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NPR fired Williams Wednesday night after 10 years with the network for comments he made about Muslims on Fox News.
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Edit: And here we go... but seriously, thoughts? A touchy intersection of journalistic integrity and standards, free speech, and political correctness, no? I'm intrigued what others think. I don't really know where to stand here.
[h1]JUAN WILLIAMS: I Was Fired for Telling the Truth[/h1]
By Juan Williams
Published October 21, 2010 | FoxNews.com
CHECK my OTHER post before you comment, please.
Edit: And here we go... but seriously, thoughts? A touchy intersection of journalistic integrity and standards, free speech, and political correctness, no? I'm intrigued what others think. I don't really know where to stand here.
[h1]JUAN WILLIAMS: I Was Fired for Telling the Truth[/h1]
By Juan Williams
Published October 21, 2010 | FoxNews.com
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Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims.
This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims. In a debate with Bill O’Reilly I revealed my fears to set up the case for not making rash judgments about people of any faith. I pointed out that the Atlanta Olympic bomber -- as well as Timothy McVeigh and the people who protest against gay rights at military funerals -- are Christians but we journalists don’t identify them by their religion.
And I made it clear that all Americans have to be careful not to let fears lead to the violation of anyone’s constitutional rights, be it to build a mosque, carry the Koran or drive a New York cab without the fear of having your throat slashed. Bill and I argued after I said he has to take care in the way he talks about the 9/11 attacks so as not to provoke bigotry.
This was an honest, sensitive debate hosted by O’Reilly. At the start of the debate Bill invited me, challenged me to tell him where he was wrong for stating the fact that “Muslims killed us there,
This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims. In a debate with Bill O’Reilly I revealed my fears to set up the case for not making rash judgments about people of any faith. I pointed out that the Atlanta Olympic bomber -- as well as Timothy McVeigh and the people who protest against gay rights at military funerals -- are Christians but we journalists don’t identify them by their religion.
And I made it clear that all Americans have to be careful not to let fears lead to the violation of anyone’s constitutional rights, be it to build a mosque, carry the Koran or drive a New York cab without the fear of having your throat slashed. Bill and I argued after I said he has to take care in the way he talks about the 9/11 attacks so as not to provoke bigotry.
This was an honest, sensitive debate hosted by O’Reilly. At the start of the debate Bill invited me, challenged me to tell him where he was wrong for stating the fact that “Muslims killed us there,
