Juan Williams

NPR fired Williams too quickly

Media

October 30, 2010March 12, 2011

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.

Does the media landscape create Williams-like controversies?

Media

October 30, 2010March 12, 2011

by William A. Babcock

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.