ABC exec calls NBC "stupid or clueless" about Isaiah Washington...

The good thing about Isaiah Washington getting the gig on NBC's "Bionic Woman" is that it got him to stop trash-talking T.R. Knight at least for awhile. But the way NBC;s Ben Silverman talked about it last week was completelty ignorant, as if they were not aware that this man had been FIRED from his previous show on ABC for his behavior. C'mon . A prospective employer obviously must vet out someone he's hiring.
Anyway, I love what ABC's Steve McPherson had to say about all this yesterday at the ABC Press tour. He wondered if NBC execs had been "living in a cave" when they professed to not be aware of the scope of the controversy surrounding Washington the gay slurs he used referring to Knight.
According to TV Guide, Silverman told reporters that he and Washington had conversations "before he became available." Said Silverman: "When he told me he was available I was like, 'You are? Wait, I don't understand. What do you mean? You're a huge star on a star television show. I don't quite understand what had gone on there."
Responded McPherson: "If (Silverman) was in fact talking to him before he was available, that's inducement to breach. So I don't know, he's either clueless or stupid."

You decide.
(By the way, I copied the little photo collage from Towleroad.com.)