Free, or just bad, speech?

The right wing was handed a new topic to rant about; it seems dumb. Juan Williams, who appeared on NPR, and also on Fox (where his moderate voice occupied the left), spoke freely, and got into trouble.

the public radio organization has come under severe criticism — largely from people who are not listeners, it believes — for having fired Mr. Williams, an analyst who was employed by both NPR and Fox News when he said on Fox that he felt fearful when he saw people in “Muslim garb” on an airplane. Some have said his comment was bigoted, but others have rallied to Mr. Williams’s defense, and many conservatives have seized on his firing to resurrect their war against public broadcasting.

Of course, the right wing nuts rant about free speech, and use NPR as a piñata, when it suits them.