Jill Abramson: I Was Fired, But Obama Administration Still Most Secretive

The former executive editor of the New York Times Jill Abramson sat for an interview with Greta Van Susteren “On the Record” Wednesday July 16, giving the inside the story on her time and the Times. Abramson said criminal leak investigation on reporter sources is one reason she believes President Obama’s administration is most secretive she has ever dealt with.

Abramson was fired back in May after criticizing the Obama administration for secrecy. But Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., the publisher at the liberal-dominated newspaper, said “she had lost the support of her masthead colleagues and could not win it back.”

He also what he characterized as “incorrect reports that Jill’s compensation package was not comparable with her predecessor’s,” and said her pursuit of a pay raise has no role in the decision to terminate her.