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99th_Monkey

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3. That's sad. Williams is a very decent guy & a good professional anchor

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 03:36 PM

Jun 2015

who 'got it wrong' ONE time i.e. his imagination and his memory leap-frogged into a self-serving delusion which he passed off as "news"... ok I get that.

And questions can be raised like "if he got THAT so wrong, what other delusions did he pass off as news? Any? If there were other leaps into delusion that he aired as news, I haven't seen them, and I think that would have surfaced by now.

So I think the guy deserves his job back.. out and out firing him is a huge over-reaction. I hope he sues their asses off.

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Brian Williams will likely lose his anchor chair [View all] brooklynite Jun 2015 OP

finally, someone taken to task for lying about the Iraq war. yorgatron Jun 2015 #1

If the media was to pay for distorting, only a test pattern would be playing on most TV "news" shows NRaleighLiberal Jun 2015 #2

That's sad. Williams is a very decent guy & a good professional anchor 99th_Monkey Jun 2015 #3

Tell that to Dan Rather who got it right dballance Jun 2015 #7

Totally! 99th_Monkey Jun 2015 #8

Williams didn't embellish anything, he flat out fucking lied. GGJohn Jun 2015 #14

Your vitriol is duly noted. 99th_Monkey Jun 2015 #16

My vitriol stems from the fact that this is the guy who was known as the most trusted anchor GGJohn Jun 2015 #17

here's the thing, though NJCher Jun 2015 #23

He's smarmy and vile. 6000eliot Jun 2015 #34

Dan Rather was an enemy of the State. The State controlled by the Bush family. randys1 Jun 2015 #26

agreed on all points. hopemountain Jun 2015 #10

Traumatic? In what way? GGJohn Jun 2015 #15

From what I understand, he has a contract, and closeupready Jun 2015 #18

I love Brian Williams Chalco Jun 2015 #4

If all such fakers and liars received such treatment. tanglefoot Jun 2015 #5

who? rurallib Jun 2015 #6

If he has to take another job, put him on a remake of "What's My Line" Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2015 #9

well they do something stupid like that PatrynXX Jun 2015 #11

One less liar on the boob tube. Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #12

I like Engel. He at least "goes there" and risks possible harm by doing so... CTyankee Jun 2015 #19

If you check out the coverage of his supposed kidnapping in Syria Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #31

+100 jonno99 Jun 2015 #28

National network news is a mess all around -- and NBC News is struggling under the rule of LuckyLib Jun 2015 #13

checked it out NJCher Jun 2015 #25

Yet, over at Foxnews...just more of the same KKK... Rex Jun 2015 #20

"Williams Unable To Resume Anchor Duties Due To Heroic Combat Death In Iraq." Aristus Jun 2015 #21

A breaking news story first reported by Brian Williams Kaleva Jun 2015 #33

And Bill O'Lielly gets a raise Roland99 Jun 2015 #22

I'm surprised it took this long nt Sprael Jun 2015 #24

NBC has to do the professional thing especially in light of Fox NEVER doing it randys1 Jun 2015 #27

I hope Lester Holt gets the job if they oust Williams. Ilsa Jun 2015 #29

job opening. good news for somebody else ...nt quadrature Jun 2015 #30

Thank God. Good decision We must preserve the integrity of network news. Wait, what I meant to say was.... zonkers Jun 2015 #32