Apology from NPR’s CEO to NAMI
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Last Friday afternoon, Michael J. Fitzpatrick, the executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, received a telephone call from Vivian Schiller, the CEO of National Public Radio, during which she apologized for a comment that she made during the firing of Juan Williams.
NAMI Joins In Correcting NPR’s CEO
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Michael Fitzpatrick, the executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has joined me in complaining about an offensive remark that Vivian Schiller, the CEO and President of National Public Radio, said after firing Juan Williams. 
The day after I wrote on my blog about Schiller’s offensive comment, Mike fired off a letter to NPR and wrote a blog of his own posted on NAMI’s webpage chastising Schiller and asking NAMI members to write letters of complaint about her stigmatizing comment.
Part One: Hurtful Words -Prejudice, NPR, and Fox TV
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Juan Williams and I both worked at The Washington Post at the same time and have remained friendly ever since, so I was very interested in the media melodrama that unfolded last week when National Public Radio fired him. 
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller accused Juan of violating the radio network’s journalistic standards after he said on Fox Television’s “The O’Reilly Factor” that he got nervous when he was in an airport and saw people in Muslim garb.
His firing caused a flurry of accusations. Muslim groups accused Juan of being prejudice – a charge he denied. Bill O’Reilly accused NPR of dumping Juan because he had become a familiar face on the conservative Fox network — thereby irritating liberals. And everyone from Sarah Palin to NPR’s ombudsman chimed in.
Meanwhile, a chilling statement by Schiller was largely overlooked.
