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NPR fired Williams too quickly

By William H. Freivogel
October 30, 2010
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News organizations have the right – the responsibility even – to discipline or fire reporters who violate professional ethical standards. But NPR reacted too hastily and too drastically when it fired news analyst Juan Williams for comments he made about Muslims.

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Does the media landscape create Williams-like controversies?

By William A. Babcock
October 30, 2010
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To fire or not to fire, that is the question. And recently it seems as if an increasing number of news organizations are deciding to pull the plug on journalists who have voiced their own opinions outside the walls of their employers’ corporations.