the 20-year-old mom who is the mayor of a town in chihuahua mexico, this has been ground zero in the drug war and saying she wants a better life for her town and children and great courage on her part. >> yeah, because her predecessors have been killed. thanks, james. that's this week's edition of the journal editorial report. thanks to my panel and for all of you watching, i'm paul gigot, we hope to see all of you right here, next week.: . >> jamie: on fox news watch. >> you were exactly right when you said you know what this comes down to, they were looking for a reason to get rid of me because i appear on fox news. >> called a blunder of major pro pourings, npr fires news only list juan williams speaking his mind about muslims. >> in a personal attack

they're trying to demean me, introducing i'm an erattic, unstable person. >> and is it time to cut funding for the liberal media outlet. >> how ridiculous are you? you embarrassed this. >> jon: just offer a week until the mid term elections and with only a short time left will the attack ads, mudz slinging and media cheerleading get louder? the minnesota vikings quarterback gets tackled by accusation of a sex scandal. but is this a slanderous attack by a tawdry median. bristol palin, dancing with the stars, making fans, not only the liberal media. maureen dowd takes on the girls of the g.o.p. and greg weighs in. on our panel this week, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller. syndicated columnist, cal thomas. jim pinkerton, fellow new american foundation and new york post columnist kirsten powers. i'm jon scott, fox news watch

is on right now. >> i mean, look, bill, i'm not a bigot. the kind of books i've written about the civil rights in this country when i get on a plane if i see people who are in muslim garb and identifying themselves first and foremost as muslims, i get worried, i get nervous. >> jon: fox news contributor and then analyst for national public radio, juan williams, a man paid to express his opinions, talking about his inner anxiety when encountering certain muslims dressed in a certain manner on airplanes. well, that short sound bite was part of a larger discussion in which mr. williams was trying to convince bill o'reilly that not all people of one belief should be blamed for the actions of an extremist of that same religion. that episode of the o'reilly factor aired on monday. on wednesday, npr fired juan williams for his comments and thursday, this is how some in the media reacted.

>> npr, it's an at that disgrateful, npr needs to hire juan williams back and he think most rational americans agree with that. >> juan williams was honest talking part of the problem i do see muslim in a garb and i do get nervous, it's not rational because it's a very small number and he's bringing the problem to the surface and honest with human behavior, loses his job. >> i think they were very wrong. >> i don't think he should have been fired because in fact, as you pointed out, lots of people have this idea that the point he was trying to make is, i get nervous. and that's okay to say. firing him for saying that, i think is kind of ridiculous. >> if i had said when i get around a group of tea partiers and i get nervous would npr have fired him. probably not. if he said, every time i go-- if he said every time i go see a catholic priest, i get nervous, would they have fired him? >> maybe. >> no, they would not.

>> you never know. but because he has to make, because it's about muslims, boom, he's gone. >> jon: well, later that day the head of npr was questioned about the abrupt firing. >> this is not a reflection on his comments, this is not a debate, you know, juan feels the way he feels, that is not for me to pass judgment on, that is really his feelings that he expressed on fox news are really between him and his, you know, psychiatrist, or his publicist or take your pick, but it is not compatible with a news ang list, with the role of a news analyst on npr. well, her comments, especially that crack about the psychiatrist did not sit well and juan was back on the factor that night. >> we were having an honest discussion, this is what america should be. people having a real debate and telling you, you pointed out rightly in the talking points memo, this is what i felt. if i had-- >> it wasn't your opinion. >> no, i don't sit in their

box, not predictable slash liberal. know what it comes down to, they're looking for a reason to get rid of me because i appear on fox news. >> jon: and she gave an apology about her callus comments, but not directly to juan. juan has been a frequent panelist on the show. and most are friends with him. any of you think he should have been fired. >> no. juan and i have something in common, 26 years ago, ellen-wise, and highly rated program called me and just as she called juan and now executive vice-president and told me that my service as the only conservative commentator on npr were no longer needed. why i've asked, because you've become too predictable. this is the ideological uniformity of opinion that they not only want to enforce on npr, but also they're reluctant for anybody to come on fox. this wasn't about muslims,

