Don’t Cry for Juan Williams

Posted in Ethics, Etiquette, Journalism by James Rowe on October 22, 2010

Former National Public Radio news analyst Juan Williams deserves no one’s sympathy for having been fired. In the midst of journalistic controversy Fox News Channel signs him to a three year personal contract worth $2 (m) million dollars.

The real debate is objectivity in journalism. Is NPR right to have terminated Williams’ contract? Were Williams’ opinions bigoted? What’s going on in American society and journalism? Read the PoynterOnline post and CoverItLive session for a start to answering eternal questions. What’s your opinion?

James Rowe