The Real Case for Defunding NPR

Seth Lipsky, Wall Street JournalAt least one good thing has come out of National Public Radio's firing of Juan Williams. NPR's vice president had barely hung up the phone after informing Mr. Williams that he was being terminated—and refusing to meet with him, a long-time colleague, to discuss the matter—when the calls began for Congress to cut off funding for NPR entirely.Bill O'Reilly, on whose broadcast Mr. Williams uttered the words that cost him his NPR job—he spoke of his fleeting fears when he gets on a plane and sees a person dressed in Muslim garb—called for...

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