Firing offense: NPR axes Juan Williams for opinions on Muslims & post-9/11 travel (Updated)

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Michelle Malkin  "That’s right. Government-funded NPR has apparently caved into left-wing attack dogs on the Internet.
"Also in the lynch mob: CAIR, of course."....
"As I’ve said many times before: Political correctness is the handmaiden of terror.
"Condolences to Juan Williams, whom I’ve debated –vigorously, but always with respect and cordiality — many times over the years.
"Hope this accelerates his journey on the ideological learning curve. And I hope he doesn’t back down."

NPR Has a Cokie Roberts Exception to the Rule about Comparing People to Terrorists

"What’s the connection? Well, Cokie Roberts is a senior news analyst at NPR.So, apparently, it’s outrageous and a firing offense to compare Muslims on an airplane to terrorists, but it’s just fine to compare Glenn Beck to terrorists. No double standard here at all.

"Sarah Palin is right. It’s time for National Private Radio."

NPR report on Williams' firing   "His remarks on The O'Reilly Factor this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR," the statement read.
"Williams' presence on the largely conservative and often contentious prime-time talk shows of Fox News has long been a sore point with NPR News executives."

What did Juan Williams say to get him fired from NPR?  "But the statement he made on O'Reilly's show that got him canned from NPR is so innocuous and beyond that, so true of most Americans, that you have to figure that either the liberal Public Radio network was looking for an excuse to get rid of Williams, or they are so drenched in political correctness that every other factor takes a back seat to their slavish devotion to that ideology."  Rick Moran, American Thinker

Fox News gives background on the interview   "The conversation with O'Reilly stemmed from a well-publicized argument the previous week between O'Reilly and "The View" hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg, who walked off their own set when O'Reilly said, "Muslims killed us on 9/11."

"The comment had been an explanation by O'Reilly why the majority of Americans don't want a mosque housed in an Islamic cultural center built near Ground Zero."  Mike Ramirez cartoon

More on NPR:  "...As he clutched his chest in desperation and pain, would you call 911? Would you try to save him from dying? Of course you would."

But if that man was Rush Limbaugh, and you were Sarah Spitz, a producer for National Public Radio, that isn't what you'd do at all

This, however, is NOT a firing offense at NPR.

Update:  TOO MUCH FEEDBACK- NPR Can’t Take the Heat; Contact Page Shut Down 
"Can a taxpayer funded organization discriminate or fire an employee based upon the content of his or her non employment speech? Isn’t that a violation of the First Amendment? Interesting questions."

Update: Juan Williams: NPR Fired Me Over The Phone Without Even Talking To Me About My Comments  "So, according to Juan Williams, NPR called him up on the phone. Called his remarks bigoted. Then fired him on the spot without letting him defend himself.
"Wow."