(Updated) NPR Exec. Who Fired Juan Williams Resigns; Board Withholds CEO’s Bonus
- Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:09pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The NPR executive who fired Juan Williams with a phone call has resigned, reports say. The departure comes after an independent investigation found that while the firing was legal, it could have been handled better.
Despite those findings, however, NPR‘s Board of Directors decided to withhold the bonus of NPR’s CEO Vivian Schiller for her role in the incident.
Ellen Weiss, who refused to meet with Williams after he made some comments about Muslim “garb” and then fired him, informed Schiller of her departure, who in turn announced the move in a statement on NPR’s website.
“NPR SVP for News Ellen Weiss has notified me that she will be leaving her position,” Schiller wrote. “Over her decades at NPR, Ellen has made meaningful and lasting contributions to the evolution of NPR and our newsroom. She is a strong journalist who has brought her considerable talents to how NPR covers the world and meets the ever-increasing expectations of today’s audiences. Ellen exemplifies journalistic professionalism and integrity.”
In a separate statement, NPR’s Board announced the results of an independent investigation into the firing. That statement recognized Weiss’s resignation, but also said that Schiller would be punished by not receiving a bonus.
“The Board has expressed confidence in Vivian Schiller’s leadership going forward,” the statement said. “She accepted responsibility as CEO and cooperated fully with the review process. The Board, however, expressed concern over her role in the termination process and has voted that she will not receive a 2010 bonus.”
The independent review suggested a number of recommendations going forward, mostly centered on training and updating policies and procedures.
UPDATE:
Juan Williams reacted to the news on Thursday afternoon, saying NPR’s culture is “incestuous” and “not open”:
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Comments (122)
Spawnomite
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:59pmI tried to listen to NPR w my fish, but the fish killed itself going belly up. No idea why the snivelling NPR folk on the air have European accents.
Report Post »WISEPENNY
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 12:04amDo you have a pet bird, too? Lol Did it suddenly drop dead?
Report Post »chuck_wagon
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:58pmAnd we can‘t forget it’s evil big brother CPB. Cut the both of them, let spooky dude finance them himself.
Report Post »evilceo
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:57pmBonus? What the heck does the CEO of a publicly funded entity like NPR do to deserve a bonus? Raise money? Create return for investors? After watching her stumble through the interviews after the firing of Juan Williams I think her entire salary is a bonus.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:52pmSocial Justice?
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:50pmThe pendulum has reached its apex and now starts its long arc back the other way. I sure wouldn’t want to be a liberal progressive right now. It’s going to get nasty out there before things get better.
Report Post »rplatham
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:50pmA bonus? Why are people at a “non-Profit” tax payer funded entity receiving a bonus to begin with?
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:54pmThat was my question, too!
Report Post »wkw58
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:47pmNational Progressive Radio should be defunded and forced to compete in an “open” market like everyone else. NPR has veered so hard left in the years since I listened to it (mid to late 70′s … in college) that I cannot stomach more than an hour of it without switching to another frequency. Defund asap.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:39pmNPR is just another example of Government Spending that should have been cut LONG ago!!! The original justification for funding has long since passed away.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:52pmIt should have never been allowed in the first place. That is not the governments job.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:38pmDefund the NPR. It has been obvious for a long time that they have a political agenda and the whole argument that they provide an unbiased news source is laughable. The Federal government has no business providing funding for any news service. Them them support themselves in the free market.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:37pmRevenge is a dish best served cold. Right Juan?
Report Post »Marnin
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:37pmAnd yet, Nina Totenberg still has a job there…
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:36pmCut NPR and CPB too.
Report Post »Here is an excellent place to start.
Make two big new zeroes on the spending list.
Go Gongress go.
BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:33pmWhat took them so long?
Report Post »Utah_Carl
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:31pmUnited States tax payers must support NPR and PBS? Where do we find that in the Constitution?
Report Post »Plankchapel
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 5:53pmDemocrats will find it in there somewhere, don’t you worry!
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 7:17pmYou guys must have missed it.
Report Post »It’s right next to the clause directing Congress to fund exhibiting crucifixes in urine.
benrush
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:26pmYa know what? I don’t care what they do. They have every right to say what they want, freely. They also have every right to employ whomever they want, or don’t want.
They just need to give up the federal spigot.
And so do we all. Turn off the federal spigot, let the states resume their proper authoritative rule.
Like that little character in the Max Max films said, “Embargo ON!”
Let‘s not use any more federal services that the Constitution didn’t originally provide for.
