you should go to this link to hear the rambling justification of the firing of Juan Williams. It is here that she says that his opinions "are between him and his psychiatrist ...".
You can see Nina Totenberg's response to Krauthammer about this here
"Those who disagree with us are crazy."
Has that theme ever been seen before?
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21 hours ago
What a surprise and I am not being sarcastic – I mean the surprise that the firing of a single analyst would strike such a vibrant (and evidently raw) nerve in the media and among political junkies on both sides of the isle. Was it the exposure of hypocrisy at NPR or simply that Juan is well respected by his colleagues in the media and by his listeners as well? For whatever reason it happened. The reaction is surprising, unexpected, puzzling, and very interesting.
ReplyDeleteIn the interest of accurate reporting I would like to comment on the following:
1. It has been widely reported that Ms. Schiller inferred that Juan needs to see a psychiatrist based on her statement that Mr. Williams’ comments about Muslims should have stayed “between him and his psychiatrist or his publicist.” If you watched the actual footage of her comment it is obvious that the word “psychiatrist” was a fill in. In her statement she said “between him and his” (pause and smirk) “psychiatrist”. The word that I believe she almost said but cleverly (smirk) avoided was “creator”. Watch the video and decide for yourself.