MRC's Bozell on 'Fox & Friends' Discusses NPR's Double Standard on Controversial Statements
Juan Williams's firing from National Public Radio (NPR) earlier this week was not only animated in part by the liberal George Soros-backed radio network's disdain of Fox News, it also reeks of a double standard, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told viewers of Friday's "Fox & Friends" program.
"If [Juan Williams] had said those words on the Charlie Rose show, it would have been seen as provocative or thoughtful.... This is the same network that featured Nina Totenberg hoping that Senator Jesse Helms would die or one of his grandchildren would die of AIDS because of his position on gay rights and nothing ever happened to her."
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"[Senator Helms] ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there's retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion or one of his grandchildren will get it," the NPR correspondent said on the July 8, 1995 edition of "Inside Washington," a DC-area current events discussion program.
What's more, while Williams was dismissed for his supposed insensitivity to millions of American Muslims, NPR issued no disciplinary action for a contributor who, back in 1995, mocked Christians who believe in the rapture of the church at the second coming of Christ:
"The evaporation of four million people who believe this crap [the Rapture] would leave the world an instantly better place," New Orleans-based National Public Radio commentator Andrei Codrescu said on the December 19, 1995 edition of "All Things Considered."
"There were 40,000 complaints waged against him," Bozell noted, and "nothing was done," contrasted with just 60 complaints waged against Juan Williams's statement on Monday's "O'Reilly Factor."
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Thank God this happened.
Submitted by Van Halen on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 9:17am.
Thank God this happened. DeMint now says he will introduce legislation to defund NPR from the taxpayer. Everyone is jumping all over this the last two days. While this isn't as important as the economy or the war, this is a major issue that needs to be addressed and would be a very good start for the new Republican Congress should they win.
DO YOU HEAR, REPUBLICANS???
Juan Williams
Submitted by Popeyecpo on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 9:25am.
I am numb with disbelief and disgust with NPR's firing of Juan Williams. The NPR continues to be an outpost for liberalism and socialist values while taking public funds.
NBC reports on the road with big money in campaigns and not one word of George Soros and his big donation and if he was involved in the firing of Juan Williams by the liberal mouth piece of something Brian Williams.
The CEO of NPR looks just like the kooky woman at the Bush ranch doesn't she.
Her latest: In addition to
Submitted by Andrew H. on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 9:28am.
Her latest: In addition to being sorry this happened during fund raising week, she continued to try to justify the firing by asserting that news analysts are to only ask questions not form and give opinions--which is certainly not the standard at NPR at all...
And she either thinks herself (may be because she is not very bright) or expects the unwashed to think that a reporter doesn't flavor his or her questions with their very own opinions all the time. Does she assume we are as dumb as rocks? Yes, maybe she does--but not so dumb to give anything to NPR.
And what Juan said was NOT an opinion at all. Another thing she assumes we would not catch.
To treat Juan the way she did is a travesty. To treat the listeners the way she does is an assault.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
bse5150~
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 9:28am.
This backs up one thing I firmly believe: justice is always served, in the end.
Oh m' gosh -- NPR certainly has its hands full with the fallout from all this. The only thing that surprises me is the sheer foolishness of the organization's actions. But then, that's how most get caught.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
The best revenge....
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:20am.
Yes, justice is served.
Williams now has a contract with Fox, at a significantly increased salary.
I'm sure NPR expected him to be a pariah....
NPR tosses Williams into a bucket of offal, and he comes up smelling like a rose!
Thank you, Brent.
Submitted by ekslib on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 9:46am.
This message needs to be repeated.
Just the fact that they fired
Submitted by Seashell on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 9:50am.
Just the fact that they fired Juan just weeks after Soros giving them almost 2 million is just plain boneheaded and shows the level of intelligence at the top at NPR.
The Justic Brothers?
Submitted by Dingbat on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:00am.
Anyone see where the Rev's Al and Jesse have spoken out against the firing of a man of color? Maybe I just missed it.
"His was a necessary loss."
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 2:04pm.