Good bye to our Federal Overlords. They have no business being in business. They are to govern for certain things only, a specific, enumerated group of things. The rest of it is up to the States and/or to the people.
Report Post »Elrik68
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:32pmAmen to that Brother!!
Report Post »Mikee T
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:33pm@BEN………..bravo, my friend……bravo ! I long for the days when we can become yet again a sovereign nation and the states (albeit we will have to closely monitor our state legislatures and regulatory bodies) can resume their rights under the constitution….. Federalism….is almost an oxymoron because it distinctly calls for states to govern and for limited overbearing runaway power mongering feds………yes, we have to reverse it NOW !!!!!! God Bless America…..
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:24pmI hope the future hires remember what happened to Juan Williams. They may get the same treatment.
Report Post »Zorba53
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:23pmAnyone willing to bet against the thought that she got a better offer from Huffpo or Soros?
Report Post »Plankchapel
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 5:52pmMy guess is that either they asked for her resignation or she smelled it coming, and waited until 2010 was over to get her bonus. ***Surprise!!!***
Report Post »Mikee T
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:22pmShe is a moron……….citing an African American distinguished and respected journalist for what ? For relaying something heartfelt ? Juan Williams is neither a conservative or a liberal…he is somewhere on the fence and she made a BIG mistake with that bonehead move………Oh the left…..such prudence and insight…….they are absolutely blind ….ignorance is truly bliss….
Report Post »Plankchapel
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 5:48pmDon’t be fooled. Juan Williams defends the liberals, but his input is of value because it gives people an opportunity to watch unbiased coverage.
Report Post »WISEPENNY
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 10:15pmI’m getting tired of the “Poor Juan Williams” chant. He swam in that piranha tank for 10 years over at NPR. All I remember was Juan being the White House‘s pet analyst to sit in the O’Reilly sidekick slot before he got a knife in his back at NPR. If you’re looking for a replacement for Robert Gibbs, well “Poor Juan” is the man for the job. Then if Glenn don’t let the grass grow under his feet, he could offer Ellen Weiss a slot on the Blaze to add further “balance” to his lefthand threaded wingnut collection of staff he is acquiring.
Report Post »Bwahhh haa haaa haaa. He‘ll need to change the Blaze’s name to :TheCraze.com LOL
grandmaof5
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:17pmOops, the buck stops at the top so I hope she wasn’t counting on that bonus. Adding to the bottom line will also make the stockholders happier too. Ellen Weiss will always be remembered for the unprofessional firing of Juan Williams so future employers, take note.
Report Post »Dilbert is Real
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:16pmThat ‘bonus’ is our tax dollars. How much do we pay these ‘executives’ for the dissemination of progressive propaganda?
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 2:58amIt is all a nice scam. 1st the govt. gives a small amount of taxpayer money to NPR. Just a small amount so it looks good on the books. The govt. gives a large amount of money to the non-political PBS. Now PBS gets the tax payers money and pays it directly in small amounts to individual PBS stations throughout the the country, including radio stations in every local market. Now, individual radio stations are getting payed to broadcast NPR with money that has switched hands 3,4,5 maybe six times and is no longer considered govt. funding. Anywhere else this would by money laundering and a tax money shell game. Acorn and the Tides Foundation move their money around the same way so nobody knows exactly where all the funding is coming from.
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 3:12amIf we de-funded PBS, it would be a De facto de-funding of NPR. All of the stations that broadcast NPR are being financially propped up by taxpayer money from PBS. They are not competing in the free market. But we all know that the progressives and professional left would scream Elmoism. They would say conservatives hate children because mean people were going to turn Sesame Street into a slum.
Report Post »101
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:15pm.
Report Post »NPR will throw anybody under the bus to keep receiving government funding, to late your corruption has been exposed…Stop all federal funding to NPR let Soros foot the bill!
snowloepard2300
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:15pmWhateverhesaid.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 5:29pmThe whole business stinks on ice.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 6:35pm@2300
Get over it.
Report Post »Philo Beddoe
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:14pmConsidering the the repub’s have vowed to defund NPR, I NPR is unloading dead weight
Report Post »not funny
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 4:19pmWhy would a nonprofit CEO get a bonus?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 6:32pmDe-fund NPR & all the Libturd groups………..Starting with planned parenthood
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:11pmGood.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 6:26pmHe who laughs last………..Laughs best.
Report Post »Cpriestess
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:10pmThey smelled a funding cut and tried to head it off. Here is hoping it doesn’t work.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:13pmYou are exactly right. Glad she’s gone. Cut the funding to zero anyway.
