my latest letter to the NPR ombudsman

To: NPR Ombudsman

Re: Juan Williams' latest comments on FNC

I'm writing to direct your attention to remarks made by your "senior correspondent" Juan Williams in his role as pundit on Fox News Channel. On the 5-August edition of the FNC show "Beltway Boys," Mr. Williams said the following in reference to Sen. Clinton:

"Now you have Senator -- Senator Clinton, likely Democratic presidential nominee, she hopes."

Sen. Clinton has not declared a candidacy for president. Multiple polls show that Democrats have at best a lukewarm interest in her at the top of the ticket.

Mr. Williams continued in the same exchange, saying:

"And she understands that the base of the party is concerned, preoccupied, angry over the war."

Every major poll indicates that it's much more than the "base" of the Democratic Party that's "concerned, preoccupied, angry" at the moment. Still, Mr. Williams continues to use RNC talking points rather than reality for his script.

Once again, this is the danger NPR faces by using "correspondents" who are paid pundits for other, highly-biased, news outlets.

Love,
YatPundit

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