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NPR apparently is still a little unsure as to why it fired Juan Williams last month.
Here is an NPR memo that Romenesko found on the matter.
From: Vivian Schiller
Date: November 11, 2010 9:32:52 AM EST
To: AllStaff
Subject: Update on NPR Review
Hi Everyone,
You may recall that I mentioned in my October 24th memo that we would conduct a thorough review of all aspects of our decision to terminate Juan Williams’ contract. Because it will be discussed at today’s meeting of our Board of Directors, I wanted to let you know that we recommended and the Board agreed that it would be prudent to commission an independent, objective third party to review both the process by which the decision was made, and the way it was implemented and communicated. NPR has retained the Weil firm to conduct that review, reporting to a committee of the Board. They have been asked to work quickly, but more importantly, to ensure a thorough process. That review is well underway, but not complete; as such, it would be premature to anticipate what form their report will take or what parts might be made public at this time.
Thanks,
Vivian
The only reason Schiller would even consider recommending an independent investigation is due to the fact that after the firing several members of Congress and the public renewed their calls for defunding public broadcasting and that would be devastating to NPR.
Schiller obviously hopes an investigation will not only end the matter once and for all but will also exonerate her for the decision to fire Williams which has brought an unwelcome amount of increased scrutiny on NPR and their programming. But a truly independent investigation may lead to her dismissal instead.
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4 Comments for NPR Still Reviewing Williams Firing
Heretofore I’ve sent the occasional check to one or the other aspect of public broadcasting. However, I’ve answered recent solicitations “Come back after firing Schiller and all who abetted her re Juan Williams. Politics aside, they’re obviously illiterate. Williams fairly disclosed a personal reaction to a state of facts in aid of a greater point.”
Too late for me and the PAC’s I belong to, petitions had been sent to de-fund both NPR and PBS to be delivered to the New Congress in March in order to allow them time to get all their feet wet. We have also been setting up the NPR advertisers for a boycott. If they want to continue to be solely liberal bastions, then they can do fundraisers themselves, NOT our money any longer. I was really ticked when I found out PBS was doing the sob story fundraisers AND getting Government Grants.
Roger Ailes at FNC has given Williams a job for as long as he wants one.
I contacted my Congressman, Tom Rooney before the election and asked that he institute an investigation into NPR and the firing of Williams. Now that he has been re-el;ected, I will call his office again and try to find out what the congressman has done. I suggest everyone call their congressmen and Senators to de-fund NPR.
Although Juan Williams’ liberal credentials are unquestioned, his occasional forays into common sense were unforgivable to Schiller and the PC crowd at NPR.
Nina Totenberg has uttered the “F” word in public before and didn’t raise an eyebrow at NPR.
The really has come to de-fund NPR’s bastion of left-wing BS.