And Williams has done it all as the ultimate outsider, subject to misguided criticism and bigotry throughout her career.
One was to stop what he described as "misguided criticism" that the company was selling its energy drinks as dietary supplements because of the belief that such products were more lightly regulated than beverages.
This sort of misguided criticism is not unique.
While the two bills are significantly flawed, Congress should shake off the misguided criticism and move forward to combat the only big issue that is experiencing bipartisan support.
But change the gender and the notoriety of the individual and you can now expect misguided criticism and judgment placed on the victim.
Given the intensity of misguided criticism at this particular juncture, in the immediate aftermath of the Dietary Guidelines release, I will repeat that: Americans NEVER followed expert dietary advice in the first place.
A common, and misguided, criticism of the estate tax is that individuals who work hard and save their money should be entitled to pass on the fruits of that labor to their family.
At the same time, many companies fear the backlash that being open can bring, if the reality that they expose is viewed as 'negative.' Google faced unfortunate, and in my mind misguided, criticism when it took the first step toward managing its energy use and sourcing by revealing its massive energy footprint.
It was a misguided criticism of Mr. Rather, who has called for the commission as a way to bring attention to the crisis facing American newsrooms (20,000 newspaper jobs lost in the past 18 months alone), and to create the political will necessary to get our elected leaders to address the problem.
And that's what I've found so misguided about criticisms of Mr Obama (such as this post by Doug Mataconis) on the grounds that he failed to sufficiently defend freedom of speech or condemn the use of violence in response to blasphemy over the past week.
