I'm the last person who ought to be feeling sympathy for fired NPR analyst Juan Williams today. It was a little over a year ago, playing his role as Bill O'Reilly's liberal toady, that Williams joined the Fox bully in trashing me after I challenged O'Reilly on his nasty crusade against murdered abortion provider Dr. George Tiller. He accused me of threatening poor Bill.
Williams did much the same thing this week with O'Reilly: He defended the Fox host against liberal critics, this time for O'Reilly's false and silly remarks on "The View" that "Muslims killed us on 9/11."
Still, I find something a little bit off about what NPR has done here. Let's be clear: Williams regularly comes to O'Reilly's rescue, and the words that got him in trouble this time were telling O'Reilly he was "right" about his anti-Muslim views -- even though he later challenged him. Williams starts out: "Well, actually, I hate to say this to you because I don't want to get your ego going. But I think you're right. I think, look, political correctness can lead to some kind of paralysis where you don't address reality."
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