Stories Related to Npr Chief Apologizes For Handing Of Williams Firing

The Upshot - NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller isn t sorry about firing longtime news analyst Juan Williams last week, but now says she regrets how the network handled the episode. Schiller, who has come under fire from conservatives, said that NPR still stand[s] firmly behind the decision to terminate Williams contract after he commented about getting nervous when [...]

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