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'The View' Defends Juan Williams, Calls NPR Firing 'Ridiculous,' 'Very Wrong' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post   Danny Shea First Posted: 10/21/10 06:14 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:05 PM ET

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The ladies of "The View" often disagree, but they came to a consensus Thursday morning: Juan Williams should not have been fired from NPR.

"It seems like we've gotten so politically correct that you can't say how you feel without this fear of, am I going to lose my job?" Sherri Shepherd said.

Barbara Walters agreed.

"When is somebody giving his or her opinion?" she asked. "If you are a 'journalist' — where you're supposed to be straight and narrow and not give opinions — you know how careful I am because I'm wearing the two hats sometimes...That's one thing. But if you are someone who's giving your opinion, then you're allowed to give your opinion! I think that they were very wrong."

Whoopi Goldberg said that firing Williams was "ridiculous."

"In all of our opinions, it seems, the firing of Juan was a total mistake and sends the wrong message," she said. "NPR, get yourself together!"

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The ladies of "The View" often disagree, but they came to a consensus Thursday morning: Juan Williams should not have been fired from NPR. "It seems like we've gotten so politically correct that you ...
The ladies of "The View" often disagree, but they came to a consensus Thursday morning: Juan Williams should not have been fired from NPR. "It seems like we've gotten so politically correct that you ...