My Fox News Sunday colleague Juan Williams has been fired by NPR for telling an inconvenient truth.
Juan was appearing on Bill O’Reilly’s show Monday night, when O’Reilly asserted, “The cold truth is that in the world today jihad, aided and abetted by some Muslim nations, is the biggest threat on the planet.” Juan didn’t disagree with this claim.
Would President Obama, for example, disagree? I don’t think so. Isn’t this why, for example, we are fighting a war to prevent jihadists from re-establishing a terror base in Afghanistan? (It’s a war, by the way, that Juan happens to oppose.) But do the powers-that-be at NPR really think that jihadists, especially if aided by state sponsors, are not a serious threat? Do the powers-that-be at NPR think their analysts shouldn’t be allowed to say they are?
Juan cited the words of the Times Square bomber: “He said the war with Muslims, America’s war is just beginning, first drop of blood. I don’t think there’s any way to get away from these facts.” Do the powers-that-be at NPR deny that jihadists have made countless comments of this sort? Are NPR analysts not allowed to cite them?
Juan also commented, “I mean, 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’ve 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.”
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As I said in a previous post, Fox News help Juan Williams get his money back lost due to these Marxists(Anti-Messiah's) put in charge as an American President, and put in there by our women(Remember Eve?), as the "absolutely forbidden foreigner" to rule over Israel(Manassesseh) as described in Deut. 17:15)! I'm not a Liberal, let alone Marxist, but Juan Williams was the only liberal that I could even lisen to speak! Probably that is exactlly why Soros had him fired! Again, Fox News, be Fair and Balanced as you say and hire Juan Williams!
Victor,
As i have stated before that for The Fox News Network to hire Juan williams as a full time employee would be a mistake with his racist & liberal remarks he has made against The Tea Party.
Additionally please stop condeming women for the worlds problems! In The Garden of Eden Eve did not make Adam to take a bite of the apple! Obviously men must enjoy apples because man has continued to this day to enjoy the fruit.
HC ! You opened yourself up to wide on that post.
FOX claims to be "fair and balanced" so they should hire anyone they want unlike the rest of the completely sold out media whores. Now, we know FOX isn't as "fair and balanced" as they claim. They are in the business of producing a salable service not broadcasting the unbiased news. The only difference between FOX and the others is FOX is sophisticated and has hired the talent that can produce an effective SHOW.
As for Eve, you weren't there. You know darn well that when you want an apple eaten all you have to do is tempt a man with a snake.
A-Pen?
I agree with you 95% of the time but not on these two issues!
As for Eve correct i was not there! Nor were you!
I am outraged that Juan Williams was fired by merely describing his feelings when seeing a muslim on an aircraft. His fears are well-founded. His firing is the Soros influenced while that left wing Hungarian bigot bought NPR with $100 million bribe. And I was outraged when the idiot woman who fired Juan Williams included in her advice that he should consult his psyciatrist about his feelings. PErhaps this NPR idiotic woman needs psychotherapy.
I would encourage Juan Williams to sue NPR for breach of contract and collect some of the Soros milliuons, I for one would never contribute to a left wing Obama propagand mill like NPR.
I agree that Juan Williams was fired unfairly by NPR / The National Public Rado Network.
With actions like this against News Reporters & Journalist by various news media outlets we can not expect fair & balanced reoprting.
Juans "blue pill" was a knockoff from Palestine and it didn't work. Somebody needs to innoculate him before he has another episode of confusion and heads to the DNC for another pill.
Now we have to go back and fix the fourteenth amendment and fire congress for allowing generations of uncontrolled immigration to water down the conservative, constitution protecting voting majority. Then we can alter the citizenship law by creating a new protection called unassimilated naturalized enemies. They simply become non-citizens who are deportable upon conviction of any crime even if they were born here to one or more immigrant parents.
Juan simply won't swallow and regurgitate propaganda like a good media whore.
ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION
'Religion', from the Latin verb, religare, is or means exercise of 'restraint' against destructive or counter-productive behavior. From historical facts of its existence, Islam has never demonstrated behavior as a 'religion'. The raw ideology of Islam is no different than the beliefs or convictions of the barbarians or pagans who destroyed Rome of the West in the 5th century.