this was all about fox. they hate this network. >> jon: judy, you're nodding in agreement. >> i think this was all about fox. i mean, mara liasson, who also appears on fox news programs, is on-- under a lot of pressure, everyone knows that she's now been targeted. this is about people who are supposedly news analysts appearing on another show that many people find objectionable, many people find too conservative. i don't buy it. >> jon: is there a touch of hypocrisy here in what npr has done. >> when npr analysts go all over the news and do commentary and never get in trouble for it. i think there's a bigger touch of george soros, the eccentric left wing contributor, who gave a donation to npr. >> 1.8 million bucks. you don't hire a lot of reporters, you may pay them for six months, but if there are a hundred reporters to be

hired. it's way more than 1.8 million. enough to turn the head of anybody at npr to make them do whatever they want to do anyway, get rid of juan. >> jon: george soros, probably the most liberal billionaire. >> i would, i would. >> jon: and juan gets fired, and hire reporters for npr. >> it's been public, they've long had issues with juan. there's been conflict in the past over other things that he said something about michelle obama. so i think this tie to george soros may be a bit of a stretch. i don't think it's news that they lean liberal. that's probably why i listen to them all day, every single day, i like them a lot. i think they do a very good product. i just think that what juan said is not a fireable offense in any-- there's no one, i think could look at that and say a person could be fired over that. >> jon, another element, a muslim advocacy group and also is an unindicted could he

inspir tore in the holy land foundation case in texas a few years ago, put out a memo, i get their e-mails, the night before urging all of their supporters to contact npr and put the heat on juan williams. so there's that element, too, whatever happened to my liberal friends who were worried about a chilling effect we hear so oftendamage t? >> under the first amendment, judy, we are guaranteed freedom of speech. doesn't that apply, news analysts as well? i mean, juan was expressing his opinion. >> but he is a news analyst and under npr, by the way these are old new york times rules, as well, you're not supposed to be spouting off on your personal opinions. there's a kind of weird, now very old-fashioned line that some news organizations still attempt to draw. i know, i feel very sorry for npr here, no, i'll tell you why, they've shot themselves in the foot. this was a news organization, one of the last, that was sending out reporters, trying to do great stories, doing

great stories and now, they've really been their own worst enemy with this action. it's most unfortunate. >> howard kirtz, who used to be at "the washington post" and famous, well-known media critic and does the show for cnn, now at daily beast said this is a wonder of enormous pro pourin proportions. i'm hard pressed to find anybody who thinks it's a good idea that juan williams was fired from npr. >> ckara from-- you can go behind the scenes and listen to the discussions behind the scenes. all interesting discussions. next, the mid term madness continues, are the media contributing to the mania. >> the mean mid term election gets closer, is the media fanning the flames and pushing

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the mid term eleks and up till now, americans have seen a barrage of political attack ads. feisty and sometimes vicious debate and media coverage which has gone the distance to influence how you vote. the question is, jim, what is it about this mid term election that has garnered so much attention? >> well, i think this tea party phenomenon, even their worst enemies would have to say that they are news in and of themselves and they've put forward some colorful characters. plus, the realization that this is an important election in terms of the obama presidency, so, i mean, all the factors going together for exciting, mid determine elections. >> but we're covering races for governor, house races, senate races that are drawing national attention now that a couple of years ago would not have been in the spotlight. >> well, i think it is, jim called it colorful people and speaks to the fact you have a lot of people who aren't used

to running at the national level. thrust into the spotlight and getting a lot of attention and acting in a very human way whereas most politicians have the humanity trained out of them by the time they get to that level. which is the truth. they're acting the way that people act, you can't do that on the national stage. >> we talk about how the media show bias. take a look at poll results, abc news yahoo!. the question, does the media encourage political division more than cooperation? 63% said yes, no 30%. your take on that? >> i think it's because of this huge spate of negative ads that ordinary viewers blame the media for. blame the messenger rather than this enormously negative campaign. why? because we know that negative ads work. but, i think viewers don't always draw the distinction between the message and the messenger. >> there's another element here, too, conflict sells.

i have been called by bookers for broadcast networks in the past and asked what donning about this and i'll give an opinion and they say okay, we are going to get somebody else. why? because they want somebody edgier. they don't want common ground. they don't want-- >> they don't want debate. >> they want people saying you're a nazi and the other one saying you're a comy and that's what they want. >> jon: christine o'donnell has been the lightning rod for so much media attention in delaware because of some of the things she's said in the past, does she deserve the coverage she's got? >> i think if you're someone who is in charge of programming, i would say yes, obviously, people like to, you know, watch things about her and she's sort of an interesting person to watch and i do think she's been treated unfairly, i've said this before and you know, i think that some of the stuff taken out of context. but i think that people are sort of fascinated by her, speaking to what i said earlier. >> john mccain likes her, but her daughter megan thinks differently. here is what she had to say

