Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN 's ` ` Reliable News '' on Sundays . NPR fired Juan Williams after he said he gets nervous with reporters on his plane . It did n't help that NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller suggested he was seeing a psychiatrist . Other high - profile journalists have been fired recently for expressing opinions . Note : Decision to dump Williams has as much to do with Fox News connection as statements .
Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN 's ` ` Reliable News '' on Sundays . NPR fired Juan Williams after he said he gets nervous with reporters on his plane . Other high - profile journalists have been fired recently for expressing opinions . Note : Decision to dump Williams has as much to do with Fox News connection as statements .