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NPR fired Williams too quickly

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • October 30, 2010
  • 3 Comments on NPR fired Williams too quickly

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.

Media

Does the media landscape create Williams-like controversies?

  • By William A. Babcock
  • October 30, 2010
  • 3 Comments on Does the media landscape create Williams-like controversies?

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.

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