Via NPR:

NPR News has terminated the contract of longtime news analyst Juan Williams after remarks he made on the Fox News Channel about Muslims.
Williams appeared on “The O’Reilly Factor,” Monday and host Bill O’Reilly asked him to comment on the idea that the nation was facing a dilemma with Muslims.
O’Reilly has been looking for support for his own remarks on a recent episode of ABC’s “The View,” in which he directly blamed Muslims for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg walked off the set in the middle of his appearance.
Williams responded: “Look, Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the 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.”
Williams also warned O’Reilly against blaming all Muslims for “extremists,” saying Christians shouldn’t be blamed for Tim McVeigh
But strong criticism followed Williams’ comments.
Late Wednesday night, NPR issued a statement praising Williams as a valuable contributor but saying it had given him notice that it was severing his contract. “His remarks on “The O’Reilly Factor” this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR,” the statement read.

What a spineless, weasely move by the suits at NPR. Getting fired for honesty?

And remember when Jesse Jackson said this:

“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”

Williams and Jackson were making the same point, the difference being Jackson doesn’t work at Fox News.

And talking about the Fox News connection, I assume the issue of the George Soros donation to Media Matters, the Media Matters crusade to get Juan Williams fired from NPR, and the George Soros $1.8 million donation to NPR for the express purpose of hiring political reporters just might get a little attention in the coming days.