tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951678752723387451.post7464436005228295287..comments2024-01-11T03:14:22.238-08:00Comments on The Weekly Rader: The Juan Williams Saga: An Interview with Jonathan SilvermanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951678752723387451.post-64741406880345494112010-10-29T13:40:00.170-07:002010-10-29T13:40:00.170-07:00Nice little chat here.
It would be really refresh...Nice little chat here.<br /><br />It would be really refreshing if both Fox and NPR publically stated their mutual loathing for each other and how all this firing/hiring business boils down to that. Instead, each is hiding behind a sanctimonious imitation of some civic virtue: pro free speech, anti-hate speech, objectivity-schmobjectivity. I'm not buying it from either side.Beth Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994757937115244348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2951678752723387451.post-8038301179125829132010-10-28T15:33:01.517-07:002010-10-28T15:33:01.517-07:00The discussions I heard on NPR here in Southern Ca...The discussions I heard on NPR here in Southern California suggested that listeners had been complaining about Juan Williams for a long time. His remark on Fox was just the excuse to fire him now. Without stating whether his firing was justified or not, I would say that NPR handled it very badly and handed Fox a giant stick to beat them with. In fact, NPR even put a few rusty nails in the stick for good measure. NPR should have known that blowback would follow an immediate firing. They should have quietly transitioned Williams out the door.Scott Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185977061159785550noreply@blogger.com