In his recent assessment of his year since he was unceremoniously — and illicitly in many folks’ estimation — fired by NPR, Juan Williams indulged one of those fallacious assumptions that just screams left-wing spin. It is the sort of
Fox News analyst reveals what’s really behind the outspoken opposition to Republican Candidate Herman Cain.
Quick quiz: who said the following? “My position is that there have been black farmers who did not receive the money that was owed them and that wrong needs be righted. I don’t think that’s happened despite the fact that
At FreedomFest 2011, Reason’s Matt Welch spoke with Fox News’ Juan Williams about his passion for school choice reform, which Williams describes as the “civil rights issue of our time.” Williams is the author of the new book Muzzled: The
FreedomFest is the biggest annual conference for libertarians, held in July in Las Vegas. About 2,000 believers in free minds and free markets came out to see featured speakers such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), former New Mexico governor and
Peter Beinart is at it again. He, in his capacity as Senior Political Writer for the Daily Beast, has attempted to tar Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and, by association, his fellow Republicans with the stain of religious intolerance. If you
NPR Executive Vivian Schiller is gone, but the problem of raging anti-conservative bias in government funded radio and TV still remains. Don’t believe me? I’m the one who was effectively banned from PBS because of my loud, proud pro-troop support
From the Huffington Post: Juan Williams says NPR is an “all-white organization” that exhibited the “worst of white condescension” in its handling of his firing last year. In an interview with The Huffington Post, conducted before the most recent controversy
Not many people were surprised National Public Radio announced that President and CEO Vivian Schiller had resigned, the day after the release of an undercover video sting showing a former top NPR executive vilifying grass-roots conservatives and questioning the need
The conventional wisdom is, new media is a powerful insurrectionist-like force. The Left proved to be quite capable of employing it to damage Bush, protest the war and bring Obama to power. Now, what with the union’s problems in Wisconsin
Earlier today, independent journalist James O’Keefe released his latest undercover investigative videos. In the first video, Senior Vice President of Development of the NPR Foundation, Ron Schiller, is shown discussing a potential donation from a phony Muslim Brotherhood front group
[youtube 77E0NX1Ezbs nolink] OK. A few for starters, after the jump. Screw Free Speech, NPR Fires Juan Williams for Muslim Remarks … Planned Parenthood, Child-Trafficking, and the Poor Choices of NPR and Company Correction Request: Government Radio Invents Facts to
Vivian Schiller to Discuss the Future of Public Radio in an Age of Budget Cuts, March 7 WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller is leading an effort to persuade Congress not to slash funding for
Vivian Schiller to Discuss the Future of Public Radio in an Age of Budget Cuts, March 7 WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller is leading an effort to persuade Congress not to slash funding for
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Part 2: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Sean Hannity and Juan Williams discuss the special vitriol reserved for black conservatives.
I doubt Tuesday night’s PBS show on the Kennedys said anything about their father’s alleged bootlegging, anti-Semitism, or pro-Nazi defeatism early in World War II. I tuned in too late to see the beginning of “The Kennedy’s: America’s Emerald Kings.”
America’s public education system is a lot like the Chicago Cubs: both have become so accustomed to failure that it has become an accepted way-of-life. While there might be something loveable and comical about a continuously lousy baseball team, there
We all supported Juan Williams when he was dumped from NPR for actually trying to have an honest conversation about terrorism. We cheered for him as he was hired by Fox News. I applaud O’Reilly when he has Williams host.
According to a Poll Position survey conducted in late October, 45 percent of Americans said “No” when asked whether the U.S. government should stop helping to fund NPR; 39 percent said “Yes.” Only those respondents identifying themselves as Republicans favored,
“Good judgment prevailed as Congress rejected a move to assert government control over the content of news.” – National Public Radio So spoke the government financed news of the failed efforts to sever government ties. Good god, how Orwellian can
In the first of many acts of bipartisanship to come in the 112th Congress, House Democrats have refused to work with Republicans on cutting NPR’s public funding. The brouhaha was created when NPR fired Juan Williams for expressing his honest
HBO has just announced they’re producing a big screen biopic of the The Mighty Sam Kinison, which is interesting when you consider the state of things today. Below are five of my favorite Kinison routines, let’s see if you can
National Public Radio, which fired news analyst Juan Williams last month after pressure from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), has featured the Islamist group’s leaders on air nearly two dozen times in the past three years, while never addressing
Still glowing from a clean win after NPR’s firing of Juan Williams, the anti-free speech forces on the Left are already dancing in the aisles with the news of their victory over ABC News, who caved to their demands and
After flying Andrew Breitbart all the way out to Phoenix, Arizona yesterday to participate in an online Townhall election event, after taking him out of his home state, away from his business, and nearly making it impossible for him to
After flying Andrew Breitbart all the way out to Phoenix, Arizona yesterday to participate in an online Townhall election event, after taking him out of his home state, away from his business, and nearly making it impossible for him to
After flying Andrew Breitbart all the way out to Phoenix, Arizona yesterday to participate in an online Townhall election event, after taking him out of his home state, away from his business, and nearly making it impossible for him to
After flying Andrew Breitbart all the way out to Phoenix, Arizona yesterday to participate in an online Townhall election event, after taking him out of his home state, away from his business, and nearly making it impossible for him to
—– Transcript courtesy of Mediaite: And when I say Westerner, I mean someone who believes in the values that Western people believe in that a lot of the Muslim world does not. Like separation of church and state. Like equality
Perhaps just as minorities and women are fair game for the Left, provided they are Republicans or Conservatives, it appears that Juan Williams leaving NPR and joining Fox News in an expanded role now makes him fair game as well.
So the Rally to Restore Sanity was good, clean, hip fun. And, probably, unnecessary. Which is why I did something necessary after watching it for thirty minutes: I hit the gym, and worked on the quads. They look great, btw.
There’s been yet another troubling turn in the story of ABC News caving to left-wing Blacklisters since Andrew Breitbart published this article last night laying out the facts with respect to how the network offered him a gracious invitation to
Bill O’Reilly, who generally eschews the label of “conservative,” portraying himself, instead, as an “independent with traditional values,” has been vehemently taking on “the Muslim problem” for the past several months. While O’Reilly often frustrates true conservatives and libertarians with
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c NPR Staffing Decision 2010 www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally to Restore Sanity —– In the above video, Stewart takes some shots at NPR for firing
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank is joined by former federal prosecutor, Andy McCarthy. Andy and Frank discuss CAIR’s role in the firing of Juan Williams. What are the implications for free speech in the American media if
Only at National Public Radio would an honest, human opinion get you fired. The elites at NPR just couldn’t live with a commoner such as Juan Williams…he might be too low brow for their DC cocktail parties. Despite my various
They finally nabbed Al Capone–but for tax evasion. Legislation to de-fund The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will finally be introduced–but because of Juan Williams’ pink slip. Senator Jim DeMint explained his motivation, “Since 2001, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets102510.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed In today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss what America can learn from the austerity measures and big budget cuts
I’m committing the unforgivable sin with my media friends here. I’m saying government should not be in the media business. I have worked for 30 years in the activist old media and I’ve always found it odd that we had