Something needs to be done about Fox News

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-juan-williams-20101022,0,4294425.story

"The cable news network signs the analyst to a new three-year contract
for nearly $2 million. Meanwhile, conservative figures blast the public
radio network for its response to Williams' comments about Muslims."

I thought Obama had given orders to have Fox News shut down? Why is it
even still in operation?

They are out of control and need to be taken off the air. You would
think if Obama wasn't completely ineffectual, which he apparently is, he
could have shuttered the doors to Fox News like he wished to.

If it weren't for Fox News, there would be no voice but the government
voice and we wouldn't have to put up with the crazies and stupids and
hate mongers that Fox News constantly promotes.

Can't they declare it a hate group of some sort, hate against American
citizens perhaps, and get them shut down that way? There has to be a
way.

 

NPR is wrong. Fox and others are right. Juan Williams was not treated
fairly for what he said where and how he said it.

You seem to be on the wrong side of the fence here. You are a
liberal/lefty and Juan Williams is a liberal commentator left of center NPR.

 

Just turn it OFF

 

President Obama has the power of the military at his command. Couldn't
he use the military to simply prevent people from entering the Fox News
headquarters?

 

If they did something wrong of course, they do operate within the laws
of the land, and put on a good show for those who watch. They have very
high ratings and make lots of money.

 

Yeah but, they say things that aren't approved by the government and are
not trying to help America.

CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, etc... all do the right things and support Obama
and the democrats, Fox doesn't.

So, they should be stopped by any means necessary. Traitors to America
deserve to be treated like the criminals that they are.

 

LOL

 

In what way, exactly? Who owns and manages NPR's operation? Are owners
and managers of NPR somehow not free to hire and fire anyone as they
please? Does receipt of a paycheck somehow grant Juan Williams a right
to do and say anything that pleases him on an NPR-owned network?

 

NPR didn't fire him over one incident.

 

They didn't hang him... because ever since the Liberal Left's
"Civil Rights" movement, you just can't do that anymore.

HTH.

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(And some breath-freshening gum... just in case I run into any
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Sure, racism and bigotry are completely acceptable post 9-11.

CITE? NPR isnt the bastion of liberal thought you think it is.
I quit listening to it years ago when they started shifting over to the
conservatwit side.


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NPR's coverage of the fallout is currently 'beating itself up' -
self-flagellating - all over the place in its commentaries on the
Williams issue.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/10/22/130759045/juan-williams
On NPR: Harsh Criticism Over Juan Williams' Firing

That's an article in NPR citing the numerous major news articles by
people friendly to NPR taking NPR to task.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130751882
NPR Fires Juan Williams, Journalists React - Listen to the Story

That's an audio stream on NPR Tell Me More in which the panel discusses
the firing, mostly friendly to Williams, with one discussant drawing a
very fine ethical line in which he side with NPR like a toady who is
afraid of saying the wrong thing. According to his rules, Williams can't
have an opinion or feelings.

There is also more to what Williams said on the Fox show than just his
fear of Muslim-garbed passengers on an airplane. He also said that we
need to have a balanced view of Muslims and get over some of such fears.

That angle was mentioned in the Tell Me More intro, but the audio didn't
include that part like it included the other part which made a better
soundbite.

 

As I said, Juan Williams was not fired for that one incident.

If he had been fired for that one incident, I might agree that firing
him was uncalled for.