But Mr. Williams would not comment on the circumstances surrounding her dismissal, she was not asked about it through He appeared on the Fox morning show "Fox & Friends" for a debate on whether tea party gives voice to racists.
Mr. Williams did not respond to interview requests. When reached Wednesday night on NPR, "said he was not prepared to comment and confer with his wife about the incident," according to NPR correspondent media, David Folkenflik.
NPR said Wednesday night that he had finished his contract with Mr. Williams. It had been a senior news analyst of public radio organization and at the same time, a paid Fox News contributor. That combination made him a lightning rod, sometimes, because as the NPR defender Alicia C. Shepard began last year, which tended to "speak in a way NPR and another on Fox."
NPR expressed its disapproval with the remarks of Mr. Williams did in "The O'Reilly Factor" on Monday. There, Mr. Williams agreed with the representation of Bill O'Reilly, a "dilemma of Muslims in the world and said he was nervous while on an airplane with people in Muslim dress.
When Mr. O'Reilly noted that Mr. Williams lives "on campus liberals - who actually work for NPR," Williams said, "Yes."
the comments of Mr Williams was attacked on Tuesday and Wednesday.
NPR statement said on Wednesday that his words "were inconsistent with the editorial standards and practices, and has undermined its credibility as a news analyst for NPR."
Like other news organizations, NPR expects its reporters to stay away from situations that might call their impartiality into question. NPR's ethics code says the rule as follows: "In what appears on television or other means, including electronic web-based forums, NPR journalists should not express opinions that do not air in its role NPR journalist. They should not participate in programs, electronic forums, or blogs that promote expert opinion and speculation rather than an analysis based on the facts. "
According to Mr. Folkenflik, the condition of Mr. Williams "was shifted before the staff correspondent for the analyst after taking clear positions on public policy in television and newspaper opinion pieces."
In the morning, NPR was being criticized for his decision to dismiss Mr. Williams. William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard and conservative Fox News contributor, wrote: "The powers-that-be think of NPR's Juan Williams is a fan? Do you think that a traveler has a reaction (fair or unfair) as John describes one, in our age of terror in the name of Islam, is a bigot? "
Although he said he suspected that "the powers-that-be in NPR about what John thinks," Mr Kristol wrote: "The rules of political correctness must be maintained. The lobbyists speaking on behalf of Muslims be offended should be fostered. And what John had to go. "
Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for the Atlantic, wrote last week that a "journalist increasing pace of layoffs around the issues of Islam, terrorism, and Israel." He cited Helen Thomas and Octavia Nasr.
Mr. Williams has been a contributor to Fox News since 1997. Fox News did not respond to a request for comment about NPR's decision Wednesday night.
Mr. Williams was the topic discussed on "Fox & Friends" last week with conservative commentator Andrea Taranto was a new report from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the movement of the Tea Party. The report states that the tea party groups "have given a platform for anti-Semites, racists and bigots."
Williams, who is black, said: "When I go to a tea party rally and saw the signs, there are some signs that not only looks to me as racism." He added: "You have to tell yourself why this group is so overwhelmingly one color in a country so diverse?"
At the end of the segment, "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade said Mr. Williams and Ms. Taranto: "John, Andrea, who is always great. I think we need a spin-off series .
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