Mohammed (570?-632) died in 632 AD but the crusade he launched with the Koran continued. "Syria, Persia and Egypt bowed before the shibboleth (party cry or slogan), "Koran, tribute or sword".
During the 7th and 8th centuries, "Damascus was stormed and taken, then Jerusalem, then Balbeck, Antioch, Alexandria, all Persia; Islamism nearly overran the world." After its fierce conquests, Islam "… had won an empire like that of Alexander or Caesar."
Islamic attacks and conquest of the Holy Lands caused the Crusades (five of them over a period of 116 years, from 1096 through 1212 AD).
Last vestiges of the Roman Empire were wiped out by a Moslem fifty-three day siege, attack, rape and pillage of Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey – formerly Rome of the East) on May 29, 1453, killing the last Christian Emperor of Rome (Constantine XI Palaeologus (1404-1453). Survivors of this siege were sold into slavery.
John Sobieski (1624-1696), President of Poland, stopped Islamic advance into Eastern Europe. "The Turkish armies besieged Vienna during July and August 1683 … but Sobieski … attacked and defeated the Turks, Sept 12, 1683, (Battle of Vienna) in a pitched battle outside the walls of the city, forced them to raise the siege, and then liberated Hungary from Turkish rule. The Turkish advance into Europe was halted and thrown back."
Date of Islamic attack on the twin towers in New York City, U.S.A., on 9-11-2001, was pre-selected for revenge of its defeat in Vienna on 9-12-1683, to signify renewal of its attack on western civilization. Islam is not a “religion” – it’s as violent, corrupt and devoid of any dignity or respect for human life as communism or socialism under Obama’s current Democratic administration of gov’t in the U.S.
In light of its history, any one who believes or perceives otherwise is brain dead.
It appears that freedom of speech under our Constitution is dead. Too bad there is no one with the guts or wherewithal to sue NPR for violation of Juan Williams' Constitutional right of freedom of speech.
Sorry Juan, but you get some of your own Liberal medicine: You can't say the truth; Muslims are to be feared. I say NO more Mosques or Muslims in our Country !!! Just like I can't call you BLACK……Shame, Shame !!!!
Remember those pictures we saw of Obama looking demonic? Well check out this picture of Soros. Not exactly a saint.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/soros-unmasked/
I read this article some time ago about Soros' plan to put in place Secretaries of State who were far left in order to throw elections. As Starlin said, it is not the votes, it is who counts the votes, or something like that. Site below.
_____ _http://spectator.org/archives/2009/12/04/soros-eyes-secretaries
LOL read TUP before it's banned.
That "far left" isn't far at all anymore. What they are doing is making propaganda politically and socially acceptable. It has always been the wise position to never believe anyone paid to speak. Make sure your kids understand that being discriminating isn't racist, sexist or anything other than a basic tool of survival being applied to rationally seek truth.
Williams’ commentary in this case relied on personal feelings, rather than on professional expertise. That's what–as apparently designated in his contract–made his behavior on Fox inappropriate as a news commentator for NPR. And he apparently had been warned about it before, also in connection with O'Reilly's show.
NPR is more consistent on the issue than some, having also told its employees to stay away from other political and pseudo-political activities, such as the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert rally.
So a commentator can only comment on political issues as instructed by NPR ? How about Juan Williams and all other commentators stating whose position it is they represent ? Why can't those who hold a certain position actually go on air so the public knows exactly who it is that holds what view?
There's a bit of difference between a regular outside commentator (which both Fox and NPR use) and a paid employee (which Williams was), and NPR's rules seem pretty clear. And again, Williams was commenting more on how he felt than on any area of supposed expertise. In theory, if he'd told O'Reilly, "I love the way Jon Stewart skewered tea party folks on his show," that also would have been a violation.
By the way, I wouldn't have fired Williams for the comment, myself (even though those comments are somewhat selectively represented above), and this looks like a silly knee-jerk reaction to one instance. Maybe since Williams had apparently been warned previously, the bosses felt they had no choice.