"His was a necessary loss." - Darth Sidious
Juan's termination was for the greater Marxist good. Some losses are necessary. We won't be hearing from the NAACP on this.
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James MadisonThe Justice Bros.? ...or...
Submitted by Red Jeep on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 2:12pm.
The Just Us Bros.? The Just Us Bros. have been silent, because it is all about them.
Can you imagine a non-lib CEO making this "psychiatrist"
Submitted by merly1 on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:02am.
snarky comment against an African American liberal??? Can you say fired? As with the Whitman "whore" comment, the allowed double standard is truly astonishing!
She did apologize
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:21am.
Now I want her to check herself into rehab.
Motherbelt~good one!
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:30am.
Bwahahahahahaha-ha!
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
...and did it on the phone!
Submitted by Red Jeep on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 11:22am.
Can you imagine the uproar, the MSM meltdown, if a conservative operation had fired a black man by a phone call and suggested he seek a shrink?
Leftists are never wrong in
Submitted by Andrew H. on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:08am.
Leftists are never wrong in their own mind but always wrong to all of us great unwashed millions who will voice our "opinions" just fine November 2.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
Good to see Totenberg's comments are getting attention.
Submitted by ekslib on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:30am.
If I hadn't watched most of Clarence Thomas's confirmation hearings, I would not have known that the Liberal press was so skillful at MISreporting (i.s., lying about) events.
Totenberg's coverage of the Thomas hearings was so lopsided that I finally realized that Liberals must actually NEED deceitful reporters in order to stay in power.
Totenberg was not the only one who misled us back then. More than one Liberal reporter worked doggone hard to change our perceptions of the events.
What an eye-opener for me!
Totenberg, a liberal, helped transform me into an EX-Liberal, even though
I grew up in a Liberal cocoon. I distributed Eugene McCarthy campaign literature. I voted for McGovern (Irony here: My liberal friends and family members tried to convince me, via long distance, to vote for Nixon)
I voted for Carter 2 times. I ignored any glowing comments about Ronald Reagan
and so on....
Totenberg sure can present a persuasive argument for leaving the Democratic Party.
You have done well! And I
Submitted by Andrew H. on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:34am.
You have done well! And I trust your open mind is much fuller now--it's amazing what truth will do for us.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
How about Cokie Roberts' "shoot Polanski" comment?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:30am.
You know, the Cokie Roberts who (still) has the exact same NPR title as Juan?
“Roman Polanski is a criminal, Roberts said. "He raped and drugged and raped and sodomized a child. And then was a fugitive from justice. As far as I’m concerned, just take him out and shoot him.” — Oct. 2009
SoL~
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:37am.
I'd say that's an opinion, wouldn't you? Not only that, it's one that could easily be argued could lead others to act.
I cannot imagine how many other examples there are within NPR.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Right, GG
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:47am.
I'll take it one step further:
Juan was only talking about a feeling he had - it wasn't even an opinion per se.
SoL~
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 10:54am.
True, very true.
Hmmm....it's almost like they are prejudiced against Juan! Ah, the irony. ;)
[But we all know this is really all about FOXNEWS and how much the NPR brass despise it. Isn't it amazing how the far Left comes unglued when it comes to FOX?].
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Has everyone forgotten what happened on9/11/2001?
Submitted by FastEd on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 11:33am.
How bad did muslims feel when they heard about the World Trade Center falling? Grief striken folks cried in the streets.
How is it that everyone thinks muslims are so concerned, when, 1, there are no 'moderate' muslims, 2, the false 'modisty' of asking that we specify the words "terrorists" or "extremeists"?
As there is no central group or "leadership" in the muslim faith, there won't be any condemnation, nor sorrow expressed for the victims of "extreme" religious acts.
"We the People . . " Hey, congress - I'm one of the people - start listening!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Juan is Right!
Submitted by lisa_joc on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 11:45am.
