NPR fires analyst Juan Williams after he says Muslims on planes make him nervous
- Thread starter Super Fly
- Start date
Fox news just sign him to join!!!!!
Exactly what I figured. He pulled a John Stossel, which was become so opinionated that his previous company has to do something about it so they can get picked up by someone else. My point still stands that opinionated news is a major problem today.
Fox news just sign him to join!!!!!
he already worked for Fox News and has been for years...
now, if they give him his own show
Not too sure about this ... this is not the typical thing a black man will say...
I think he was trying to appease his white audience.
Clarence Thomas's wife will be calling you for an apology
he already worked for Fox News and has been for years...
now, if they give him his own show
He was basically a commentator in his previous role. They basically called him up when they needed someone for the host to have a discussion with about the news, because he actually was supposed to be the "liberal" side of the discussion. while he often appeared on there, he likely wasn't considered a part of the team.
To show how they are playing this up, he's hosting O'Reilly's show Friday.
And the "NPR is biased and should have it's funding pulled" cries have already started from Newt and Palin. Never mind that at least one other person from NPR is doing the same thing on Fox without problems, and that they told him to cut it out before when he said Michelle Obama was "Stokely-Carmichael-in-a-designer-dress"
All in all, I think NPR would have come off better had they not fired him... but instead put out a statement saying that he was expressing his opinion, and blah blah blah, etc.... and then making sure that he did interviews with some of their better interviewers to explain what he said and to answer questions. As I think others have brought up, the part of his statement about muslim garb was kinda stupid, even given the fact that it's ok to have an opinion. They could show him airport security photos of all the 9/11 hijackers and I'm sure, the shoe bomber and underwear bomber, etc.... and mention the fact that most likely, someone bombing or hijacking a plane won't be wearing muslim garb...
Also, I'd like to see Juan on Real Time soon, since Bill Maher was also fired from his old job on ABC for expressing his opinion (that it's less cowardly to crash a plane you're on than it is to lob missles from miles away). As an aside, I'd also like to see what FOX commentators and Juan himself said about Bill Maher's firing at the time (I honestly don't know but I am gonna see what I can find on that).
Also, I'd like to see Juan on Real Time soon, since Bill Maher was also fired from his old job on ABC for expressing his opinion (that it's less cowardly to crash a plane you're on than it is to lob missles from miles away). As an aside, I'd also like to see what FOX commentators and Juan himself said about Bill Maher's firing at the time (I honestly don't know but I am gonna see what I can find on that).
he should not get fired for keeping it real.
Or my "favorite"...
"(WHITE) CHRISTIANS BLEW UP THE ALFRED E. MURRAH BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY! AND MURDERED 168 PEOPLE! INCLUDING CHILDREN!"
Phony-ASS fuckers don't even want to mention that one.
Talking about it's not the "same thing" and shit
he already worked for Fox News and has been for years...
now, if they give him his own show
That show would die a quick and painful death due to the swagger jacking of FOX's more popular white counterparts.
See Alan Keyes.
Eh ...fuck it. Self-preservation is powerful. People fear what they perceive could possibly hurt them.
If I got on a plane and saw obviously two Middle Eastern gentleman on the plane, speaking Arabic to each other, I cannot sit here and tell you I'm not going to be looking out of peripheral for any sudden movement.
If there was never a 9/11, I doubt I would do that. However, to sit and pretend like there is ZERO possibility that a Muslim could be on my plane with plans to hi-jack it is not only naive, but motherfucking stupid. Those individuals on 9/11 thought the same way - cause they didn't have just case to do so - and look where they're at.
It's no different than my cousin telling me to watch out for Black dudes in blue Dodgers jerseys when/if I move out to LA. You don't think I'm going to get a little edgy if I see a pack of dudes wearing blue dodgers jerseys?
Do I like it when White women lock their doors as I walk by? HELL TO THE NIZZY! However, can I deny that Black men in my area are robbing banks and stealing purses more than usual? No.
