Temporary Replacement at ‘Meet the Press’
Brian Williams, anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” will take Tim Russert’s place this Sunday.
BRIAN WILLIAMS suspended for six months without pay: NBC.
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has been suspended for six months without pay amid an investigation into his debunked story regarding a military helicopter in Iraq. NBC News President Deborah Turness��.
BRIAN WILLIAMS Backs Out of Letterman Appearance
Embattled NBC News anchor Brian Williams is backing out of scheduled appearance on David Lettermans Late Show on Thursday.
Anchor in a Desert War: Brian Williams, Reporting
Mr. Williams has shown grace as well as courage in Iraq, but all three networks overestimate what viewers expect from an anchor.
Jon Stewart mocks BRIAN WILLIAMS, bodyslams media for.
Daily Show host Jon Stewart led a tongue-in-cheek cheer on Monday for the media attention surrounding NBC News anchor Brian Williams discredited story about being targeted by enemy fire in a military helicopter. ���Finally��.
Brian Williams Suspended From NBC News For 6 Months
Brian Williams has been suspended from NBC for six months, the network announced on Tuesday. We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for six months. The suspension will be without pay .
NBC Nightly News Anchor BRIAN WILLIAMS Suspended for.
Brian Williams has been suspended from his post as anchor of NBC Nightly News for six months without pay. We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for six��.
Why NBCs suspension is BRIAN WILLIAMS last hope for remaining anchor
NBC News President Deborah Turness said that Williams Iraq tale was ���was wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in Brians position.��� But the harsher words came from Burke: ���By his actions, Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans .
Disappointing Fall for ‘Rock Center,’ a News Program With Big Ambitions
The NBC show was an ambitious effort to mimic the breadth of “60 Minutes,” but it never generated much of an audience. Friday was its last night.. Rock Center With Brian Williams gets set to air final broadcast; NBC show was ambitious effort to mimic breadth of 60 Minutes, but it never generated much of audience; show proves however hard it is to gain viewers for any kind of show in prime time, task is even harder for news programming.
BRIAN WILLIAMS Drops Claim al Qaeda Beheaded Him
NEW YORK ��� NBC news anchor Brian Williams has publicly dropped his claim that he was personally beheaded by al Qaeda in Iraq, saying he had misremembered the event. Williams, known as The Most Trusted NBC��.
How can NBC Newss Brian Williams win back everyones trust from the beach?
Following a brief but apparently intense internal ���fact-checking inquiry��� ��� a.k.a. investigation ��� NBC News has decided to suspend its managing editor, and ���NBC Nightly News��� anchor, Brian Williams for six months without pay. The firm and quick.
BRIAN WILLIAMS -- Im Taking Myself Off the Air. For Now.
Brian Williams says he is taking himself off the nightly news for a short time. while NBC investigates an apparent lie he told about his helicopter���
BRIAN WILLIAMS, Under Scrutiny, Will Take Leave From ‘NBC Nightly News
In a memo to the NBC News staff, Mr. Williams said that Lester Holt, the anchor for Dateline, would step in.
After a Decade Building Trust, an Anchor Starts a Firestorm With One Wrong Move
Brian Williamss tale-telling about being aboard a chopper that took fire in Iraq could shake his career as NBC News anchor.. Alessandra Stanley The TV Watch column observes NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, despite public apology over telling untrue story about being on helicopter under fire in Iraq, faces lingering days of media scrutiny and social media criticism; says his hard lesson is that trust earned over 10 years can be lost in less than 10 minutes.
Kings of Their Crafts, but on Divergent Paths
Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” is leaving on his own terms, while Brian Williams was suspended after an untruth was exposed.
BRIAN WILLIAMS perhaps misremembered dangers of Katrina, hotel manager says
Thats why DeGersdorff was surprised to flip on the news this week and see a perplexing story about NBC News anchor Brian Williams and the hotel she once managed. His recollection of what happened there didnt match hers. In interviews that surfaced .
NBC Launches Internal Probe on BRIAN WILLIAMS Claims
NBC News has assigned the head of its own investigative unit to look into statements that anchor Brian Williams made about his reporting in Iraq a dozen years ago, an episode thats ballooned into a full-blown credibility crisis for the network.
