New York – NPR is facing a storm of criticism for its decision to fire Juan Williams after his comments about Muslims on Fox News, with several prominent conservatives calling for NPR’s government funding to be cut and refusing to appear on the network anymore.
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Speaking on Fox News, both Bill O’Reilly and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich called for Congress to investigate NPR and cut its government funding in the wake of Juan Williams’ firing from the organization.
Williams, who said Monday that he gets “nervous” when he sees Muslims on planes, also spoke out Thursday morning, telling Fox News’ “Happening Now” that nobody at NPR had spoken to him before making the choice to terminate his contract.
Speaking on the same program, O’Reilly told host Jon Scott that NPR had been trying to get rid of Williams for some time, due to his dual role as a contributor to Fox News.
He called NPR a “left-wing outfit that wants one opinion,” and went on to say that, if NPR were an entirely private institution, he would have no issue with that. But, he said, since NPR gets government funding, he thought that money should be frozen.
“I’m calling immediately…for the immediate suspension of every taxpayer dollar going into the National Public Radio outfit,” he told Scott. “We’re gonna get legislation, we’re gonna freeze it down…they don’t get any more money.”
The cutting of funds probably will be picked up by Al Jazeera or other Middle East fat cats
Even a liberal is not allowed to tell the truth anymore, when it offends liberal politically correct doctrine.
all NPR is , is an outlet for left wing tree hugging car haters global warming commies
On this blog I am probably considered a liberal. On most I would be a moderate. However, whatever our respective political bent the firing of Juan Williams is terrible. NPR has become so politically correct that it cannot fathom anyone disagreeing with them. To # 1 let the funds be picked up by whomever. I now believe that I do not need my taxes spent on NPR.
NPR IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT it is the mouth peice of the extrem left and haters of america people can say anything they want to denergrate israel or america on this usa funded station but if you seem to have a different bent on things get off my station what ever happened to civil discourse or the freedom of speech as stated in our constitution perhaps its time to close down this leftest looney bin
NPR is the left arm of the US Government. You are now seeing CENSORSHIP by a part of the government. NPR received money from George Soros yemach sh’mo. George Soros is a foreigner, thus FOREIGN MONEY!!!
Chalk another one up to the Obama Regime.
NPR is a load piece for liberals they feed you this twisted dishonest bias take on all issues. Which nebach many like Charlie Hall fall pray too. They shouldn’t be allowed to take tax payers money for this junk.
I didn’t know that under this “regime in the WH the constitution that allows “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” was amended to say “except against Muslims”.
Let’s take America back WITH HONOR.
NPR is a load piece for liberals they feed you this twisted dishonest bias take on all issues. Which nebach many like Charlie Hall fall pray too. They shouldn’t be allowed to take tax payers money for this junk.
America is almost like communist russia. Force to buy health insurance and now the left is setting down people who disagree with them Cass sunstein is hard at work with money from george nazi soros, you nudge and then you shove and if that does not work there is only one thing left BANG. This is happening in what use to be the American free press. CNN, msnbc and new york times are just mouth pieces of george soros with money given through various organization. In the State of the union obamanation said the supreme court has allow foreign money to influence american elections; he repeated that this week but he is the one benefiting from this through
george soros American should be screaming about investigating this crook but
holder is on the dole also.
Has anyone here ever even listened to NPR?