bill: or you could go back and sue if you want to make a legal case from this day forward as you described to us here but you cannot fire him. if you are firing him based on his relationship with another news entity, or company in this case, the fox news channel. that law is not the same everywhere in the country and is not a federal law but a district of columbia law and the same law exists in new jersey, but doesn t exist in texas and npr s headquarters is in the district of columbia and is governed by district of columbia law, city law. that law prevents you from punishing someone because of who you hang out with when you are not at work. bill: you have known juan, what, 13 years. i ve known him 13 years and worked with juan, not only on fox matters but nonfox matters. he s the most amiable, intellectually honest person you ever want to meet. that is the kicker here, what they accused him of is 180° from what he is. bill: there is another word for that, he is a mench.