It's All About Fox...

Let's get one thing straight:

The idea that NPR fired Juan Williams for "anti-Muslim bigotry" is complete bullshit.

If that was Williams' only offense, and if Williams' had been in the good books of the liberal media and blogosphere, he'd be prattling away on NPR at this very moment. As I said yesterday, the Left is every bit as bigoted against Muslims as the Right, and will continue to be so when they think such bigotry will hand them political advantage. Hell, if the Left's media and blogosphere elite thought hanging Muslims would win them this election, you'd have seen lynchings in Berkeley and D.C. weeks ago...

This is not now, and never has been, about "anti-Muslim bigotry".

 And now, just in time to emphasize this essential truth, Media Matters' Eric Boehlert suggests it might be time for a show trial for Williams' fellow Right-Wing Deviationist, Mara Liasson:

News that Juan Williams' contract with NPR was terminated over comments he made about Muslims while appearing on Fox News shines a spotlight on the radio network's evergreen controversy: Its continued affiliation with Fox News. Specifically, NPR's Mara Liasson and her long-running association with Fox News has often raised questions.  This might be the proper time for NPR to finally address that thorny issue. 

I'm not suggesting Liasson has said anything as offensive as Williams, or that she has that kind of track record while appearing on Fox. I'm just saying that if you look at NPR's code of ethics, there's simply no way Liasson should be making appearances on Fox. 

Oh, it's an ethics issue...

Uh-huh.

There you have it, folks. For all the outrage, what this really about is...

Thoughtcrimes Against The Party.

Let the purges begin!

Comments

[bandit]

It's an ethics issue - but the ethics involve taking George Soros money and letting someone who hs different views working there. Adios, Juanito!!!!

[TC@LeatherPenguin]

I called WNYC, asked them why they fired the only black guy they had working for them.
They hung up.

[mojo]

The ethics, they seem awfully flexible...

[Nodrog]

Hell, if the Left's media and blogosphere elite thought hanging Muslims would win them this election, you'd have seen lynchings in Berkeley and D.C. weeks ago...

You hurt your case when you make statements full of utter bullshit like this one.

[Dennis the Peasant]

I stand by the statement. Go back and re-read my posts on Dubai Ports World and you'll see why.

[Nodrog]

OK, I see your point. Your hyperbole was just out of control. But then, sometimes mine is too.

[Mike C.]

Gordon, we come here for the out-of-control hyperbole.

Well, that and the odd chapter of The Westerville Chronicles...

[Bill Jones]

Williams should not have been shot for that but the fucker sure needed shooting.

September 14, 2001:

He said in part,

“This week, Neil Livingston[e], an anti-terrorism expert, told me there is only one meaningful response to terrorism. That is to absolutely extinguish the terrorist. That means using nuclear weapons on terrorists in any country that harbors them . . . Despite my non-violent instincts, I found myself reluctantly agreeing with Neil.”

Glenn Greenwald got this one dead right
"The principal reason the Williams firing resonated so much and provoked so much fury is that it threatens the preservation of one of the most important American mythologies: that Muslims are a Serious Threat to America and Americans."

[A. R. Jones]

Hmmm.

They must have seemed like a serious threat to four plane loads of tourists and a bunch of financial sector employees. And janitors.

But just for a little while, true.

[Nodrog]

Speaking of out of control hyperbole, Mike C., how's your buddy Rayra doing these days?

[richard mcenroe]

I'd get nervous if Glenn Greenwald agreed with one of my positions.