But if I were following the usual NPR guidelines regarding partisanship, I'd also have pushed him out some time ago, before it ever got to this point. Williams has become more a Fox News/MSNBC-style commentator than a typical NPR-style commentator.
Quick–how many other NPR commentators can you name? NPR usually puts the news and views first; Fox and MSNBC usually put the personalities first.
Funny that NPR does not have commentators per se . NPR makes it's positions based not on any individual but on board policies. It is obvious that NPR went over the top as Williams was only asked a personal question not a question over what NPR policy is.
Anyway, I don't find NPR to be unbiased at all. It is very politically motivated in direction and content and it shows in spades. In fact it is no better a source for "news" than any of the other networks. It is painfully clear that in order to find real news you have to fact check everything and that takes several days sometimes on a single tiny statement. Sometimes it takes years and in a few cases we have been held in limbo for decades. I'll just say Kennedy and you know what media obfuscation is.
Bob Garfeld, Annabelle Gurwitch, David Sedaris…
James,
It is very pathetic that a employee of NPR can not voice their opinions! Not sure! But Juan may have a good case here if he so chooses to go down the road of litigation.
The Truth is what reporting is all about,right James?
NPR wants nothing to do with the truth.
If such a person exist that would not have the same feelings Juan has,bring them out to speak.
I back Juan Williams 100 percent and normally I am not a big fan of his. He is absolutely right and he is a realist where Islam is concerned. Islam is not a religion, however it is a very tyrannical political system which is more dangerous than any enemy we have ever faced. It is indeed an enemy within that poses as a peaceful religion. we need to investigate and crack down on this group before we wind up being the victim of another act of terrorism which could be bigger than 9/11. Indeed we had better get serious and real fast!
The investigation has been done. Of the 57 Islamic states all either openly support jihad against the Christian founded west and all who are friendly to it or they covertly allow funding to reach the actual fighting segment of the religion. Not one has sought to criminalize and seek out jihadist sympathizers. The best we see is a token arrest or two followed by more concessions from our legal stance.
What violent groups remain on this planet are Islamic or Marxist or some union of both. Obviously this administration has an affair with both and thinks that fighting them is a waste of resources. No doubt the socialist takeover welcomes all the money it can grasp and also welcomes the threat posed by our enemies as a tool to keep them from being removed at once. The idea that we have a functioning government in case of armed attack apparently outweighs the attack they are carrying out against the constitution and our financial security. IMO the gauntlet is thrown down, the people have picked it up and the enemies are strategizing how best to survive their counter.
"What violent groups remain on this planet are Islamic or Marxist or some union of both."
So which of those is the Army of God, or various militia groups (not all violent by any means, but some are)? For that matter which of those was the Bush/Cheney cabinet, when they decided to attack Iraq and bog us down in a senseless and ultra-expensive war there?
Thats it? You would compare some tiny group with a name, which does not mean a warrior group either, or a handfull of "militia" who have never started an armed conflict with State actors? And please lets not go into the now confessed transport of WMD into Syria as the no WMD excuse used to attack the CONGRESSIONAL declaration of war against Iraq as Bushes war. http://www.nysun.com/foreign/iraqs-wmd-secreted-i…
Now I don't expect you to believe anything at this point since in order to prove the Iraqi's story he would actually have to fly a plane load of WMD into the Open Society headquarters. Yeah, that would convince me too but I'm not that intent on vindicating a tyrant who murdered his way to power and killed at the drop of a sock when it served his passions.
I mentioned the first thing that came to mind–enough to demonstrate you were, at best, exaggerating.
James, it's easy to take the high road and bemoan editorialized reporting after the liberal media, who have long enjoyed a monopoly on such reporting, suddenly find themselves facing a conservative news outlet that not only does the same thing but does it better. That's not an opinion; the viewership numbers bear me out. The same thing is happening with campaign financing. When the Democrats enjoyed an overwhelming advantage with anonymous donors no one cared; now the GOP has stolen a page from the liberal playbook and all of the sudden it's become a major issue. Now it's time to clean up both editorialized reporting and campaign financing, but where were these calls for such reforms when Democrats were the only ones who enjoyed the advantages?
