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Juan Williams Fired by NPR: Story Behind the Muslim Comments

Palin, Huckabee, and O'Reilly are defending Juan Williams, whose divisive comments about Muslims got him canned. Howard Kurtz on whether NPR acted unfairly—and Fox's counteroffensive.

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News analyst Juan Williams has been fired by National Public Radio after comments he made about Muslims on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor". (Richard Drew/ AP Photo)

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