black guy on my way home from class at night (truthfully it's more based on how they're dressed, but just for this instance) and fired as a result, part of me would think that's a bit unfair, but then again I probably shouldn't have said it in the first place.
I dunno. What do you guys think?
Should NPR have gotten rid of Williams for making that comment on television?
Sorry if there's already a thread on this, I didn't see it. Oh, and yeah, the OP is short. I find it to be a simple question that requires a complex answer.
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