New York Legacy Right: NPR ‘hypocrisy’ NEW YORK Posted on October 21, 2010 Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! WASHINGTON – NPR is taking heat from the right after firing commentator Juan Williams for saying he gets “nervous” at airports when he sees “Muslim garb.” Mike Huckabee even suggested Congress cut its funding: “NPR has discredited itself,” he said.