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Brian Williams Suspended From 'Nightly News' For Six Months (without pay)
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 2/10/2015 | Marisa Guthrie

Posted on 02/10/2015 5:18:05 PM PST by Beave Meister

Brian Williams, the face of the NBC News division and among its most visible personalities for the past decade, has been suspended from his post at??Nightly News for six months without pay.??

Lester Holt, who has been filling in for Williams since Feb. 9, will continue as interim anchor of Nightly News.

"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," NBC News president Deborah Turness said in a memo, adding that "this was a very hard decision. Certainly there will be those who disagree. But we believe this suspension is the appropriate and proportionate action."

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KEYWORDS: anchorman; brianwilliams; lyingliberalliars; mainstreammedia; msm; nbc; nbcnews; nbcnightlynews; news; nightlynews; williams; williamssuspended; yellowjournalism
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He makes over $12 million a year, that's a slap on the wrist. He should be fired period. And then sent to MSNBC for the rest of his career or until they go under which ever comes first.
1 posted on 02/10/2015 5:18:05 PM PST by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

Buh bye baby....


2 posted on 02/10/2015 5:20:00 PM PST by ASOC (What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
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To: Beave Meister

So basically they said: “take and extended vacation and Les will keep you seat warm”.


3 posted on 02/10/2015 5:20:53 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Beave Meister

And they’ll think America will forget all about him. When he comes back people will say “who’s that guy?”


4 posted on 02/10/2015 5:22:11 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: Beave Meister

So the multi millionaire gets to enjoy his wealth for six months, eh? Must be nice.


5 posted on 02/10/2015 5:22:29 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Beave Meister

Good riddance. Perhaps this will keep the rest of the talking heads in check for a short while.


6 posted on 02/10/2015 5:22:45 PM PST by BAW (My people skills are just fine. It's my tolerance to liberals which needs work.)
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To: Beave Meister

Poor baby. Has to scrape by on $6 million for 6 months.


7 posted on 02/10/2015 5:22:55 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Beave Meister

Six months will give NBC time to see if Lester Holt can handle the anchor job and time to find a replacement if he doesn’t pan out.


8 posted on 02/10/2015 5:24:18 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: Beave Meister
Brian Williams talks with Louisiana fisherman

"Uh, can any of you guys loan me $50?"

9 posted on 02/10/2015 5:24:23 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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“this was a very hard decision. Certainly there will be those who disagree. But we believe this suspension is the appropriate and proportionate action”

Because basically integrity is not a big factor on our network and we had no idea people would get so upset about this.


10 posted on 02/10/2015 5:24:54 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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Brian will end up as a speech writer for Obama.


11 posted on 02/10/2015 5:26:18 PM PST by VRWCarea51
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To: Beave Meister
One down, one to go...


12 posted on 02/10/2015 5:26:28 PM PST by Bon mots
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Appears the Left is already starting to try to rehabilitate him. On Twitter:

“Of all the lies I’ve been told about Iraq, Brian William’s lie bothers me the least. #wmd”

They just don’t realize the lies were that no WMDs were found.


13 posted on 02/10/2015 5:27:48 PM PST by Ingtar (Is this the Ebola and rumors of Ebola mentioned in the Bible?)
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To: Beave Meister
Actually, I think this is a big blow for Williams. He's been rich long enough that money isn't a problem. His serial self-inflating lying, however, points to a pathological need for approval -- and this suspension is a big stamp of disapproval.

On yet another hand, he may be delusional enough to come back in 6 months as if nothing ever happened.

14 posted on 02/10/2015 5:28:02 PM PST by Dagnabitt
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I sense that the six month suspension will mean the end...of his career, at least at NBC,

I cant imagine anyone coming back from being shamed by their employer and performing very well. or having much or an audience

I think this is a sack.


15 posted on 02/10/2015 5:28:35 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Not fired? Do they understand that there is NO credibility in the news?

There are a couple of things that will result in instant termination: lying on a resume, and lying about your work.

Who the hell would listen to anything the news drones have to say at this point?


16 posted on 02/10/2015 5:28:57 PM PST by OpusatFR
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So basically they said: “take and extended vacation and Les will keep you seat warm”.

No. That means he's toast. Six months from now, NBC will say 'Brian Who?"

I don't know (or really even care) what the guy will do with himself from here on out, but it is pretty obvious that he will always be ridiculed and laughed at no matter what it is.

He did an Alinsky on himself. Sad to watch a suicide.

17 posted on 02/10/2015 5:29:01 PM PST by Ditto
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To: Beave Meister
You Are There was a 1950s American historical educational CBS television program with Walter Cronkite. I recall that it "covered" historical events as TV covered contemporary news. I liked it. This was before the 1960s Cronkite.

Mr. Brian Williams could make use of his predisposition.. I Was There. Seriously. Could be a success.. if an honest attempt was made to present events without bias.

18 posted on 02/10/2015 5:29:17 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Beave Meister

Will he have to write , “I’ll never lie again” a few million times , LOL


19 posted on 02/10/2015 5:30:24 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Yes. Brian won’t be back. This is buh-bye.


20 posted on 02/10/2015 5:31:00 PM PST by sparklite2
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