02-04-2015, 20:13
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Brian Williams may have fibbed
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02-04-2015, 20:34
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No, he just flat-out lied his ass off.
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02-04-2015, 20:39
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Well, since his integrity has been thrown out the window, I think it would be mighty big of him to resign his position and find himself another line of work.
But, that would only happen in my world.
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02-04-2015, 20:49
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I think it would be mighty big of him to resign his position and find himself another line of work.
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Right! Just like Hillary did. Uh, wait, nevermind.
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02-04-2015, 21:19
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I don't believe he lied. I sat next to him in first class when he was returning from Iraq in 2003. He was still shaken from his ordeal. I was on the last leg of a flight returning from a Kodiak bear hunt on the Kamchatka Peninsula where we eschewed rifles and used only sheets of 100 grit garnet sandpaper. My record for brown bear taken with abrasives still stands to this day. True story.
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02-04-2015, 21:31
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Right! Just like Hillary did. Uh, wait, nevermind.
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I was going to say Dan Rather, unreal.
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02-04-2015, 21:40
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somewhere there is a douche-bag harboring a grudge against Brian Williams for damaging the brand...
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02-04-2015, 21:46
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What he did was pathetic.
But his handling of getting busted goes much further down the bad end of the bullish!t continuum.
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02-05-2015, 10:37
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Quote:
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Well, since his integrity has been thrown out the window, I think it would be mighty big of him to resign his position and find himself another line of work.
But, that would only happen in my world.
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You mention the word "integrity" while referring to a American News Reporter?
I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to talk to you about.......
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02-05-2015, 10:52
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"Did you know 'Life of Brian' was my life story? Yep, Monty Python did me a solid."
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02-05-2015, 12:56
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I witnessed his chopper being shot down first hand.
I had been out on a tip-top-secret scouting mission in which we were all riding on winged unicorns. I was wearing my magic helmet so no one saw me...
...but I was totally there
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02-07-2015, 17:14
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Looks like 'ol Lyin' Brian is stepping down for awhile.
Although this story says he sent in the note, I wonder if those "On High" at NBC told him to step down .... "for awhile" ???
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Brian Williams Stepping Away From 'NBC Nightly News' Amid Scandal
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.
On Jan. 30, an NBC Nightly News clip was posted to Facebook in which Williams repeated a story he had told previously about having been in the helicopter that was hit and went down during the Iraq invasion. After the story was questioned, Williams apologized on Wednesday's Nightly News, saying that his helicopter was following the one that was hit.
"I feel terrible about making this mistake, especially since I found my OWN WRITING about the incident from back in '08, and I was indeed on the Chinook behind the bird that took the RPG in the tail housing just above the ramp," Williams wrote on Facebook.
In a memo to staff on Friday, NBC News Deborah Turness wrote that a team of people was working to "make sense" of the incident.
Williams' message about going on hiatus from the show can be seen, below.
"In the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions.
"As managing editor of NBC Nightly News, I have decided to take myself off of my daily broadcast for the next several days, and Lester Holt has kindly agreed to sit in for me to allow us to adequately deal with this issue. Upon my return, I will continue my career-long effort to be worthy of the trust of those who place their trust in us."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...way-nbc-771102
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02-07-2015, 17:18
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Good riddance.....
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02-07-2015, 17:55
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He's becoming more famous than ever!
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02-07-2015, 18:27
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He is taking a short leave, as if this will all have blown over by the time he comes back.
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