The Firing of Juan Williams: Feelings Lose to News
FRESH** Written inside the update box on Google Buzz right now after watching the reports of the firing of Juan Williams by NPR http://www.npr.org/ JUAN GETS FIRED FOR WHAT? HIRE JUAN WILLIAMS; FEELING CUT OUT? FRESH** Written inside the update box on Google Buzz right now after watching the reports of the firing of Juan Williams by NPR http://www.npr.org/ The National Public Radio fired Juan Williams Wednesday afternoon in response to commentary deemed to be too personal to be aired on television. I liked Juan Williams and here's what I think about the firing. Reality does not appear simply because contracts are signed that state how reality is. Basically, NPR took the stance that reporting on reality is not the job of their reporters rather it is in the eyes of the beholder what is real or unreal. NPR thinks that we should not hear what people are feeling, just what the story is. Bigotry, racism, hate speech, terrorism, Muslim, Christian, black, white, Yellow, brown, colored; the...