Juan should not have to apologize for anything. He said what we all are thinking, what we all are fearful of. This political correctness is out of control. This is so different from anything Americans have ever dealt with. The Japanese wanted to kill us, the Germans wanted to kill us, the difference was they were attacking us in a military fashion. There was no fear that the foreigner sitting next to you on the plane had a shoe bomb. The Muslims are publicly proclaiming that they want to attack us on our soil, in a surprise attacks, when we are least expecting it, but we are not allowed to say that we are fearful that this might happen?
I know there are good Muslims, and I feel bad that they are caught up in this. But since the bad ones are touting and plotting their next attack, and we know they are most definitely here, they have told us as much, how are we supposed to know who are the good guys, and who are the bad guys? Even the cowboys wore colors so you knew who the bad guys were. If a gang of blonde hair, blue eyed cowboys with red scarf’s attacked us, and even if we caught some, but we were told there were more ready to strike, wouldn’t we look twice every time we saw one? Would this be fear? Or racism?
Marc Lamont Hill was fired
Submitted by goldbar on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 12:08pm.
Marc Lamont Hill was fired from Fox News as a liberal commentator for being "too liberal". What's the difference.
What evidence do you have
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 1:13pm.
What evidence do you have that Hill's firing was because he was "too liberal"?
The same amount of evidence
Submitted by ckc1227 on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 3:13pm.
The same amount of evidence he has for all the other crap he posts here....zero.
According to My. Hill:
Submitted by Red Jeep on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 1:35pm.
"I am no longer employed by Fox News and grateful for the opportunity and I have nothing bad to say."
I saw that too, RJ...
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 1:47pm.
But apparently golbar sees a lot deeper into the soul of Fox than we do.
Hill~
Submitted by GG_NB on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 5:48pm.
I try to be fair. I really do. And I like that FOXNEWS has all views on their network.
But what do you guys think of Hill's performance on FOX? I always felt like he was talking a mile-a-minute and had a desperate type of air to him. He just was not convincing on any of his points, and he seemed to always be flailing -- he talked faster and faster as he seemed more and more desperate to add to the discussion, but he always sounded like he was in double-speak.
To sum up, I don't feel like he added anything to "balance" the other side. He did not seem like the best representative for the liberal point of view, and I found him very boring.
Was that mean?
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Georgia Girl---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 11:56pm.
Well, that depends, of course
His knowledge, opinion, and the content of what he expresses is pretty bland at best.
The dude with the weird doctorate is , IMO, not 100% boring, and I will tell you why I think that.
The fact that Marc Lamont Hill, Doctor of Some-kinda-wild-and-socialistically strange title garnered as a result of matriculation that earned him the title of his doctorate, adds no balance to a discussion, and is not a good representative of anything other than speed talking, isn't boring, for that very fact.
Granted, I would have been bored to the point of tears listening to his blather, but for the fact that I absolutely can not take my eyes off of him when he speaks.
He says nothing that will enrich my life, nothing that raises the conversational level, in fact, nothing that I want to hear.
However, the reason I find him fascinating when he speaks his machine-gun patter, is that I truly believe that at some point, the heat buildup generated from the speed of the words passing over his lips is gonna cause his lips to burst into flames.
That will be extraordinarily wondrous to behold.
MD
MD~LOL
Submitted by GG_NB on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 2:32pm.
Well, that is certainly an interesting take on it! ;)
About a week ago, I was going through the TV channels, and I noticed Hill was on CNN. So I stopped to watch him for a little bit. Here's the deal: he was calm, contained and making a little bit of sense (in that I could understand what he was saying) -- he was speaking for his liberal cause, as usual, but still -- his entire persona was different. It really did strike me.
Now that I think about it, maybe he doesn't deal well with pressure. Maybe he gets intimidated when he's intellectually challenged on his points. Seriously, I think he was really anxious on FOX.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
If you play with the devil,
Submitted by ckc1227 on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 3:24pm.
If you play with the devil, eventually you'll get burned. Juan has embraced liberal nonsense for years. He may be a likeable guy, but he's still a lib. He supports most of the stupid things libs do....until, that is, it affects him.