Fired NPR analyst was disciplined for making ‘inappropriate’ sexual comments to female staffers

[Ian David]

Sexually-themed comments about female Washington Post staff apparently went on for years

Juan Williams, the NPR contributor who was fired Thursday after making anti-Muslim comments on Fox News, apologized for "wrong" and "inappropriate" comments about women staffers after a 1991 investigation by The Washington Post, Raw Story has found.

The investigation of Williams' conduct stemmed from multiple occasions on which he made sexually-themed comments to female employees. An article published about the incidents was vague about what comments Williams actually made, though it makes clear that the sexually-oriented remarks came up on numerous occasions -- and that his behavior had allegedly gone on for several years.

It's also apparent that the female staff of The Washington Post was so incensed about how the paper was dealing with it that they brought their concerns to management.

<snip>

One Post magazine editor went so far as to say that Juan Williams "was obsessed with my sex life and that's all he wanted to talk to me about . . . . I raised my voice at him and said, 'Just don't talk to me again.' "



More:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/fired-npr-analyst-disciplined-inappropriate-verbal-conduct-women-staffers/

[Tatiana]

1. Oh, so he's got a lot in common with Clarence Thomas then?

What I don't understand is why NPR held on to this guy for so long.

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. The odd thing?

The first time I saw Williams I thought, "Wow, he looks like Clarence Thomas with a narrower face." Who knew?

[msanthrope]

9. He was a defender of the Long Dong aficianado...n/t

[slackmaster]

2. Conservative black men always do that

At least they're not secretly homosexual, like so many conservative white men.

:sarcasm:

[Lasher]

10. And they're not closet witches, like Conservative Christians.

[bullwinkle428]

3. If a "Brett Favre angle" to this story surfaces, I will die happy!

:rofl:

[spanone]

4. juan real prick

[CatWoman]

5. i think the problem is Juan's prick

it's lonely

:rofl:

[mediaman007]

6. Isn't it ironic that the Right Wing powers have jumped to the defense

of a supposed liberal. One would think that they would be ecstatic to get Williams off the air at NPR, just because a "liberal" voice would be off the air.

I think that the NPR tag was invaluable to FOX when it tried to demonstrate how they include everyone. Sad to say that the only liberal on FOX is Michael Kinsley, who really has a hard time overcoming Hannity's bully boy approach.

[Lasher]

12. Kinsley doesn't try. I've seen him challenge Hannity only once.

But to be fair, this might have occurred more often. I get 100% of my Faux programming second hand from sources like DU and Media Matters. Except for a little while one day Democrats won in 2006 and again in 2008. Watching their heads explode was sheer joy.

[hedgehog]

7. The plot thickens......

"The disclosure came five days after a Williams column on The Post's op-ed page in which he said that Anita Hill had "no credible evidence" for her allegations of sexual harassment by Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, but that Hill was "prompted" to make her charges by Democratic Senate staffers. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/21/AR2010102102009.html


One criminal covered up for another to help him get a place on the Supreme Court!

[ashling]

11. Juan needed to get fired from NPR to get his blood money from FOX

gave Ailes the impetus for the big bonus $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Lasher]

13. Maybe Juan should have kept a lower profile after he got dumped.

Now all his dirty laundry is fair game.

[blindpig]

14. He played NPR like a fine instrument

Is it a coincidence that this happens after he get a whopping contract from Fox? The publicity is golden and the boys at Fox are giggling like children.

He's a piece of shit but he played that very well indeed.

[Ian David]

15. Alright, Stephanie Miller just covered this...

.@smshow @radioguychris MT @RawStory Juan Williams disciplined 4making ‘inappropriate’ sexual comments2 female staffers http://is.gd/gcO9v
35 minutes ago via web http://twitter.com/IanDavidB/status/28410749187

[Botany]

16. She has good sources

:rofl:

[Gold Metal Flake]

17. OT Question: What is that building behind the porn disclaimer lady?

[Ian David]

18. That would be...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x475621