Juan Williams: One Year Later

Juan Williams was fired from NPR a year ago. I may not agree with Juan on many things, but I've always read or listened to his commentary because it came from a thoughtful, rather than rigid, perspective. NPR lost a talented voice of reason when they fired him for expressing honest opinion, and showed how obviously the network skews to the liberal left. Fox news scored a coup in signing him immediately afterwards. Question to NPR listeners; can you cite an example of a left-leaning host, either on NPR, MSNBC, or CNN relinquishing their chair for a day to a conservative (like Bill O'Reilly does for Juan from time-to-time)?

http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/189265-opinion-lessons-learned

Excerpt:

So, in the year since being labeled a bigot, a bad journalist and fired from NPR, what have I learned?

The biggest lesson for me has come from the endless stream of Americans, Democrats and Republicans, who tell me they can’t believe the constant pressure in politics these days to keep quiet, shut up and bite their tongue for fear of being called a bigot, a crazy right-winger or a socialist lefty.

People are fed up with pledges that enforce far right or far left orthodoxy and being told they lack a spine when they listen to the other side of an argument or call for a political compromise to reach a solution.

The shrill, vapid rhetorical exchanges that pass for honest debate these days go back to the roots of what got me fired.

I recommend reading the whole thing.