Juan Williams never called for defunding NPR even after he was fired but now he's seen the light.
"...Rep. Steve Israel (D- N.Y.) chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent out a fundraising letter with the following argument for maintaining public funding of NPR: “They [Republicans] know NPR plays a vital role in providing quality news programming – from rural radio stations to in-depth coverage of foreign affairs. If the Republicans had their way, we’d only be left with the likes of Glenn Beck, Limbaugh and Sarah Palin to dominate the airwaves.” With that statement Congressman Israel made the case better than any Republican critic that NPR is radio by and for liberal Democrats. He is openly asking liberal Democrats to give money to liberal Democrats in Congress so they can funnel federal dollars into news radio programs designed to counter and defeat conservative Republican voices."
WILLIAMS: Now it's time to defund NPR - TheHill.com
He goes on to make his case with the words of the NPR people.
Williams is a good writer, by the way, even though we are used to hearing him speak. I am neither liberal nor Democrat but I bought his book "Enough" when it came out.
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