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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Whoa is us! We HAD to suspend him!
Hey, how about firing the liar jerk instead of just feigning trauma for suspending him?
if SOMEHOW Revrunt Sharpton could meet this same fate Id throw an extensive party
What kind of a day was it? A day like all days, filled with events that alter and illuminate our times. And you are there.
After watching this video I am very confident Brian Williams is a serial liar.....http://video.lauraingraham.com/Lost-Video-of-Brian-Williams-Could-Mean-More-Trouble-28527402
He’s lost so much weight, it’s like we only have half a Sharpton. Now let’s get rid of this half.
Sitting down here in my home in Louisiana, I just watched Williams’ career float by, face down.
That’s not for lying, that’s for getting caught
He and Sharpton will be dining at the Whitehouse on our dime eating lobster and caviar.
Consider it a paid vacation....just like government workers.
Brian was paid about $40,000 per newscast.
Needs to use this time to get his life / finances eye in order. Sell any high maintenance property and move to a farm in Conneticut where he can write fiction the rest of his life.
We shall see, and you may very well be correct.
I am not sure how he can come back from being a joke to a “serious” narrative reader. But in this world, stranger things have happened.
I have no problem with him being gone, I don’t watch their product anyway. Any of them.
They should get Will Ferrell to replace him if they want someone more reliable.
Meanwhile transfer Williams to Weekend Update on SNL.
that’s $47K per narrative, not including holidays and vacations.
I think he should reinvent himself as a joke persona. It could really work for him. Like when Leslie Nielsen went from doing dramatic work to doing Airplane and Naked Gun. Brian Williams always seems so stiff, it seems like he’s playing a parody of an anchorman already anyway. This is probably the only way he could make himself a likable figure to the public at this point.
He should go on SNL dressed up like Bagdad Bob.
Oh yes. He will absolutely be on SNL before six months are over.
On a serious note, yeah, he's done as an anchor. Look for "special projects". He may even moderate the Hillary Clinton / Ron Paul Presidential debates...
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