Brian Williams Katrina Diary: No Floating Body Nor Dysentery But Lots of Bush Bashing

NewsBusters ^ | February 8, 2015 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Ironically, the biggest witness against the exaggerated claims of Brian Williams' Hurricane Katrina fabulism turns out to be Brian Williams himself. His diary entries in the NBC News Daily Nightly online journal from the time of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans to the aftermath several days later shows no mention of his many disputed claims.

A detailed analysis of Brian Williams' Daily Nightly journal entries from August 29, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans until our puppy-rescuing hero was safely out of harm's way shows no references to a floating body in the French quarter, drinking floodwater, catching dysentery, a five-star hotel hotel overrun by gangs, nor of a dramatic rescue in a stairwell by a young police officer with whom brian is "friends to this day." However, Brian's Daily Nightly journal is chock full of Bush bashing as you can see in his Sept. 2 entry:

[hlmencken3]

NBC is a network that does not need an FCC license. Those are for the individual stations with broadcast antennas.

[tumblindice]

Bryant Gumbel. Yeah, Bryant brings up the `sm’ words:
Smug, smarmy & small. Keef Olberwoman is another.

I think they grow these guys on Schmuck trees.

[Mount Athos]

“A detailed analysis of Brian Williams’ Daily Nightly journal entries”

Incredible, real journalistic investigation.

Do you think it even occurred to any of the regular media to check these?

If it was some conservative scandal they would have had dozens of people on it already

[Ditter]

I didn't remember that Williams was in NO. I was to busy giggling about Sean Penn bailing out his rescue skiff with his plastic drink cup. I still laugh about that scene.

[Cheerio]

The NBC Network does not operate under an FCC license, BUT it’s affiliates do.

[GOPJ]

Good finds Civ