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Thursday, October 21, 2010

NPR fires Juan Williams for Muslim remark…

By Vick Mickunas | Thursday, October 21, 2010, 01:00 PM

The balancing act is over. Juan Williams has been employed by both NPR and Fox News for a number of years. This week a statement he made on Fox cost him his job with National Public Radio. I interviewed Williams for his book “Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary” back in 2000. Nice guy.

For more on his “separation” from NPR and NPR’s official statement click HERE:

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