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[[File:JuanWilliams FoxNews photo.jpg|right|200px]]
[[File:JuanWilliams FoxNews photo.jpg|right|200px]]
'''Juan Williams''' is a [[liberal]] or left-of-center commentator who appears regularly on [[Fox News Channel|FoxNews]]. He formerly worked as a columnist for the [[Washington Post]] for over 20 years, and, until October 2010, had been employed by [[National Public Radio]] as a commentator since 2000. He is the author of "Eyes on The Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965" and "[[Thurgood Marshall]]: American Revolutionary".
'''Juan Williams''' is a full-time commentator for the [[Fox News Channel]], where he exchanges [[liberal]] or left-of-center with the likes of [[Bill O’Reilly]] and [[Sean Hannity]]. He had been until this month a commentator for [[National Public Radio]] since 2000, but was abruptly fired after his on-air mention of his "visceral fear of people dressed in Muslim garb at the airport", which his bosses said had violated "NPR’s values for editorial commentary" (even though he made his remarks on a different network).
Williams also formerly worked as a columnist for the [[Washington Post]] for over 20 years.
He is the author of ''Eyes on The Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965'' and ''[[Thurgood Marshall]]: American Revolutionary''.
Williams release from NPR set off a firestorm of controversy over [[free speech]] and [[censorship]] from a taxpayer funded [[Government Sponsored Entity]]. NPR's chief operating officer Vivian Schiller<ref>Shiller graduated from [[Cornell University]] with a Bachelor's degree in Russian studies and [[Soviet]] studies. Prior to leading NPR, Schiller was a senior vice president of [[NYTimes]].com.</ref> publicly [[defamation|defamed]] Williams during his firing.
Williams release from NPR set off a firestorm of controversy over [[free speech]] and [[censorship]] from a taxpayer funded [[Government Sponsored Entity]]. NPR's chief operating officer Vivian Schiller<ref>Shiller graduated from [[Cornell University]] with a Bachelor's degree in Russian studies and [[Soviet]] studies. Prior to leading NPR, Schiller was a senior vice president of [[NYTimes]].com.</ref> publicly [[defamation|defamed]] Williams during his firing.