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Can we call it public broadcasting when it fails to even dimly reflect the diversity of ideas for the areas it serves? Milk toast conservatives like Juan Willia
by infamia 1y ago
Can we call it public broadcasting when it fails to even dimly reflect the diversity of ideas for the areas it serves? Milk toast conservatives like Juan Williams were deemed intolerable a long time ago, so calling it public radio at this point is a misnomer and a sad farce.
- tayloramurphy 1y agoI think you mean "milquetoast". The wikipedia link led me to "milk toast", which is interesting in itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Milquetoast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Milquetoast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_toast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_toast
- saagarjha 1y agoTIL the etymology for the word
- otterley 1y agoJuan Williams wasn't let go because he's conservative; it's because he's a bigot (unless you think being a bigot is a conservative qualification): "Look, Bill [O'Reilly], I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous." https://www.npr.org/2010/10/21/130712737/npr-ends-williams-contract-after-muslim-remarks https://www.npr.org/2010/10/21/130712737/npr-ends-williams-c... "NPR, like any mainstream news outlet, expects its journalists to be thoughtful and measured in everything they say. What Williams said was deeply offensive to Muslims and inflamed, rather than contributing positively, to an important debate about the role of Muslims in America." https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2010/10/21/130713285/nprs-firing-of-juan-williams-was-poorly-handled https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2010/10/21/1307132...