NPR advocates censorship with this act
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Apples and oranges.
No, she was voicing a personal opinion in a political disscussion, which is supposedly against NPR's code of conduct. Again making my point that today's "journalist's" don't report the news, they try to make the news, along with the obvious double standard of the radical left.
Both gave their opinions but Nina Totenberg's was FAR more outrageous however in line with the liberal agenda. Williams didn't say that all Muslims are jihadists or that everyone should feel the same way. He simply said how he felt in a particular situation, and voicing it provided evidence of his "thought crime."
We are all missing the point here, which is that NPR is clearly a racist organisation since they fired their only black male reporter, where is the outrage from jesse jackson?
Update at 8:25 p.m. ET: Williams earlier today made the point that he was "the only black male on NPR." During his discussion with O'Reilly, he added this: "I don't fit in their box. I'm not a predictable, black liberal."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...ams-should-have-been-given-choice?ft=1&f=1001
Update at 8:25 p.m. ET: Williams earlier today made the point that he was "the only black male on NPR." During his discussion with O'Reilly, he added this: "I don't fit in their box. I'm not a predictable, black liberal."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...ams-should-have-been-given-choice?ft=1&f=1001
uh, i dont exactly think they're racist. but i do agree with juan's comments. doesn't matter at this point. juan got a great deal, npr looks like a bunch of jackasses.
let them go the way of air america, for all i care. just stop funding them with public money and that's exactly what will happen.
I'm not defending her. I'm merely pointing out the difference in the nature of the opinion, where one was specific to an individual and the other was generalized. I imagine neither scored many points. But there is a difference. For example, I personally think virtually every Tea Bagger is an asshole. I really do. But such a generalization is not a remark for a journalist to make. If he crosses the line and points to a specific Tea Bagger with personal remarks, it will be somewhat less of a journalistic infraction, relatively speaking, than blanketing the entire Party with a generalized remark. That's my job.
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I'm not defending her. I'm merely pointing out the difference in the nature of the opinion, where one was specific to an individual and the other was generalized. I imagine neither scored many points. But there is a difference. For example, I personally think virtually every Tea Bagger is an asshole. I really do. But such a generalization is not a remark for a journalist to make. If he crosses the line and points to a specific Tea Bagger with personal remarks, it will be somewhat less of a journalistic infraction than blanketing the entire Party with a generalized remark. That's my job.
So you think all homosexuals are assholes? They partake in tea bagging, right? Oh, you mean people in the Tea Party, right? So much for integrity.
Does the Tea Party have some assholes as members? Certainly, as all parties do. But you dodge the real point of the post which is the obvious double standard of the left. She should have been fired for her remarks, and you can bet your ass she would have been had similar remarks been directed towards a leftist.