The Juan Williams Firing-NPR's Response to a Citizen

Cybersqid, one of my contributors, has sent me an e-mail exchange he had this week with NPR over the firing of Juan Williams. See how lame this response from NPR is.

 Original Message:

"Please find the enclosed letter sent to my Senators and House Representative:

After Juan Williams was fired from “npr” for expressing his “worry” about Muslims on an airliner, the “npr” organization should no longer get my tax dollars to support their violation of First amendment rights of a U.S. Citizen. You must introduce legislation in the Senate to de-fund this organization. In addition, “npr” no longer has any Black journalists in its organization, as Mr Williams was the only Black journalist. What would President Obama’s Communications Czar think about this! Last, you must look into the influence that George Soros has on “npr” with his 1.6 Million dollar donation a day earlier. A reply from you and not an aide is requested.Respectfully
yours,"

 (name deleted).


From: npr_response@npr.org npr_response@npr.org


 To: (deleted)
 Sent: Wed, Oct 27, 2010 12:00 am
 Subject: Re: Juan Williams termination – Message ID:132855

Response to Message #132855:



 "Dear (deleted),

 Thank you for your thoughts about NPR’s termination of Juan Williams. NPR

Ombudsman Alicia Shepard wrote this column in response to listener concerns:

NPR's Firing of Juan Williams Was Poorly Handled."

"Uhhhh.....yeaaaah."



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Fousesquawk comment:

The person who should be fired is NPR's CEO, Vivian Schiller. First, she made a reference to Williams' "psychiatrist", then she compounded it by telling a Fox News reporter that Williams had made a "series of ethical violations". First she questions his sanity; then she attacks his ethics and integrity. It is shameful.

Then we need to fire NPR from the government assistence rolls.