NPR Should Have Let Juan Williams Go Years Ago

Juan Williams had been warned. The move by NPR to terminate the contract of news analyst Williams has thrown the usual suspects into the expected histrionics of victimization. Karl Rove managed to keep a straight face when he went on Fox News and exclaimed "Shame on NPR" while actually wagging his finger. That Williams hasn't been challenged to specify what he meant by "Muslim garb" is just another journalistic failing in a human centipede of journalistic failings around this story. Williams' fear of Muslims (since overcome or not) as terrorists is not the problem; it's that he thinks he can easily identify "Muslim garb." (Anyway, as The [...]
