Juan Williams Gets $2M Fox Gig

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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 5:28PM EDT / Published Oct. 21, 2010 5:08PM EDT

On the same day that his comments on Muslims got him canned from NPR, Fox News has handed veteran commentator Juan Williams a three-year, $2 million contract. "Juan has been a staunch defender of liberal viewpoints since his tenure began at Fox News in 1997," Fox owner Roger Murdoch said in a statement. “He’s an honest man whose freedom of speech is protected by Fox News on a daily basis." Williams was let go from NPR shortly after saying he felt "nervous" when seeing Muslims on an airplane, a situation that many prominent conservatives decried as unfair.

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Juan Williams Gets $2M Fox Gig