WILLIAMS IRATE...AND SOARING – AT 9:30 A.M. ET:  The Juan Williams controversy continues to escalate, as the nation's most publicized incident of political correctness focuses attention on the dry rot of liberal hypocrisy.  Conservative lawmakers are lining up to introduce bills cutting off the funding for National Public Radio, long seen as a liberal bastion.

Problem is, NPR only gets about two percent of its budget from the government.  It's the individual stations that are heavily dependent on the government dole.  However, if donors start cutting off NPR, maybe they'll learn their lesson.  Although, frankly, George Soros will probably be right there with his checkbook. 

Fox News is, of course, delightfully driving the story.  Williams took over hosting The O'Reilly Factor last night and expressed his personal fury at being fired for expressing an honest opinion, then being told by the NPR top honcho that the issue was between him and his psychiatrist, a low personal insult.

The Washington Post reports that even NPR staffers are dismayed at what's happened:

NPR faced fierce public and political reaction - most of it strongly negative - in the wake of its firing of commentator Juan Williams for comments he made on a Fox News program earlier in the week.

Even NPR's own staff expressed exasperation at the decision during a meeting Friday with NPR's president, Vivian Schiller. Several of those who attended said Schiller told employees that she regretted how she handled the episode.

Ya think?

There is political correctness on the right as well, but I've found that PC on the left is vastly more intolerant and arrogant.  I think that's because conservatives generally feel a greater obligation to decent behavior and courtesy.

Let the story grow. 

October 23, 2010