That Didn't Take Long

It took just about about as long for Fox News to offer Juan Williams a new and bigger contract as it did for NPR to fire him for his comments on The O'Reilly Factor. The hiring may be just as intriguing as the firing. I feel like Fox News is looking for Juan Williams to reinvent or change who he is. I've seen Juan Williams a lot of times aside from this, and in my opinion he has always been a moderate and reasonable voice on Fox News. However, now Fox and others are probably going to expect Williams to a be a bit more brash and Republican. (That is at least until the whole situation dies down and people kind of forget about the whole situation) I'm pretty sure that won't happen because I don't think that's the kind of person he is, but regardless Fox is just doing what they can to cash in on this controversy. That's something they do and do well. I'm still not sure why NPR felt it was necessary to fire Williams, especially after watching the entire interview, because I'm pretty sure NPR's reputation wasn't hurt, but they have the liberty to do what they wish. Obviously, the whole situation isn't going to be too damaging to Juan Williams either. The first time I had watched the entire interview that caused the firing was just before I started this blog. I had just heard the sound clip the caused the outrage, and I would encourage you to do the same if you haven't already. After watching the entire interview Williams seems just as sane as he did before. Through a lot of the interview he is at odds debating back and forth with O'Reilly, and he definitely makes more competent comments than the other guest. It's hard to see exactly what negative things are going to come out of this, or if a whole lot is going to change. NPR is still going to be NPR. It just will be without Juan Williams, and I'm sure he is a bit upset at that since he worked there for so long. Fox News will just continue to say how the liberal media is unfairly attacking one of it's employees which is something they always discuss. Some people talk about how he should bring suit against them, but honestly what good will that really serve. He doesn't have much to gain from it. He shouldn't be hurting for money since he just graciously signed a new seven figure contract. No one had their 1st Amendment violated so there's no case there. I'll be surprised if people are even talking about this at the end of the week.