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Remarks
about Muslims landed Journalist in trouble
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, Agencies
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New York:
Natioanl Public Radio (NPR) terminated the contract of journalist
and news analyst Juan
Williams on Wednesday after he made controversial comments about Muslims on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor."
On Monday, Fox News host Bill
O'Reilly asked Williams if there is a "Muslim dilemma"
in the United States. The NPR analyst and longtime Fox News
contributor agreed with O'Reilly that such a thing exists, and
added that "political correctness can lead to some kind of
paralysis where you don't address reality."
"I mean, look, Bill, I'm not a bigot," Williams continued. "You
know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights
movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to
tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you
know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as
Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous."
Some commentators and a leading Muslim civil rights organization
took issue with Williams' comments.
The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan wrote
Wednesday morning that Williams' statement about fearing Muslims
on planes is an example of bigotry.
"What if someone said that they saw
a black man walking down the street in classic thug get-up,"
Sullivan wrote. "Would a white person be a bigot [if] he assumed
he was going to mug him?"
The Council for American-Islamic Relations too sent out a press
release Wednesday afternoon calling on NPR to address the matter.
Nihad Awad, the organization's national executive director, called
the comments "irresponsible and inflammatory" and said they
"should not pass without action by NPR."
NPR took action Wednesday night and put out a statement regarding
the severing of Williams' contract: "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."
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