Brian Williams suspended for 6 months
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is being suspended for six months without pay following revelations that he exaggerated tales from an Iraq War mission in 2003. Tuesday nights announcement capped an extraordinary and painful six-day period for .
Email to NBC News Staff About Brian Williams Suspension
Brian Williams, the NBC news anchor whose credibility fell after he acknowledged exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq, was suspended for six months without pay, the network said Tuesday night. The following email was sent to staff.
A Hectic, and Often Hidden, Day in the Life
As if there wasnt enough going on at the United States Capitol on Wednesday, it was all happening with cameras rolling.. NBC News cameras filming a Brian Williams special added to the reality show vibe on Capitol Hill.
Brian Williams Cancels Letterman Appearance: NBC Source
NBC News anchor Brian Williams has canceled a planned appearance with late-night talk show host David Letterman this week, an NBC News source said on Sunday, the latest fallout over misstatements by Williams over his experience reporting on the Iraq war.
BRIAN WILLIAMS Taking Himself Off Air Temporarily
Brian Williams said he is temporarily stepping away from the NBC Nightly News amid questions about his memories of war coverage in Iraq, calling it painfully apparent that he has become a distracting news story.
BRIAN WILLIAMS -- Suspended for 6 Months | TMZ.com
Brian Williams was just suspended from NBC for 6 months for lying about being shot at in a helicopter. NBC released a harsh statement, saying, Brian has���
Read NBCs statement on BRIAN WILLIAMS suspension
We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for six months. The suspension will be without pay and is effective immediately. We let Brian know of our decision earlier today. Lester Holt will.
Larry Wilmore Supports Fellow Purveyor of Fake News.
Larry Wilmore expressed his solidarity with Brian Williams on The Nightly Show Monday night, addressing the embattled NBC Nightly News anchor as a fellow purveyor of fake news before trying to explain why its��.
Brian Williams Taking Himself Off Air Temporarily
Brian Williams said he is temporarily stepping away from the NBC Nightly News amid questions about his memories of war coverage in Iraq, calling it painfully apparent that he has become a distracting news story.
BRIAN WILLIAMS might never come back as anchor of NBC Nightly News
NBC News has suspended anchor Brian Williams for six months, and some of those inside the company doubt his career there will end up surviving the fabrication scandal that has taken him off the air. Sources inside NBC who spoke to CNNs Brian Stelter .
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. President Obama and congressional Republicans are due for a showdown on the Keystone XL pipeline project.
BRIAN WILLIAMS meets with boss as fact-checking moves ahead
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke met with his embattled news anchor Brian Williams on Tuesday morning as a team of the networks own journalists continued to fact-check several of Williams claims about past stories he covered. The meeting took place at .
How BRIAN WILLIAMS’s Iraq Story Changed
A compilation of Brian Williams’s television appearances shows how his accounts of a 2003 episode on military helicopters in Iraq gradually became more perilous.
Michael Moore Defends Brian Williams Lies Because Bush.
(Note: I dont know Brian Williams personally, but Ill say this about him: in the post-9/11 years, he did the nightly news hour on MSNBC/CNBC, and he was one of the few people in TV news who would allow an opposition��.
Facts Matter Less: Did Brian Williams Predict His Own Fatal.
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was suspended for six months on Tuesday, a little more than five years after he harshly criticized the modern news industry for being unconcerned about facts ��� the very trait that��.
Brian Williams says he first heard of chopper timeline last week
The first time Brian Williams heard that his helicopter was an hour behind the Chinook that got hit by an RPG ��� and not directly behind it ��� was last week, on Feb. 4, during an interview with Stars and Stripes. In that interview, the audio of which was.
NBC Extends Contract of Brian Williams for ‘Nightly News’
Mr. Williams continues to win the ratings battle virtually every week among total viewers, averaging over nine million viewers a night, the program’s best total in almost a decade.. NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams extends contract with network.
