NPR's firing of Juan Williams puts a fine point on something that we've known for years: NPR's claim to neutrality in its news coverage is hogwash,
More than that, NPR's bias is a direct violation of the public charter it signed pledging strict neutrality more than 40 years ago. That it receives a dime of public funds for its news operations is an outrage. Its history of bashing on anyone who doesn't fit its ideological and politically correct bent is a fact that even its supporters now acknowledge.
Here's Ibrahim Hooper from the organization CAIR, which encouraged NPR to fire Williams for comments he made to Bill O'Reilly about Muslims: “[Juan] was increasingly leaning towards the right and NPR obviously has a more liberal viewpoint.”
If even NPR friends are willing to admit that it banishes folks like Juan Williams for being too far to their right, something is fundamentally wrong with that organization.
A few obvious things about Williams: He's a liberal journalist. He's a fair and precise journalist, but when asked to give his opinion on any political matter, nine times out of ten it will skew to the left. For him to be perceived by NPR as too far to the right shows just how far to the left NPR has turned.