NBC's Brian Williams

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NBC News anchor Brian Williams conceded on Wednesday that a story he had told about being under fire while covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was false.

Williams said he was not aboard a helicopter that was hit by enemy fire and forced down — a story he retold as recently as last week during a televised tribute to a retired soldier during a New York Rangers hockey game.

It appears he was outed by a Stars and Stripes reporter.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifest...644_story.html

I have no sympathy for reporters trying to make themselves the story, nor do I care for the notion of TV anchormen (or women) as celebrities. Just give me the unadulterated news without cutesy commentary, flashing the pearly whites, or eye-rolling, please.

NBC should dump him forthwith IMO.

[djv8ga]

He needs to rehab @ MSNBC .

[Dondilion]

Many reality shows on TV.

Why not a reality newsman?

[whell]

So he apologized. Great.

Can you imagine if this were Cronkite, Murrow, Chancellor, etc? They wouldn't worry about apologizing. They'd do the right thing and just resign, and not drag their employers and their peers through the mud with them.

Standards are just different today I guess. Sadly.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

So he apologized. Great.

Can you imagine if this were Cronkite, Murrow, Chancellor, etc? They wouldn't worry about apologizing. They'd do the right thing and just resign, and not drag their employers and their peers through the mud with them.

Standards are just different today I guess. Sadly.

Fox had their big brouhaha with their so-called Muslim "no-go zones" in France and the UK. Apologies sufficed for them, but I'm not sure that anyone actually expects credible news from them (hell, they still employ Geraldo Rivera).

The big 3 networks have a journalistic legacy and the public has different expectations from them. I'm not convinced that Williams won't be shown the door soon. He should have the dignity and grace and resign forthwith.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

He should have the dignity and grace and resign forthwith.

Indeed!

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Originally Posted by finnbow

Fox had their big brouhaha with their so-called Muslim "no-go zones" in France and the UK. Apologies sufficed for them, but I'm not sure that anyone actually expects credible news from them (hell, they still employ Geraldo Rivera).

The big 3 networks have a journalistic legacy and the public has different expectations from them. I'm not convinced that Williams won't be shown the door soon. He should have the dignity and grace and resign forthwith.

Conflating Fox's reporting and Brian Williams bizarre self - aggrandizement is a bit off key. I did find it funny that the Frenchies got pissed at Fox but gave CNN a pass.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_6524924.html

You'd do better conflating Williams' statement about being shot down with Hillary's statement about being shot at by Bosnian snipers.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/...iref=hpmostpop

I don't expect anyone will be suggesting to Hilly that she "resign forthwith" from her assumptive campaign.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

You'd do better conflating Williams' statement about being shot down with Hillary's statement about being shot at by Bosnian snipers.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/...iref=hpmostpop

I don't expect anyone will be suggesting to Hilly that she "resign forthwith" from her assumptive campaign.

There's a difference between a news journalist and a politician. The former is expected to tell the truth. The latter, not so much.

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Originally Posted by finnbow

There's a difference between a news journalist and a politician. The former is expected to tell the truth. The latter, not so much.

It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is...

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Originally Posted by whell

Conflating Fox's reporting and Brian Williams bizarre self - aggrandizement is a bit off key.

Ever the Pox Noise cheerleader. I'll bet you think Geraldo is a good newsman.