Post by Neverending on Feb 7, 2015 17:13:29 GMT -5
I don't know if you guys have been following the Brian Williams controversy or not, but he was caught lying about an experience he had in Iraq in 2003.
www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/business/media/soldiers-in-brian-williams-group-give-account-of-2003-events.html
And now, he's gonna take a few days off.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brian-williams-stepping-away-nbc-771102
www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/business/media/soldiers-in-brian-williams-group-give-account-of-2003-events.html
In the earliest days of the Iraq war, in March 2003, two convoys of helicopters left a base in Kuwait, flying toward Najaf and the front line. One convoy was hit by enemy fire, and the other was not, according to four people present that day.
What happened to those helicopters has since become a matter of dispute. Brian Williams, the NBC News anchor, was embedded on one of those missions. In an initial report, broadcast in 2003, NBC’s Tom Brokaw described “a close call in the skies over Iraq.” Mr. Williams said, “The Chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky.”
In the years since, Mr. Williams adapted the story to say that he was actually on a helicopter that crash-landed after taking enemy fire. He apologized for the mistake on Wednesday, but since then, as the controversy over Mr. Williams escalated, conflicting accounts have emerged of what actually happened. On Friday, NBC News said it would begin an internal investigation that would review the Iraq episode and other reporting by Mr. Williams.
What happened to those helicopters has since become a matter of dispute. Brian Williams, the NBC News anchor, was embedded on one of those missions. In an initial report, broadcast in 2003, NBC’s Tom Brokaw described “a close call in the skies over Iraq.” Mr. Williams said, “The Chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky.”
In the years since, Mr. Williams adapted the story to say that he was actually on a helicopter that crash-landed after taking enemy fire. He apologized for the mistake on Wednesday, but since then, as the controversy over Mr. Williams escalated, conflicting accounts have emerged of what actually happened. On Friday, NBC News said it would begin an internal investigation that would review the Iraq episode and other reporting by Mr. Williams.
And now, he's gonna take a few days off.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brian-williams-stepping-away-nbc-771102
Brian Williams is stepping away from NBC Nightly News for a number of days.
The anchor sent a note to the show's staff, announcing that Lester Holt is replacing him for an unspecified amount of time. The news comes as Williams is embroiled in a scandal surrounding his story about being a passenger in a helicopter that took fire in Iraq in 2003.
The anchor sent a note to the show's staff, announcing that Lester Holt is replacing him for an unspecified amount of time. The news comes as Williams is embroiled in a scandal surrounding his story about being a passenger in a helicopter that took fire in Iraq in 2003.
