NPR fires Juan Williams for saying what he Thinks

National Public Radio fires Juan Williams, supposedly for saying on the Bill O'Reilly Show on Fox:

“I mean, look, Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the civil rights movement in this country,” Williams said Monday. “But when I get on a 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.”

Wow.  An honest statement, that probably 90% of America would say, "yeah, me too", if asked.  I would bet that the vast majority of the ultra-libs that run NPR, if they are being honest with themselves, would agree with him.  But supposedly, this 'outrageous' statement got him branded a racist and fired by NPR. According to NPR 'CEO' Vivian Schiller:

controversial opinions should not come from NPR reporters or news analysts.

and followed that directive up with

Schiller said Williams' feelings about Muslims should be between him and "his psychiatrist or his publicist - take your pick."

Schiller apologized for the last comment later.

So, does anybody buy NPR's story regarding the firing?  I've watched and listened to Juan Williams for years on NPR and Fox.  He's certainly a liberal, but he isn't close-minded, and seems like a genuinely nice guy.  He wrote a universally acclaimed and famous book called "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965" as well as a biography of Thurgood Marshall.

I think his statement on Fox was an excuse that Schiller used to fire him.  I suppose most people think that.  Williams' sin againts NPR and liberals in general is to appear on Fox.  Liberals hate Fox with a white-hot hate, because it has been critical in breaking through the media wall, which NPR itself is a gigantic part of, which has enabled liberals to control the media narrative for decades.  Williams' presence on Fox helps to legitimize Fox to open-minded liberals and blacks, something that cannot be tolerated by the Left, or their already-breaking-up media wall will completely collapse.

This may be just a coincidence, but leftist billionare and Rupert Murdoch/Fox-hating  George Soros donated $1.8 million to NPR on Monday, right before Williams was fired.

This may be another case of Leftists' intense hatred of conservatives forcing them into doing or saying foolish things.  The blatant bias shown in this firing is going to give Republicans a good chance to push de-funding National Public Radio, particularly in America's current anti-big government mood.  According to what I've seen, only 2% of NPR's budget comes directly from the government (ie taxpayers), but a whole bunch of it comes from member stations who also are publically funded.  It seems to me that this foolish firing is going to work out to be a coup for Fox and quite possibly a loss of funding for NPR...oh and also a coup for Juan Williams himself, who has just gotten a raise and more air-time from Fox in response to this incident.  Though I honestly believe that Williams is sad to leave NPR.