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NPR chief executive quits over hidden camera video

NPR chief executive quits over hidden camera video

NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting.

 

NPR chief apologizes for handing of Williams firing

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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