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NPR let Williams go after he said on Fox News that he becomes nervous when at an airport he sees “people who are dressed in Muslim garb and I think they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims.”
Vivian Schiller, NPR’s CEO, said that Williams’ comments should have been “between him and his psychiatrist or his publicist” but she later apologized. Williams – who was clearly still upset when he watched Schiller’s comments this morning -- said that was too personal.
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So which one lacks journalistic ethics:
- Williams - Who recited his concern and acknowledged it was "probably irrational."
- Schiller - Who fires Mr. Williams and adds the personal insult that Williams' opinion belongs "between him and his psychiatrist ... ".
For the record, Mr. Williams states that he does not have a psychiatrist.