Williams signs new contract with Fox News
Fired NPR analyst reportedly to receive close to $2 million over 3 years

Less than 24 hours after NPR fired Juan Williams over comments about Muslims he made earlier in the week on Fox News, the cable channel announced on Thursday that it has signed Williams to a fat new contract.

Williams, who has served as a regular contributor on Fox News since 1997, got a new multi-year deal from the cable channel. Terms were not disclosed, but a source close to the network said Williams is getting a pay hike that will net him close to $2 million a year over three years. (The Los Angeles Times was the first to report Williams' new deal.)

“Juan has been a staunch defender of liberal viewpoints since his tenure began at FOX News in 1997," FNC chief Roger Ailes said in a statement announcing Williams' new deal. "He’s an honest man whose freedom of speech is protected by FOX News on a daily basis.”

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Williams told Bill O’Reilly on Monday that he gets “nervous” on planes when he sees people who are in “Muslim garb.” Those comments led to his termination from NPR on Wednesday.

Williams — who responded to his firing from NPR earlier in the day on Fox News — will be a guest O'Reilly's "Factor" on Thursday and will guest-host the show on Friday. (By my count, Williams will have appeared on Fox News Thursday at least three different times.)
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Meanwhile, NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller apologized for a comment she made about Williams at an Atlanta Press Club appearance earlier in the day. During the event, Schiller suggested Williams should have kept his feelings about Muslims between himself and "his psychiatrist."

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"I spoke hastily and I apologize to Juan and others for my thoughtless remark," Schiller said in a statement later Thursday.

She did not apologize, however, for the memo she sent to NPR affiliates, also on Thursday, in which she claimed that this "isn’t the first time" NPR has had "serious concerns about some of Juan’s public comments," and that his firing was not of one isolated event.
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she shouldnt apologize for the memo, employers are beholden to the agreements they sign

he is where he will fit in and Im happy for him and will continue to rely on NPR for balanced reporting

but, I have a feeling Fox might tie him into an EXCLUSIVE interview which will not permit him to voice his 'honest' opnions for others,,,,



people are funny that way,,(kind of like the immigration issue with MEXICO enforcing stricter rules than the US but publicly griping that the US has such rules,,,,)

"I spoke hastily and I apologize to Juan and others for my thoughtless remark," Schiller said in a statement later Thursday.

spoke, not sent a memo,, the comment about his 'psychiatrist' was over the top and she should have apologized for that

She prematurely fired him and now he has a case.

Had no idea NPR had a bi-partisan agenda.

what evidence is there that it is premature, what case would he have if they have documented WARNINGS ?

fraid not,,,,