Brian Williams-say it ain't so...

[Anonymous]

I am so bummed that Brian Williams, who I loved like Tom Brokaw, has been called out in a lie he has been telling about being shot down in a helicopter. I guess this what happens when journalists become celebrities instead of people who report the news.

[Anonymous]

What a piece of garbage pretending to be a journalist.

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/nbc-s-brian-williams-recants-iraq-story-after-soldiers-protest-1.327792

“The story actually started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of Iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an RPG,” Williams said on the broadcast. “Our traveling NBC News team was rescued, surrounded and kept alive by an armor mechanized platoon from the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry.”

Williams and his camera crew were actually aboard a Chinook in a formation that was about an hour behind the three helicopters that came under fire, according to crew member interviews.

[Anonymous]

Ugh. That sucks b/c I f'ing love(d) brian Williams.

[Anonymous]

Well at least he recanted. I can't believe it took him this long.

I have a lot of respect for him in general, so I'm glad he came clean. He owned up to his mistakes. (Unlike a certain 60 Minutes reporter on Benghazi or a certain former Senator from NY and former Secretary of State who claimed to be under sniper fire in the Balkans.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. That sucks b/c I f'ing love(d) brian Williams.

+1

Really? Why the "embellishment"? The real story could have been told to great effect. Instead, he's just a fool. Or a liar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well at least he recanted. I can't believe it took him this long.

I have a lot of respect for him in general, so I'm glad he came clean. He owned up to his mistakes. (Unlike a certain 60 Minutes reporter on Benghazi or a certain former Senator from NY and former Secretary of State who claimed to be under sniper fire in the Balkans.)

+1

[Anonymous]

I've always thought he was more of a pretty boy anchorman type than a serious reporter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well at least he recanted. I can't believe it took him this long.

I have a lot of respect for him in general, so I'm glad he came clean. He owned up to his mistakes. (Unlike a certain 60 Minutes reporter on Benghazi or a certain former Senator from NY and former Secretary of State who claimed to be under sniper fire in the Balkans.)

This was his line

“I would not have chosen to make this mistake,” Williams said. “I don’t know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This was his line

“I would not have chosen to make this mistake,” Williams said. “I don’t know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another.”

Gee, I don't know either. But I think I have a pretty guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well at least he recanted. I can't believe it took him this long.

I have a lot of respect for him in general, so I'm glad he came clean. He owned up to his mistakes. (Unlike a certain 60 Minutes reporter on Benghazi or a certain former Senator from NY and former Secretary of State who claimed to be under sniper fire in the Balkans.)

This was his line

“I would not have chosen to make this mistake,” Williams said. “I don’t know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another.”

Yes, I know I read the article.

[Anonymous]

Um, why isn't this the end of his career? He lied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've always thought he was more of a pretty boy anchorman type than a serious reporter.

Exactly!!

[Anonymous]

Recant? It is not an appropriate apology until the words "I lied."
Regardless, he should be fired immediately.

[Anonymous]

I agree, he should be fired. He no longer has any credibility. I did really like him before this. He was my go-to news guy.

[Anonymous]

This sort of behaviour seems endemic to inflated egos that typically come with fame.