Why is Brian Williams held to a higher standard than Hillary Clinton?

[SocialLibFiscalCon]

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Brian Williams "embellished" his story about being in a helicopter that was shot down in Iraq. In reality he was in the helicopter behind it, but the story was better when he LIED and said he was in the one forced to land after taking fire.

When the truth came out, he was universally vilified and suspended from his job as the lead news anchor for NBC. He eventually resurfaced on the B team at MSNBC after a lengthy hibernation, but the man's reputation has been eternally damaged.

Hillary Clinton also "embellished" her story about ducking sniper fire on the tarmac in Bosnia. She told reporters that she literally had to duck to avoid sniper fire after landing. The reality is, they were told there could be sniper fire in the area, but she was greeted by a large group of people on the tarmac, including children and soldiers. None of them appeared to be in a hurry or the least bit concerned about any bullets flying!

When the truth came out, turns out she LIED also to make her story sound better. When asked about it she gave some bullshit answer and everyone just moved on. She continues to lead the race for the Democratic nomination. No repercussions whatsoever for blatantly lying to the American public.

Can someone please explain to me why a television news anchor would be held to a higher standard of integrity than a presidential candidate?

Edit: Still waiting for the first HRC supporter to offer an answer to this question?

[ViseGrip]

1. Thank you I keep asking, why this is not discussed as something that should be considered.

ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY!

[SoLeftIAmRight]

13. it is easy - everyone knows - she has no standards

why expect any...

[ViseGrip]

2. Keep this kicked. She is a perpetual liar. That matters to voters, as the untrustworthy numbers show

[Politicalboi]

3. Brian's still employed at MSNBC

I hate looking at him with Rachel. He isn't anything close to Rachel. I haven't been liking her reporting lately, but she is 100% better than Brian Williams. Hillary is just a pathological liar, and nothing can be done except to beat her at the polls, or hope more drips out of the Panama Papers about the Clinton Foundation and money laundering, and arms deals. Protecting women and children one gun at a time.

[SocialLibFiscalCon]

16. He's still employed

But he was punished for lying. He's the punchline of jokes at this point and took a big demotion.

When will she be called to account for basically doing the same exact thing?

[northernsouthern]

4. I liked that guy.

He was sooooooo amazing on The Daily Show and his interviews and other Cameos. When that came out I was so mad that he did that, it was a little lie, but why the F did he keep telling and adding to it. He should have known better. As sad as I was to see him get let go from his position, I also knew he had to be accountable for what he did. I am not sure when I will think he can be a reliable again, since news casters need to be truthful.

As for HRC, it did not get tons of press, some of the stories covering it were right-wing, so as Dems we tend to ignore them because of how many false attacks they do. I do wonder how many people know, but then again it has been a long freaking time, and maybe by now I would have been ok with Williams. But the story may explain why many people don't trust her, it is because she has lied and been caught. I have seen people that are sexist about her lies, they say it is harder for her since she is a woman, so she can get away with more (since it is loaded against her)...I am not sure if I agree, I would be fine with her being mean, gruff, etc, but lies always bug m a bit.

[Doctor_J]

11. His bits with Stewart were comedy gold

[Fumesucker]

5. News anchor is a trusted and responsible position where standards apply?

Politicians not so much.

If Brian Willams had been getting sexually serviced in his office by an intern he would have been gone too but we all saw that politicians have a different and far lower standard of behavior.

The standard I suspect is still live boy or dead girl.

[BillZBubb]

6. Because she's the anointed one. No Democrat may question her holiness.

She has never lied--she even said so. How can you not believe her?

[rhett o rick]

8. "She has never lied--she even said so. How can you not believe her?" Wait just a minute I can think

of several.......... oh I get it.

[athena]

7. Here is an intelligent article about this.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/was-brian-williams-a-victim-of-false-memory/

Memories don’t live as single, complete events in one spot in the brain. Instead they exist as fragments of information, stored in different parts of our mind. Over time, as the memories are retrieved, or we see news footage about the event or have conversations with others, the story can change as the mind recombines these bits of information and mistakenly stores them as memories. This process essentially creates a new version of the event that, to the storyteller, feels like the truth.

...

The scientific literature is filled with fascinating studies of researchers planting fabricated memories from the simple to the bizarre — of being attacked by a vicious animal, for example, or even witnessing demonic possession. A seminal study by Dr. Loftus planted false memories of being a frightened child lost in a shopping mall. After reading a description of getting lost, about one in four study subjects came to believe the false memory as something that really happened to them.

[BillZBubb]

9. Oh come on! Who "planted" this memory in Hillary's brain?

Hint: it wasn't anyone other than Hillary herself. And it a lie to embellish her credentials. That's the Clinton way.

[Wilms]

10. So then who planted the false memories in her mind?

[Politicalboi]

12. Those bad video games I bet

Or her time in Vietnam. Pick one.

[krawhitham]

21. The Manchurian Candidate?

[dchill]

14. Hillary is the corporatist Neocon candidate. As "frontrunner"...

She is allowed a pass on up to 100 lies per week. Mainstream media do not have a problem with this, as her water carriers, they reach that number by Tuesday. Williams lost his chair because his embellishments were not approved by the NBC News political warfare unit.

[Odin2005]

15. "IT'S HER TURN!"

[SocialLibFiscalCon]

17. C'mon HillBots.... Anyone?

Would love to hear the Clinton horde's thoughts on this but apparently they only focus on conjuring up controversy about Bernie!

[Katashi_itto]

18. K&R!

[LexVegas]

19. MRAs for Bernie! nr

[SocialLibFiscalCon]

23. That's all you got?

How about addressing the question?

[Ruby the Liberal]

20. People are still under the delusion that they can trust corporate media

Politicians are expected to lie.

[krawhitham]

22. It will come back in the general and be a major issue if she beats Bernie

[islandmkl]

24. Clinton Statute of Limitations?

mis-remembered...

mis-spoke...

meant it when i said it...

evolved...

i did not say that...

i have long supported...

upon further investigation...

Note: my bad...didn't mean to put the word 'investigation' anywhere near this post...

[SocialLibFiscalCon]

25. Crickets from the Clintonistas?

I am not trying to be an ass here, merely asking for some intelligent reason why tv news people get punished for lying while someone running for president doesn't?

[oldandhappy]

26. This is a Fine question!!

Thank you!

[Bonobo]

27. K&R. A VERY good question. nt

[amborin]

28. Excellent question;

[azmom]

29. Kick

[DefenseLawyer]

30. She was really tired

The multiple times she told different variations of the story.

[Fumesucker]

31. Kick...

[SocialLibFiscalCon]

32. Funny

Clinton supporters were so quick to hide and ban some of my posts so I'm sure some of them have read this one. Wonder why none have them have bothered to offer an answer to this simple query? Hmmm....