Juan Williams You Now Know What It Feels Like Being Run Over By The Obamajihad Bus, Yikees, This Bus Is Owned And Operated By George Saros. End Of Story.
Someone interview the person,or,persons that would not be nervous in juan`s place on the plane.
I would love to hear them speak.
When Williams toed the line and criticised Republican and Conaervatives he was the darling of NPR and the only black man on this crud so called news show.Now he's being treated as a used rubber because he speaks of ragheads on an airplane but guess what most Americans feel the same way when they see these wacky women dressed the way they do in their burkas.They could be men under their halloween attire.If NPR worried about comments how come they never fired Nina Tottenberg for her outrageous comments propbably because she never went on FOX.Jaun should sue and next stop giving taxpayers money to this evil organization.
A-Pen,
Why do you like most men think that it is the woman & not the man who is responsible for Adams enjoying the apple? No one made him take a bite of the apple! It was of his own choosing that he did so. Why would you assume that it is the woman who wants something always & that we use whatever means to attain such wants? Temptation & a relationship are two entirley different things! I for one am no mans tool & will never become so unless it is of my choosing. Let me add that my becoming a prostitute is totally not acceptable to me therefore i will never be any man's tool as you say. I am sure that if you were to take a survey of all of the women on this site that a majority would agree with me.
You misrepresent what I said. Besides, I can and did propose the hypothetical to point out what is accepted as human nature by both sexes. I think if you asked most people that question they would become defensive as you did. That's a tell by the way. I'm not going to fall for the why I never line when sex is so well documented throughout history it isn't intellectually honest to attempt to defend it as innocent.
A-Pen,
I have not misrepresented anything that you said! In fact you have done nothing more than a Obama on commenting on this subject. "That's a tell by the way"?
"Not going to fall for the why i never line"? It isn't intellectually honest to defend it as innocent"? My question to you is why did you not just take each issue separately & answer them honestly instead of trying to impress some one with your intellect? You have achieved nothing! In fact i question whether you are a virgin or straight with these kind of responses. Possibly you are just very embedded in your religous beliefs?
My beliefs? Excuse me, let me make this simple. I believe science and the parables passed down through the ages fit together perfectly when you toss out the idea that the first written accounts of life were anything but replacing generations of knowlege handed down by memory with readable text. The parable is in fact how early people learned everything about social sciences. My beliefs are partially derived from early history taken as parable and that includes but is not limited to biblical writing. I am not a simple zealot, thank you.
Adam and Eve is a parable. It is about the power of lust. Do you deny that lust is a power ? That it can be abused?
A-Pen,
Honestly seek help!
Where do you find the anchor for your values? Kinsey? Keysey? Where?
"Fox represents itself as neither conservative nor liberal."
That depends on what you mean by "represents," I suppose. Are you going by what they say they are, or by what they show they are through their leadership, most hosts, guests, etc.?
James Fox News in comparison to all of the other networks in my opinion are in fact the most fair & balanced.
No rational person could honestly state otherwise.
James if Juan decides to seek litigation in this matter it is my opinion that NPR will sttle.
Juan did not vice a personal opinion! He voiced his personnal feelings! As well NPR for years allowed Juan to do so on other news programs therefore that part of his contract is null & void due to precedence.
Further it is admirel of you to have given up journalism due to your beliefs. Though i adamntly disaggree with your beliefs & politics.
I fail to see the humor in that since the winner would be left facing you. Who knows, maybe we would make a pact and both chase you down instead. Now that would be funny.
Lol! A-Pen,
Trust me i would be the winner by not having to face you two guys. Even if you did make a pact & you two guys chased down or in fact any woman & if by chance you did catch them it would take forever for you two to ever decide what to do next.
The whole exercise here mirrors lifes choices and lifes obstacles, yes? I hope you see the futility in allowing a basic human trait, recognized for thousands of years, from being elevated to a position where it can create chaos.