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Juan Williams firing was justified
by ScrvpvlvsOct 29, 2010 7:18 AM–Juan Williams put NPR in the position of either firing him or ignoring their own ethics code.
Juan Williams is reportedly a freelance contributor to NPR, but that still means he contracted to comply with the same ethics code that NPR employees must follow.
He agreed to provide credible content, which is defined to mean: fair, unbiased, accurate, complete, and honest.
He also agreed to protect the credibility of NPR content by avoiding even the appearance of conflict of interest or prejudice in his outside activities, public comment, or writing.
The code says that NPR might reject any future content that is tainted by a violation, or simply terminate the contract.
NOTE: I am partly quoting, partly paraphrasing above from the actual ethics code, which I discovered at: http://www.npr.org/about/aboutnpr/ethics/ethics_code.html
Reportedly, he admitted to Bill O’Reilly that he has an irrational fear of Muslims on airplanes. He seems to understand it is prejudicial and to be doing his best to compensate, which is praiseworthy. But it appears to me that his admission put NPR in the position of either taking action or ignoring their own ethics code.
Labels: bias, Bill O'Reilly, ethics, Fox, journalism, Juan Williams, Muslims, NPR, prejudice
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