A man was fired for his remarks, remarks which were more like things one says in a bar or watching a football game, and which we are not used to hearing from news analysts. We are used to hearing comments and blather and chit-chat from Whoopi Goldberg; that is her job.
The job of a news analyst is something more. I can't imagine watching Walter Cronkite deliver the news or analyze the news after hearing him say he did not agree with the Pentagon, or that hippies should get a job, or that President Nixon was an OK guy.
The nature of the firing indicates that Mr. Williams had been in discussions about this vcry activity, inidcating the NPR had made it clear to him in the past that such activity was not consonant with NPR's idea of a news anlayst.
Yet Mr. Williams now pretends that he was taken by surprise.
He contributes his little bit to this Crap World of American Cable.
(PLEASE note that onbe of the first responses of Conservative politicians - who dislike the interference of government in private matters - was to suggest that the government become involved.)
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The guy gets paid a hefty sum by Fox News. Are you really surprised at these sentiments? They all are echoes over there at Fox News.
If Shephard Smith were somewhere else, I think I would actually watch that news.
My favorite moment was Mr. Smith in NOLA almost jumping down O'Reilly's throat on day 4 with no help for the people stranded at the Superdome.
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