newsroom. hello, james. shep, good evening. this controversy over npr and juan williams originated with an earlier controversy. namely bill o reilly s own remarks a week ago on the abc daytime talk show the view where in, as you will recall, o reilly said that muslims killed us on 9/11 and two of the view s hosts stomped off the set in protest. this past monday night as on so many nights passed o reilly asked for juan williams perspective on the subject at hand and got it? i mean, look, bill, i m not a bigot. you know the kind of books have written about the civil rights movement in this country but when i get on a plane, i have got to tell you, if i see people who are in muslim garb and i think they are identifying themselves first and foremost as muslims, i get worried. i get nervous. that wasn t all williams said. as npr s own reporter on the story noted williams, quote, warned o reilly not to judge all muslims or all people of any given faith by the extremists among them
a news analyst. that decision was prompted the network by these comments that he made monday night in a frequent appearance on o reilly factor. i am not a bigot. you know the book i have written on the civil rights movement but i get on a plane and if i see people in muslim garb and they identify themselves as muslims i am worried, nervous. that was not all he say as npr s own reporter notes warning o reilly not to judge all muslims or any people of a given faith by the extremists among them. so it is easy for them to come up with this crazy stuff that, well, you cannot say to muslims attack us on 9/11, but, come on. you say the atlanta bomber or throws who protest against
am on a plane if i see people in muslim clothing and i think they are identifying themselves first as muslims i get worried. i get nervous. that was not all he said. and npr reporter noted that he warned o reilly not to judge all muslims or people of any given faith by the, extremists among them. it makes it easy to come up with this crazy stuff that you cannot say to muslims attack us, but what barbara walters said to you. wait, wait, hold on, if you say, the atlanta bomber, the people protesting against homosexuals at military funerals you do not say we have a problem with christians. that is crazy. but it is not that level and does not rise to that level. reporter: you said there are good muslims that is the point. this afternoon, fox news obtained an internal memo that