National Public Radio has retained Weil, Gotshal & Manges for an internal investigation into the firing of Juan Williams on October 20 after the former news analyst made controversial on-air remarks about his feelings toward Muslims to Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly.
After being fired by NPR, where Williams worked as a journalist for more than a decade, Fox stepped in and inked the political commentator to a three-year contract worth nearly $2 million. Williams seems to have landed on his feet, but his former employer continues to consider the circumstances that led to his dismissal.
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