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:19pmI think your right about the this. Hopefully this ploy doesn’t work. NPR has had a lot more questionable actions of late that just this. After seeing this woman’s press conference after his firing, it’s a wonder a dimwit like herself was even able to land the job in the first place. Something is very wrong over at NPR
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:22pmChomp, chomp, chomp, munch, munch, munch. GULP!!!! Bbbbuuuurrrrpppp!!!! Can you hear the libs eating each other yet?
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:23pmIt appears what goes around comes around. I think Ellen might want to look for another hack job, I’m sure Obama has a staff position for her seeing she and many like her are always watching his back.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:24pmCPRIESTESS, you nailed it. That is exactly what I though the instant I saw the headline. They are afraid of the new Republicans and funding cuts. LOL
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:25pmPeople get ahold of this…you reap what you sow!!!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:27pmMaybe she’ll replace Robert Gibbs
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:28pmCPRIESTESS, The wisdom of the blazers must drive our little plants here crazy. Good comment!
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:50pmDitto!
Report Post »timeisnow
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 3:58pmThey should fire both of them and give Soros back his Socialist money.. and you are right they smell the Federal Funding Ending! LOLOLOL
Report Post »Deda1
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 4:06pmNo public funds. I am with you.
Report Post »BeckIsNuts
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 4:07pmGood. Juan was railroaded.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 4:27pmNPR is self destructing at last!!!
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 4:28pmActually they don’t get that much funding from the government – I have a chart somewhere in my papers and it is just a tiny part of the pie. So sorry that someone isn’t getting their bonus – isn’t that just too bad! http://wp.me/pYLB7-uT
Report Post »rpp
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 4:45pm“Sesame Street” is just not worth this.
Report Post »LibertarianLady
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 6:21pmBingo!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 6:37pmLa Raza (The Race) succeeded in raking in over $15.2 million in federal grants last year alone, of which $7.9 million was in U.S. Department of Education grants for Charter Schools, and undisclosed amounts were for get-out-the-vote efforts supporting La Raza political positions.
The Council of La Raza succeeded in having itself added to congressional hearings by Republican House and Senate leaders. And an anonymous senator even gave the Council of La Raza an extra $4 million in earmarked taxpayer money, supposedly for “housing reform,” while La Raza continues to lobby the Senate for virtual open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens.
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 6:41pmPLEASE NOTE — NO ONE HAS BEEN “FIRED”!! NOTHING has changed over their. PAST TIME to pull ALL PUBLIC FUNDING!! (Not just here, but throughout OUR government. But let’s have A SPECIAL ORDER for National Progressivist Radio.)
“Affairs of State must take precedent over … the Affairs of State.” -Gov. Le Petomane, Blazing Saddles
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 6:47pmHuffington Post has openings. Bet she ends up with some supported George Soros funded business. The White House needs a new White House Press Secratary she would fit right in with the current agenda.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 6:54pmBring her over to the Blaze or add her to FOX.It is becomeing aparent that there all the same.
Same talking head,different sides of the mouth.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 7:31pmHey this makes us almost even for the PC debacle over Capt Honors.
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 8:02pmIts a good start but i am sure they can find lots more that need to be sent packing and then maybe just maybe they will start to undue the years of damage done by the left to their news reporting.
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 8:18pmshould have never had public funding to be gin with
Report Post »piper60
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 3:45amIsn’t it funny how the person who is ultimately in charge never gets fired. Talk about a poisonous corporate culture. Juan Williams is well rid of them.
Report Post »OneNationIndivisable
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 5:44amI stopped listening to NPR about five years ago. Back in the 1970′s when they first started broadcasting they were a very respected news agency. Nowadays they have lost all credibility, especially after how they fired Juan. Completely cut all government support, they no longer qualify for the “national endowments of the arts” program funding.
Report Post »BigSky
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 7:24amWeiss took the fall for Schiller who still continues to work there. So she doesn’t get a bonus, but I bet she’s getting a 6 figure salary.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 9:26amnow it comes to the gree party, and i mean the original green party, money. The loons at npr fear a congressional underfunduning of their payroll
Report Post »happyboy
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 8:51pmJUST DARE TO FIRE A BLACK MAN AND YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF IN DEEP TROUBLE LIKE THAT CEO.
Today Blacks are so well protected by Federal Law, State Law, and Case Law that police fear arresting Blacks to commit vicious crimes. Thas CEO will not be able to get a job as a WALMART greeter.
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