Juan Williams, a frequent contributor on FOX News and one of the few liberals that I consider to be fair, honest and principled (as opposed to FOX News contributor Alan Colmes or Ellis Hannigan who are simple ideologues), is also a news analyst for National Public Radio. Or at least he was. Mr. Williams contract was terminated after he appeared on "The Factor with Bill O'Reilly" and admitted that he gets nervous if he's on a plane with someone in full traditional Muslim garb. Of course, NPR didn't seem to care that he spent the majority of the interview chastising O'Reilly about lumping all Muslims in the same boat as terrorists (O'Reillly had stated on "The View" while discussing the Ground Zero mosque that Muslims killed Americans on 9/11). NPR stated that "His remarks on The O'Reilly Factor this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR". This is apparently code for the government and donation funded radio station for "his comments seemed conservative". I've listened to NPR quite often and they don't tolerate conservatism, nor does most of their listening audience. I remember listening to audience comments a day after a Newt Gingrich interview. The announcer talked about the wide ranging diversity of opinions received by NPR after the interview. As examples of this wide disparity of opinion, she read an email from one man who said Gingrich was a liar and he would never agree with anything he ever said. The other email she read said I can't believe I kind of agree with that lying scumbag. Truly a diverse audience.
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