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Oct. 21st, 2010 02:19 pmNot posting about personal stuff right now.
Juan Williams is no longer a news analyst for NPR. He said some things on Fox News' O'Reilly show that the editorial board felt undermined his credibility, namely anti-Muslim sentiments and fears. Apparently he said that boarding a plane and seeing people dressed in Muslim garb makes him nervous, because they are showing they are Muslims first.
All snark aside, and I have plenty of it to spare, NPR aims for a certain degree of objectivity from their analysts. If someone is scared of Muslims then they are scared of Muslims; we should not expect dispassionate logic from the passion of our fears. However, when that fear can affect your ability to do your job... that is when it can be a problem.
I do not know if this is the first time Mr. Williams has said things like this or if it is part of a pattern. If there is a pattern then I feel NPR did the right thing. Some news analysis is going to be about Muslims. It's hard to be a dispassionate observer if you are ruled by your fears.
Perfect pearly whites are slowly vanishing. Apparently even some celebrities are realizing that too perfect might go too far. Now they're looking for excellent but human as opposed to obvious cybernetic whiteness.
GOP hopeful Steve Perry does not explain himself. He is running for the spot left open by retiring Congressman Bill Delahunt. Apparently some years ago he was a policeman and was nearby when another officer strip-searched a 14 year old girl who screamed in protest at how she was being treated. His statement about the event?
What happened was wrong and what the other officer did was despicable.
This does not actually answer two questions: the woman says Perry was nearby and must have been able to hear her screams. Was he as near as she says? If so, why didn't he do anything? I am assuming he is not and was not deaf. Ducking the issue, even with a strongly-worded statement, does not look good.
Water wars worry wary Wall Street watchers. Yes, apparently the problems of inadequate water supply have not been reflected in metropolitan bond issues, meaning that their lack of water hasn't been properly factored in to the price of the bonds these cities have sold. Perhaps Wall Street will become more concerned with global climate change when it hits it in the checkbook.
Juan Williams is no longer a news analyst for NPR. He said some things on Fox News' O'Reilly show that the editorial board felt undermined his credibility, namely anti-Muslim sentiments and fears. Apparently he said that boarding a plane and seeing people dressed in Muslim garb makes him nervous, because they are showing they are Muslims first.
All snark aside, and I have plenty of it to spare, NPR aims for a certain degree of objectivity from their analysts. If someone is scared of Muslims then they are scared of Muslims; we should not expect dispassionate logic from the passion of our fears. However, when that fear can affect your ability to do your job... that is when it can be a problem.
I do not know if this is the first time Mr. Williams has said things like this or if it is part of a pattern. If there is a pattern then I feel NPR did the right thing. Some news analysis is going to be about Muslims. It's hard to be a dispassionate observer if you are ruled by your fears.
Perfect pearly whites are slowly vanishing. Apparently even some celebrities are realizing that too perfect might go too far. Now they're looking for excellent but human as opposed to obvious cybernetic whiteness.
GOP hopeful Steve Perry does not explain himself. He is running for the spot left open by retiring Congressman Bill Delahunt. Apparently some years ago he was a policeman and was nearby when another officer strip-searched a 14 year old girl who screamed in protest at how she was being treated. His statement about the event?
What happened was wrong and what the other officer did was despicable.
This does not actually answer two questions: the woman says Perry was nearby and must have been able to hear her screams. Was he as near as she says? If so, why didn't he do anything? I am assuming he is not and was not deaf. Ducking the issue, even with a strongly-worded statement, does not look good.
Water wars worry wary Wall Street watchers. Yes, apparently the problems of inadequate water supply have not been reflected in metropolitan bond issues, meaning that their lack of water hasn't been properly factored in to the price of the bonds these cities have sold. Perhaps Wall Street will become more concerned with global climate change when it hits it in the checkbook.
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