NPR Under Fire: Is News Giant Stepping on the Right to Free Speech?

Let’s be clear here. This is not a First Amendment issue. … The First Amendment does not guarantee you a paid job as a commentator to say what you want. Your employment as a person paid to speak is at the pleasure of your employer. In this case, it displeased Juan Williams’ employer, at least one of them, for him to have reassured the Fox News audience he too is afraid of Muslims on airplanes and that’s not a bigoted thing. … And so, Juan Williams lost that job. This is not a First Amendment issue. This is an issue of what your employer is OK with. - Rachel Maddow.

I do not hear CAIR condemning Muslim terriorist, NPR is one of the news agencies Soro is funding. He is at war with fox news. Williams was fired right after he donated 1 Million dollars to npr. If a socialist like Soro is running NPR it is not public so stop the money from the government going to NPR directly and inderectly. Stop public funding of all tv and radio stations.

Too bad, I liked some of the material on NPR but always knew they were way too far to the left politically. Not at all surprising that free speech is not their strong suite. Bye Bye NPR!

So its NPR? Its not longer about holding "journalists" even on Faux News to a high or even a medium standard. Instead of reporting journalists can now just state opinions, no matter how inflammatory and its ok? So Dan Rather should've said on the evening news that George Bush was AWOL during the Nam war and its my opinion and it would've been ok? Hey lets attack NPR because true journalism in America is dead!

A bastion of liberal principles! Most Americans are moderate to conservative. Why do our tax dollars go to fund partisan liberal NP AND NPTV? It's obvious they cater to left wing special interests that do not believe EVERYONE is entitled the Free Speech. I have already contacted my Congressman and Senator and asked them to introduce a bill to defund NPR and NPTV. I hope everyone will do the same. PROTECT EVERYONE'S 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

I think it was for the better good for Juan, npr doesnt deserve him,I wouldnt want my job or apology he is better off with fox,at least they stood behind him.I say cut their funding and throw them to the wolves like they done Juan

Time to pull the plug on taxpayer subsidies to NPR. Not next year, not next month, but TODAY!

This is a classic case of "shooting yourself in the foot" by NPR. They have allowed whining from CAIR, a Muslim group and a sizeable $1 million "contribution" from George Soros and his groups to kick Juan Williams out of his job at NPR. If they don't come to their senses over at NPR and re-instate Williams then I believe the negative PR aspect will bode badly for them very quickly.

Socialism means oppression people and the loss of freedom of speech is just part of what is coming

did you really say HOUSE moderate liberal?respected black journalist?sounds like racialterms to me.