Greenwald says that he doesn't generally support journalists losing their jobs over controversial remarks, especially in isolated cases, but given that it's the way things work in the U.S., he wants the practice to be applied fairly. He views the firing of Juan Williams as a welcome correction of a double-standard in which anti-Muslim remarks are often not punished to the same extent as remarks against other groups. He cites several other recent cases to support his interpretation.

taken as a whole, that is, with the updates by the writer, this story offers an insightful analysis of the arguments against the firing of williams by npr. it doesn't go into the reason why free speech shouldn't apply to a news analyst, but it makes clear that all remarks that imply bigotry should be treated the same.

A “cut to the bone article” pulling no punches and making the excellent point that if liberal journalists can be fired for outrageous opinions, why not return the favor when right winger journalists spout their outrageous opinions? But no, life is a one-way street headed only in conservatives' direction. They’ve cranked up their screaming Bogeyman machine, shouting their usual piffle about free speech, being quoted out of context, left wing unfair attacks, and God knows what else. All intended to cover up the fact that NPR should have dumped Williams eons ago.

This is excellent journalist analysis based on a sound reading of the fact as they occurred. A bigot by definition is someone who experience fear, revulsion or other objectionable responses towards another person not based on that individual's personal reality but based on a preconcieved or prejudiced views of that person's religious, ethic, sexual, gender, or racial group. I would not assume that all whites are racist because the KKK is made up of white people and therefore.....that's sick.

This blog post has minimal journalistic merit. The author presents his own views without providing any context. The Obama administration recently reported that there were four times the number of anti-Jewish hate crimes in the U.S. than anti-Muslim hate crimes in the last full year tallied, even though the populations of the two groups are similar. He does not know about the dozens of cases of action to stop speech by conservatives on college campuses and dozens more of conservative newspapers being trashed or outlawed by campus authorities. Thus the context entirely negates the opinion of the author.