That didn't take long

Commentary By Ron Beasley

Just for the hell of it I watched Juan Willaims hosting the Bill O'Reily show tonight.  In one short day he's gone full wingnut - the straight neocon/Republican talking points - and all it cost Murdoch was 2 million dollars.  NPR may have done it badly but they did the right thing.

Update:

This from The Gawker came a little late.

Because, Juan, we now fear—and we wish we didn't, but we do—that you have swallowed the Fox News company line. Which is that you are a hero. A heroic martyr, sacrificed upon the altar of NPR's left-wing liberal correctness. Of course you are smarter than that, Juan, but it's surely difficult to think very clearly when your brand new friends on the right are rushing to your defense and attacking the mean people who just fired you and dumping $2 million in your lap.

Note:

I think Williams knew exactly what he was doing and wanted NPR to fire him.  He's not getting any younger and hasn't done anything of any real merit for 10 or 15 years.  He was surrounded by wealthy pundits on FOX and at this stage of his life wanted some of the action.  The best way to get it was for NPR to fire him and stir up the hornet's nest of the right.  It worked!