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10:00 AM ET, October 22, 2010

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Juan Williams / Fox News:
I Was Fired for Telling the Truth  —  Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth.  The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims.  —  This is not a bigoted statement.
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Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
In wake of NPR controversy, Fox News gives Juan Williams an expanded role  —  The cable news network signs the analyst to a new three-year contract for nearly $2 million.  Meanwhile, conservative figures blast the public radio network for its response to Williams' comments about Muslims.
Mark Memmott / NPR:
NPR CEO: Williams' Views Should Stay Between Himself And ‘His Psychiatrist’  —  Update at 3:30 p.m. ET.  NPR CEO Vivian Schiller just released this statement:  —  “I spoke hastily and I apologize to Juan and others for my thoughtless remark.”  —  That follows, as you'll see below …
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
What about Mara Liasson?  —  News that Juan Williams' contract with NPR was terminated over comments he made about Muslims while appearing on Fox News shines a spotlight on the radio network's the sorta/kinda serious shows.  " The only way she'd really be able to defend her continued alliance …
Alicia Shepard / NPR:
NPR's Firing of Juan Williams Was Poorly Handled  —  Juan Williams once again got himself into trouble with NPR for comments he made at his other job, at Fox News.  And NPR's reaction has unleashed an unprecedented firestorm of criticism directed not at Williams - but at NPR.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Is Nina Totenberg Next?  —  NPR's legal affairs correspondent frequently expresses her pro-Democratic opinion.  —  Juan Williams, now a former contract news analyst for NPR, was fired Wednesday for publicly taking a controversial position.  A statement from NPR CEO Vivian Schiller said:
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
While a Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American Islamic Relations …
Discussion: Hot Air and Hit & Run
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Two Takes at NPR and Fox on Juan Williams
Fox News:
A Brief History of NPR's Intolerance and Imbalance
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
On the Media: Juan Williams' firing is hard to justify
Josh Silver / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin, Jim DeMint Take Aim at NPR Funding
New York Times:
Top Companies Aid Chamber of Commerce in Policy Fights  —  Prudential Financial sent in a $2 million donation last year as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched a national advertising campaign to weaken the historic rewrite of the nation's financial regulations.
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JoAnne Allen / Front Row Washington:
Pelosi takes on Chamber of Commerce over campaign spending  —  The phrase “Buy American” may be taking on a new connotation in the rough-and-tumble battle over corporate financing and the midterm congressional elections.  —  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has been pumping lots of cash …
Discussion: Firedoglake and GayPatriot
People-Press.org:
Ground War More Intense Than 2006, Early Voting More Prevalent  —  Democrats Stirring But Are No Match for Energized Republicans  —  As the midterm elections approach, there is every indication that voter turnout will be as high as in 2006, but unlike four years ago, Republicans …
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Wall Street Journal:
Campaign's Big Spender  —  Public-Employees Union Now Leads All Groups in Independent Election Outlays  —  The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is now the biggest outside spender of the 2010 elections, thanks to an 11th-hour effort to boost Democrats that has vaulted …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Obama Underappreciation Syndrome  —  In an increasingly desperate attempt to develop a narrative for the coming Democratic collapse, the Democrats have indulged themselves in what for half a century they've habitually attributed to the American right — the paranoid style in American politics.
Quinnipiac University:
Democrat Narrows Gap In Pennsylvania Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dim View Of Economy Favors Republican  —  In the Pennsylvania governor's race, Democrat Dan Onorato, the Allegheny County Executive, has erased most of State Attorney General Tom Corbett's 15-point likely voter lead …
msnbc.com:
Toxic powder sent to Arizona congressman  —  Office locked down after swastika-covered envelope discovered  —  TUCSON, Ariz. — White powder delivered in an swastika-covered envelope to the Tucson, Ariz., office of Rep. Raul Grijalva is a toxic substance, the Democratic congressman said the FBI told him Thursday afternoon.
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Toxic substance forces closure of Raul Grijalva's office
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Liberals-Lie / CBS News:
Clint Eastwood on Obama: Nice Fella but “Not a Fan”  —  Clint Eastwood, legendary actor and director, told Katie Couric that while President Obama is a “nice fella,” he's “not a fan of what he's doing at the moment.”  —  During an interview about his latest film “Hereafter,” …
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Clinton: GOP banking on 'yesterday's America' showing up Election Day  —  BALTIMORE - Former President Bill Clinton singled out Karl Rove and the “secret committees” for causing a “crazy food fight” that's confusing voters during a rally for Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D).
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The Atlantic Online:
Will Rand Paul ‘Man Up’?  —  A confession: When Kentucky's Democratic Senate nominee Jack Conway put up his controversial “Aqua Buddha” ad, alluding to the GQ report that an undergraduate Rand Paul had “kidnapped” a woman and forced her to pray to what Conway grandiosely called “a false idol” …
Barbara Hollingsworth / Beltway Confidential:
Rep. Moran: Serving in the military isn't public service  —  Virginia Congressman Jim Moran, D-8th, doesn't think serving in the military is public service.  At the October 6th meeting of the Arlington County Democratic Committee, Moran was videotaped telling fellow party members:
Bloomberg:
Biden Says Outside Groups' Money Jeopardizes Democrats' Control of House  —  Vice President Joe Biden said Democrats will retain control of the Senate while he worries that hundreds of millions of dollars in anonymous donations to campaign groups backing Republicans could cost his party its House majority.
 
 
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