Rich Galen: On Juan Williams (Updated)

Townhall  "Here is a short list of what I suspect are DOs and DON'Ts at NPR:
-- DO say good things about medical marijuana. DON'T say good things about cigarettes.
-- DO say good things about Palestinians. DON'T say good things about Israelis.
-- DO say positive things about "green jobs." DON'T say good things about manufacturing companies.
-- DO say wonderful things about Barack Obama. NEVER say anything good about ANY Republican."
Rich Galen has been a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich. Rich Galen currently works as a journalist and writes at Mullings.com

Juan Williams Firer a Soviet Fan?  "Ms. Schiller is suddenly infamous as the National Public Radio executive with Soviet-style values on display in the firing of Juan Williams.
"Where would an American media executive ever learn that dissent is not to be tolerated?
How about a film project called "Portrait of the Soviet Union?" "


PBS Sends Senior Editor as Presenter to CAIR Conference on ‘Defaming Islam”   "To make this clear: PBS apparently sent Schwartzberg to train “CAIR leadership” at a conference held specifically to “do something about” the alleged problem of “Islam defamed.” The use of the concept of “defamation” of Islam should be a red flag alert to Congressional funders of PBS: CAIR’s conference publicity followed the instructions of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to enforce Shariah blasphemy and defamation laws in the U.S. – in this case, with the support of publicly funded PBS staff."

Fire Juan Williams Right Now!  Our Sneering Liberal Culture in a Nutshell:
 "The Juan Williams Firing — Or a Primer on Elite Liberal Thinking
"There were lots of slants on NPR’s firing of news analyst Juan Williams that reflect how surreal cultural liberalism has become. Let us walk through ten of them."....
"... Does NPR see that it is now in an entirely untenable situation: it simply cannot retain the CEO who slandered Williams, but fire Williams who slandered no one — and retain any shred of respect?"
 Victor Davis Hanson

National Pathetic Radio  by  STEPHEN F. HAYES  "On its website, NPR proudly touts the fact that Totenberg is a panelist on Inside Washington, a talkshow distributed to public broadcasting stations. But the bio for Mara Liasson, NPR’s national political correspondent, doesn’t mention the fact that she is a Fox News contributor.
"Why the double-standard? Mostly because NPR execs disapprove of Fox. But there’s something deeper, too."
Stephen F. Hayes is a senior editor at The Weekly Standard. He is also a guest panelist on Fox News Special Report With Brett Baier  and the author of the following post as well.

Is Nina Totenberg Next?   by  STEPHEN F. HAYES 

Schiller said Williams' firing is not a reflection of his comments (on Fox News Channel) that he gets nervous when he sees people in Muslim garb on an airplane. She said she has no problem with people taking controversial positions, but that such opinions should not come from NPR reporters or news analysts.

"If that’s true, NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg might want to start looking for a new job."