It don't feel good, but people need to accept that what those LIKE us do, can affect how WE are perceived as well.
If I got on a plane and saw obviously two Middle Eastern gentleman on the plane, speaking Arabic to each other, I cannot sit here and tell you I'm not going to be looking out of peripheral for any sudden movement.
If there was never a 9/11, I doubt I would do that. However, to sit and pretend like there is ZERO possibility that a Muslim could be on my plane with plans to hi-jack it is not only naive, but motherfucking stupid. Those individuals on 9/11 thought the same way - cause they didn't have just case to do so - and look where they're at.
It's no different than my cousin telling me to watch out for Black dudes in blue Dodgers jerseys when/if I move out to LA. You don't think I'm going to get a little edgy if I see a pack of dudes wearing blue dodgers jerseys?
Do I like it when White women lock their doors as I walk by? HELL TO THE NIZZY! However, can I deny that Black men in my area are robbing banks and stealing purses more than usual? No.
It don't feel good, but people need to accept that what those LIKE us do, can affect how WE are perceived as well.
- i know this.
and he's been doing that for close to a decade regularly
and i doubt he was doing it for free.
and it was no secret that NPR never liked that he worked for fox news either...
that's the same shit i've being saying ...just shows how stupid and prejudice these idiots are(facts don't matter)let's scare white people for votes
Sirwoodz got me dyin with that bubbalip picture
- let's see
niggas that can barely read and write sitting @ their computers tossing back 40's, smoking blunts, stealing music and movies w/bad credit, bullshit jobs if they even have one, kids they barely or never see
calling formally educated people with books that you can buy at every book store in america, negotiating million dollar TV contracts stupid.
oh wait, this is where you hit me with some tenderly emotional nonsense about how good you are of a person despite not having any of these things, or how you ain't "prejudiced" blah blah blah...
kill yourselves. quickly.
american news is all garbage, including npr. if you read or watch news orgs from other countries you realize our shit is basically dumbed down and censored. pacifica network and democracy now are the only decent broadcast news organizations. also in print mcclatchy has some really good reporting.
- let's see
niggas that can barely read and write sitting @ their computers tossing back 40's, smoking blunts, stealing music and movies w/bad credit, bullshit jobs if they even have one, kids they barely or never see
calling formally educated people with books that you can buy at every book store in america, negotiating million dollar TV contracts stupid. and prejudice.
oh wait, this is where you hit me with some tenderly emotional nonsense about how good you are of a person despite not having any of these things, or how you ain't "prejudiced" blah blah blah...
kill yourselves. quickly.
go suck you mother pussyhole
you sound like a bloodclaat battyman
1prej·u·dice noun \ˈpre-jə-dəs\
Definition of PREJUDICE
1: injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one's rights; especially : detriment to one's legal rights or claims
2a (1) : preconceived judgment or opinion (2) : an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge b : an instance of such judgment or opinion
c : an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics
fucking idiot go learn the English language
why did you just give me the definition of the word prejudice? what in the fuck does that have to do with the point I made?
and if all somebody has to do to negotiate million dollar deals is be prejudice, where do I sign up?
but we all know that ain't true...just watch the first 48, niggas are prejudice against niggas openly and are broker than shit.
why did you just give me the definition of the word prejudice? what in the fuck does that have to do with the point I made?
to prove you don't know what the fuck you are talking about
and if all somebody has to do to negotiate million dollar deals is be prejudice, where do I sign up?
the Teabaggers are looking for new coons you are free to sign up with them
but we all know that ain't true...just watch the first 48, niggas are prejudice against niggas openly and are broker than shit.
yeah because Cacs don't kill Cacs get the fuck out of here
and go change your name to what it should be Sux Woods
So let me get this straight:
Juan Williams speaks of how he feels(not giving an opinion saying that all ppl on planes should be afraid of ppl in Muslim garb, but just tells you how he feels) while ARGUING w/ Bill O'Reilly about what he said on the view and he gets fired...
BUT...