Brian Williams’s Leave, Hasbro Earnings, and Reports From Oil and Steel Companies
Some of the top business stories to pay attention to in the coming week also include a meeting of European Union leaders and Swiss bank results.
NBC Drops the Hammer on Brian Williams; Six-Month Suspension Without Pay
The unpaid six-month suspension of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams���and the harshness with which his bosses announced it���was greeted with equal measures of shock and sadness Tuesday night both inside and outside of NBC News.
NBC Ad Urges Recording News
Of all the news commercials on the networks this year, one running this fall for NBC Nightly News might be the most unorthodox. In it, the anchor Brian Williams recommends that people record the 6:30 p.m. newscast if they will not be home in time to watch live.. The anchor Brian Williams encourages people to record Nightly News if they cannot watch it at 6:30 p.m.
Larry Wilmore Supports Fellow Purveyor of Fake News BRIAN WILLIAMS
Larry Wilmore expressed his solidarity with Brian Williams on The Nightly Show Monday night, addressing the embattled NBC Nightly News anchor as a fellow purveyor of fake news before trying to explain why its understandable he got his stories crossed.
NBC News Brian Williams Iraq Story Memo - Business Insider
Brian Williams REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstNBC News anchor Brian Williams is applauded as he receives an honorary doctorate in humane letters during commencement ceremonies from George Washington University.
Claim: BRIAN WILLIAMS Backed Out of Medal of Honor Event.
Yet another controversy surrounding embattled NBC News anchor Brian Williams is gaining momentum, and this one might sting military veterans more than Williams recanted Iraq War helicopter story. About six months��.
Why did BRIAN WILLIAMS do it?
These are tough times for NBCs Brian Williams ��� and tougher times for journalism. The NBC newsman was suspended Tuesday night for six months amid charges that he misremembered or conflated wartime incidents he reported on from Iraq and Israel.
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. Who should take over when Mr. Stewart leaves “The Daily Show”? And can he or she approach the show the way that Mr. Stewart did?
LATEST: NBC News anchor Brian Williams suspended.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) ��� Brian Williams has been suspended for six months without pay following revelations that he exaggerated tales from an Iraq War mission in 2003. NBC News president Deborah Turness informed��.
War and Remembrance: The BRIAN WILLIAMS Scandal
Readers respond to a column by David Brooks, The Act of Rigorous Forgiving.
Brian Williams Stepping Away From NBC Nightly News.
Brian Williams is stepping away from NBC Nightly News for a number of days.
BRIAN WILLIAMS ��� Lie, Or Real Mistake? | The Daily Caller
Why is the helicopter pilot allowed to make an honest mistake of memory while Williams is not?
Why Jon Stewart and BRIAN WILLIAMS should just switch jobs
Then, less than an hour later, the Brian Williams bomb dropped. NBC dispatched a letter saying it had suspended its lead anchor, who weathered days of intense scrutiny following his admission he had cooked up a personal tale of Iraq bravery, for six.
NBCs Brian Williams Apologizes for False Iraq Story
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams apologized Wednesday for incorrectly claiming as recently as last week that he rode on a helicopter that came under enemy fire when he was reporting in Iraq in 2003.
BRIAN WILLIAMS suspended for six months
NBC on Tuesday night suspended disgraced anchorman Brian Williams for six months without pay, saying his repeated lies about coming under enemy fire while covering the Iraq War were ���inexcusable��� and he deserved a ���severe and appropriate��� .
BRIAN WILLIAMS misremembers memes - Business Insider
Brian Williams, who has anchored NBC Nightly News for more than a decade, was forced to take a temporary leave of absence over the next several days amid the growing scandal of false claims he made regarding his��.
We shouldnt believe Williams lie was an innocent mistake.
Brian Williams did it all for the soldiers, you see. His chopper whoppers were patriotic acts. ���This was a bungled attempt by me to thank one special veteran,��� he explained. In a similar vein, Anthony Weiners sexting was really��.
NBC standbys, younger talent eyed to replace Brian Williams
News broke on Tuesday night that NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has been suspended without pay for six months. Williams has been surrounded in controversy since admitting he was not on board a helicopter in Iraq that had been shot down ��� a .