Yesterday Ellen Weiss, the NPR executive who called Juan Williams to fire him after the once-respected newsman spoke about his fear of airplane passengers in "Muslim garb," resigned. NPR's CEO's also being punished. Who comes out looking worst? Juan Williams.
The "independent review" of NPR's firing of Juan Williams last October has finally(!) wrapped up. The big news: Ellen Weiss, the NPR SVP of news who called Williams to fire him, has resigned. Why?
When the media becomes the news, everyone is entertained. Media scandals are the best scandals of all, for their enjoyable mix of forced professionalism and palpable discomfort. Come; let us look back at the year's ten best.
In your penniless Monday media column: TONY freelancers say they're being stiffed, NPR is afraid of the public's emails, The Daily may have to fight for its name, and Whoopi vs. O'Reilly, round two.
Terrible news for America today: House Democrats voted down a bill to defund NPR over Juan Williams' firing, despite unanimous Republican support. For shame! And in minor news, House Republicans blocked an unemployment insurance extension for two million Americans.
Toadlike Fox News mastermind Roger Ailes has always been thought of as an evil genius—even his detractors admire his media-savvy PR brilliance. It's not true. In fact, he's an isolated old man whose anger has driven him insane.
House Republicans will indeed force a vote to defund NPR over the Juan Williams firing.
In your innovative Thursday media column: The Nation vs. the New York Times, Newsweek's quiet on its merger plans, your good media idea could make you millions, NPR's Juan Williams investigation is underway, and a remembrance.
NPR received a bomb threat in the mail today, prompting the news organization to take extra security precautions and "generally [be] more vigilant." Was it related to the termination of commentator Juan Williams? Or just a pledge drive gone wrong?
In your vacuous Tuesday media column: the Juan Williams brigade pipes up, Politico launches a paid news operation, Katie Couric might stay at CBS, and Rupert Murdoch's war against Hollywood PR firms.
Tonight, The Daily Show returned with the first of a week of shows from Washington, DC. Immediately, Jon Stewart took both NPR—for its boring spinelessness—and Fox News—for its revenge-hungry personalities—to task over the Juan Williams fiasco. Video inside.
Andrea Peyser warns of "narrow-minded racism that rules a network," one with "a culture not of inclusion and acceptance, but one of fear." We commend her for calling out Fox News...oh, this is supposed to be about NPR? Huh. [NYP]
What a week Juan Williams has had! From mild-mannered NPR analyst and Fox News liberal stand-in to multimillionaire full-time Fox News guy, thanks to one dumb comment. Fair warning, Juan: you're about to throw away your entire career. Needlessly.
Republican Senator Jim DeMint has confirmed that he will introduce legislation to cut federal funding from NPR after they fired analyst Juan Williams for making insensitive comments about Muslims on Fox. The Right's war on NPR has begun in earnest!
In response to Juan Williams' firing from NPR over dumb comments about Muslims, Fox News has expanded his contributing role at its network into a regular one — replete with a whopping three-year, $2 million contract.
In your politically advantageous Thursday media column: Juan Williams speaks, Matt Taibbi is outgrowing his wild days, Tina Brown is rapidly approaching "feud" status with Newsweek, and a funny video, about Newsweek, on the internet.
NPR has really done it now: They actually fired an employee, Juan Williams, for making insensitive comments about Muslims on television. Is this the American way? Former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, for one, wants NPR stripped of public funding.
Longtime NPR contributor Juan Williams has had his contract severed by the radio network! Because, guess what, he made some stupid comments about Muslims on Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. (Spoiler: He is scared of them.)
These recorded phone calls to Nobel Prize winners are pretty funny. German chemist Gerhard Ertl is rude!
Did you know that Elvis Presley's favorite sandwich was fried peanut butter and bananas? Fans say the King added bacon, too. Some NPR reporters decided to recreate "The Elvis," and the first bite got this reaction: "Wow, this is gross."