Chris Matthews says ON LIVE TV on MSNBC that Obama's performance at the GOP House of Representatives' retreat was so good that "It, frankly, made me forget that he was black" and the media doesn't say ANYTHING.
What's worse? Juan saying something that MOST OF US feel and still disagreeing with how O'Reilly has been conducting himself lately in terms of speaking about Muslims or Chris Matthews basically saying that he can't naturally equate excllence with blackness?
You liberals are pathetic...keep carrying water for these Democrats that despise you just as much as any conservative.
And oh yeah...Juan's buddy from NPR, Mara Liasson, is about to be targeted now by liberal groups b/c she's a sensible moderate Democrat like Juan and not some ring-licking zombies like all of you.
Juan Williams speaks of how he feels(not giving an opinion saying that all ppl on planes should be afraid of ppl in Muslim garb, but just tells you how he feels) while ARGUING w/ Bill O'Reilly about what he said on the view and he gets fired...
BUT...
Chris Matthews says ON LIVE TV on MSNBC that Obama's performance at the GOP House of Representatives' retreat was so good that "It, frankly, made me forget that he was black" and the media doesn't say ANYTHING.
What's worse? Juan saying something that MOST OF US feel and still disagreeing with how O'Reilly has been conducting himself lately in terms of speaking about Muslims or Chris Matthews basically saying that he can't naturally equate excllence with blackness?
You liberals are pathetic...keep carrying water for these Democrats that despise you just as much as any conservative.
And oh yeah...Juan's buddy from NPR, Mara Liasson, is about to be targeted now by liberal groups b/c she's a sensible moderate Democrat like Juan and not some ring-licking zombies like all of you.
Michelle Martin, Jimmy Israel and the Barbershop guys discussing the Juan Williams firing earlier today (click the listen button):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130751894&ft=1&f=46
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130751894&ft=1&f=46
When I step on an Airplane and see a Muslim dressed in their Garb, I applaud their bravery.
We live in a world where we expect facades and willingly
pull wool over our eyes.
This is how prejudices grow into implied discrimination....
sumun bukmun umyun
- i know this.
and he's been doing that for close to a decade regularly
and i doubt he was doing it for free.
and it was no secret that NPR never liked that he worked for fox news either...
He wasn't making 2 million for two years of appearances.
And again, If they didn't like him showing up on Fox, why haven't they also fired or reprehended Mara Liasson who works for NPR but corresponded with Fox? They both even started around the same time.
- dude, he has been on fox news payroll for years...you can't "UP" someones pay who was never on your payroll. that was my only point; was that he has BEEN working for FOX NEWS for years.
and also, start paying closer attention to the news bruh. they've been on her ass for years too, NPR and left wing activists:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/m...akes-heat-over-fox-news-appearances/19684452/
these SLAVES don't hear you bruh.
Let me weigh my options. Be called a slave by racist confused black men who think that the 2 party system will one day disappear or vote for the party who actually wants me to be a slave? Hmmmmmm. Watch The Daily Show where they call out mistakes on both sides or watch Fox News where they make up shit just to keep the sheep in check? Decisions decisions. Vote for the party who isn't perfect or vote for the party who has raped this country the most? Rally with the Tea Party with signs showing our President as a Voodoo Witch doctor or actually use my brain and vote regarding real issues. I'm 29. 20 of those years there has been a Republican President. Yet they keep using the same 3 issues (abortion, illegals, gay marriage) over and over like they have never had a chance to "fix" things. I am not retarded. I refuse to rally and support a party that uses fear as a way to get people to vote. The democrats may not be the saviors of black Americans (which we don't need if people would be responsible for themselves), but those of us smart enough to see through the bullshit that Republicans say, technically makes us the free people in this equation. Not slaves. Neither side is 100% right but the Republicans do an awful job at making non white men seem welcome with them. No person is 100% conservative or liberal. So enough with the labels. A black man saying a racist comment about being afraid of someone based on looks is equal to a freed slave becoming a slave master.