about christine o'donnell. >> christine o'donnell is making a mockery for running for public office. she has no real history, no success in any kind of business and what that sends to my generation, one day you can just wake up and run for senate no matter how lack of experience you have and it scares me for a lot of reasons and i just know in my group of friends it turns people off because she's seen as a jobs. >> aen who is getting more coverage, o'donnell-- i have to ask, to ms. mccain, why are you on the tv shows and get a book contract. she's got less achievements than anybody this side of-- >> don't point. [laughter] >> judy, once again, howard kirtz from the daily beast, he points out the media narrative for the mid term, he says the voters are teed off rising up, mad as hell and ready to wreak havoc, that seems to be different from the narrative

last time around. >> i think because so many of the mainstream media missed the anger when it was forming. what did they mess, the tea party movement. >> what happened to hope and change? >> the hopy changy thing is out there and he's clearly, our president is making a difference according to some polls, but you cannot change the narrative. the basic narrative of this campaign is, we're mad as hell, we're not going to take it anymore. >> jon: time for another break, if you see evidence of something you think shows media bias, send the details to us here at news watch@foxnews.com. up next, is superstar quarterback brett favre the victim of bad journalism? >> vikings quarterback brett favre gets clipped by a sex scandal, the media, is the topic fair play? bristol palin has the right moves for prime time tv. but the attention is not sitting well with some in the

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>> can you please answer why you haven't denied the story? >> you know what, one thing i'm going to say is, that's something that's within the league and i'll just have to leave it at that, but let that proce pro work-- process work itself out. >> brett favre, when an employee said he sent pictures of himself to an employee of

the new york jets. the it faded, but last month they showed voice mails, text messages and photos from an unnamed third party and the attention of the mainstream media and nfl that went on to investigate. now, some of favre's sponsors are questioning their relationship with the quarterback. so, cal, you know, on the thinnest of evidence, he is being grilled, is that appropriate? >> well, boarish behavior by nfl players in locker rooms before female reporters is almost as old as football itself. we know at that sexism exists and i don't like the history of the story. you look at the sound bite from favre, it's nondenial, denile. we'll let the league-- if it didn't do it, say so. that doesn't justify the blogger and dead spin from coming out with the stuff and making suggestions without the proof. where picture. >> cal. >> there's zero evidence, proof that favre did anything

wrong. because the woman who supposedly received these hasn't said anything. we shouldn't be talking about this except to denounce dead spin as a vile, gross, horrible website and stop there. >> we shouldn't be giving it any credence. >> that's the new internet media age in which we live. >> and that's the shame of it. that's the sorrow of it, that many numbers felt compelled to cover a story as jim says, without a shred of evidence. and i don't see that this athlete has any choice, but to maintain silence at this moment given the investigation. >> jon: let's shuffle on to the next topic. bristol palin, the daughter of former vice-presidential candidate sarah palin is on the hit prime time show "dancing with the stars". cal, while she's soaking up the spotlight, some people don't agree with her being on the show at all. and so, does liberal commentator nancy giles on joy behar's show tuesday night. can i just, can my comment be,

rolling my eyes and heavy exhailing. i'm just so tired of her. i'm tired of her getting these breaks. i'm tired of her making money and leaving her baby at home. i'm tired of her maybe getting 30 grand to speak about abstinence. excuse me, i'm tired of her. it sounds, kirsten that jealous of her might be a better phrase. >> i think for some reason there's irrational hatred from liberals to anything palin. the fact that she's related to palin has something to do with it. i'm not a palin fan, but i have nothing against bristol and she hasn't done anything. i don't understand why people should be so mean and why shouldn't she do this and by the way, when are the liberal women bashing women out doing sufficient when they have a baby. >> what would happen to me if i said that about bristol palin, do you think i would still be working? at least-- . you'd be up there at npr.

>> i need the money, fire me. [laughter] >> what about it, judy? >> no, i'm kind of with kirsten on this. i don't understand what this is all about. i mean, except that she's put herself out there and she is all things palin, are fair target, fair game. >> if her last name was smith she wouldn't get the criticism. we have to take one more break. when we come back, a lindsay lohan movie inspires the latest column from maureen dowd and greg gutfld takes note. >> and maureen dowd takes on the republican mean girls and greg gutfeld plays referee. that's next on news watch. [ male announcer ] for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living but you see, with the help of her raymond james financiaadvisor,

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