Here’s Akbar Ahmed, The Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, writing on the Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog:
In this case, because the interview took place in the presence of Bill O’Reilly, I suspect that perhaps Juan Williams was so overpowered by O’Reilly’s presence that it led him to make these remarks almost unconsciously.
This is comedy gold. The power of Bill O’Reilly’s “presence” “overpowered” Juan Williams!