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Brian Williams to Take Hiatus From ‘NBC Nightly News’
New York Times ^
| February 7, 2015
| Emily Steel
Posted on 02/07/2015 4:22:12 PM PST by lbryce
Brian Williams said on Saturday that he was stepping aside from the daily broadcast of NBCs Nightly News for the next several days, after admitting that he had misled the public about being on a helicopter that was forced down in Iraq.
In a memo to the NBC News staff, Mr. Williams said that Lester Holt, the anchor for Dateline, would step in as the network dealt with the issue.
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, Mr. Williams said in the two-paragraph memo.
Mr. Williams is both anchor and managing editor for NBC Nightly News.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brianwilliams; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; fakebutaccurate; lyingliars; makingitup; nbc; nbcnews; nobrainscollectively; orwelliannightmare; ratherbiased; waronerror
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To: Pearls Before Swine
From what I read in the Times, it seems it breaks down to $2 million per year for five years.
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:40:51 PM PST
by
lbryce
(Obama:Misbegotten, Godforsaken Offspring of Satan and Medusa.)
To: lbryce
Just shut up and go away.
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:43:25 PM PST
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: lbryce
Maybe he’ll join Venus and Serena on the women’s tennis circuit. Of course, he’ll have to bulk up a lot.
To: GeronL
If he accomplish those two tasks, he most certainly earn the Nobel Peace Prize. Others have done far less and won it!
To: Yaelle
Keith is the Human Q Tip.
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:49:20 PM PST
by
llevrok
(I fear the US government more than I do al Qaeda)
To: lbryce
In a memo to the NBC News staff, Mr. Williams said that Lester Holt, the anchor for Dateline, would step in as the network dealt with the issue.
Because Dateline is known worldwide for their accuracy in journalism. /sarcasm
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:49:35 PM PST
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes rights)
To: lbryce
Whether he returns or not says a ton about where America is at in terms of Character. If he's accepted back by NBC, that's bad enough. If he weathers this with the viewing public ... then Americans are no longer even tethered to honesty -> not even tethered to
pretending to honesty.
Stupidly voting for liberals over and over again - that's a commentary on how easily fooled and lazy in critical reasoning Americans are - dumb, naive - whatever. But allowing this habitual liar back into your living room to deliver you the truth of what's happening in the world? If that's the standard in America, then there are no standards, and if there are no standards, then there is no America.
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:49:38 PM PST
by
tinyowl
(A equals A)
To: P-Marlowe
Maybe hell do an autobiography.He should be good at that. I heard he ghost wrote Obama's....
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:50:43 PM PST
by
llevrok
(I fear the US government more than I do al Qaeda)
To: KoRn
What happened to Rather was once a Freeper made a post that successfully identified those memos as fakes (typewriters back then didn't have such nice fonts!), all heck broke loose and Rather was finished within a matter of days.
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:50:59 PM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: lbryce
Brian is so used to lying on his news shows about everything going on in the world, its no wonder hes lost touch with reality and can no longer tell the difference between whats real and whats fantasy.
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:52:55 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: lbryce
I am presently too much a part of the news...
++++
Which is exactly what he has been trying to accomplish since he became a newsreader.
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:53:54 PM PST
by
RetSignman
(Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
To: MAexile
Time for a little Lester vetting....
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:54:32 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Sasparilla
So, if you tell a lie when nobody is listening does it
still make a sound?
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:54:37 PM PST
by
Sivad
(NorCal red turf ;-))
To: MAexile
So accurate, they rig vehicles to explode before contact is ever made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtpMzGN9uWc
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:56:08 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: I want the USA back
The cocaine doesn’t help.
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:58:52 PM PST
by
gundog
(Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
To: lbryce
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posted on
02/07/2015 4:59:18 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: lbryce
No way Brian Williams is the only one. I guess he is the one who got caught. I still think it is more than just him. I think it goes higher up the command chain. It is all about the narrative.
To: lbryce
Are they sending him to the Betty Ford Center?
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posted on
02/07/2015 5:00:14 PM PST
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: lbryce
it better be a permanent hiatus for nbc news’ sake.
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posted on
02/07/2015 5:01:14 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: lbryce
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