Yes, other media outlets. As I mentioned there's been contention for years if NPR is liberal or conservatively biased and both sides have criticized it or called for it's funding pulled at some point. What I'm saying is that if NPR was looking for a reason to fire him because he worked for Fox, they would have took her out as well. He knew what he was doing and got a better paying job. I'm not mad at him, but it's funny how no one has picked up on that.
I know this wasn't directed at me, and I'm not directing this at you... but it made me want to explain my political position. When I vote, I usually vote democratic, although I consider myself center/independent. I see things that make sense and things that are batshit crazy on both sides, especially towards the extremes. In my lifetime though, the republican party has been pulled more towards their extreme side, because since 1964 (a few years before I was born) it has worked wonderfully for them. They got the southern/bible belt vote locked up, along with the Dakota/wyoming-type northern states, and they did it by embracing the southern voting strategy, which depends in large part on white people being afraid of me.
I don't harbor any illusions about the democrats being a whole lot better for black people, and locally especially, I have voted for republicans and 3rd partiers when they seemed like the best candidates. On the national level though, that southern strategy has made it almost impossible for a republican that I could vote for to get the nomination. Tom Kean was the governor of NJ right before I became old enough to vote, and I could ride with a republican like that... but a republican like that would never get the nomination. In the present day republican party, it's actually a plus to be at least slightly redneckish, and to make sure that straight up rednecks think/know you're one of them. That makes it hard to support that team nationally. Nowadays with the tea party shit, the extreme, redneck stuff has even reached NJ unfortunately.
If a republican is running nationally on a platform that I think is the right platform, without having to co-sign every single thing the national party and most definitely the tea party demands, I will consider giving my vote. As of late, that hasn't happened, and I don't see it happening. If everybody running is shit though, either I just won't vote, or if the rhetoric is too redneck-friendly like lately on the republican side, for me the tie goes to the democrat, because at least for the most part, that side doesn't purposely try to embrace the part of the population that hates me.
I don't harbor any illusions about the democrats being a whole lot better for black people, and locally especially, I have voted for republicans and 3rd partiers when they seemed like the best candidates. On the national level though, that southern strategy has made it almost impossible for a republican that I could vote for to get the nomination. Tom Kean was the governor of NJ right before I became old enough to vote, and I could ride with a republican like that... but a republican like that would never get the nomination. In the present day republican party, it's actually a plus to be at least slightly redneckish, and to make sure that straight up rednecks think/know you're one of them. That makes it hard to support that team nationally. Nowadays with the tea party shit, the extreme, redneck stuff has even reached NJ unfortunately.
If a republican is running nationally on a platform that I think is the right platform, without having to co-sign every single thing the national party and most definitely the tea party demands, I will consider giving my vote. As of late, that hasn't happened, and I don't see it happening. If everybody running is shit though, either I just won't vote, or if the rhetoric is too redneck-friendly like lately on the republican side, for me the tie goes to the democrat, because at least for the most part, that side doesn't purposely try to embrace the part of the population that hates me.
- bruh, check my post history. I have never supported a got damned thing that republicans have stated.
i've never supported a republican candidate.
i always voted democrat. since I was 18.
so just b/c i shit on democrats and liberals, doesn't mean I support the republican party...
i'm hard on democrats b/c everything you see in the black community happened on the democrats watch.
- AIDS
- Poverty
- entire communities w/0 fathers in the homes.
- 4 and 5 generations deep in the ghetto/projects
- self destructive attitudes and cultural behaviors going unchecked
they've even got it set up to where black leaders can make a nice little career as long as they don't get out of line (like juan williams did).
think about it...every single last one of us can get up in a room and spew some "democratic" shit and get the whole room to applaud us...but say some shit like bill cosby and you just may get escorted out of the building (ask yourself why was jesse jackson bawling uncontrollably @ that speech..he had to be handed a kleenex by his assitant...)
this is why you are a SLAVE. a voluntary SLAVE. you not only willingly put yourself in a SLAVES position, but you are willing to lay down and die to remain a SLAVE.
Similar threads
