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Brian of Arabia: Brian Williams Also Fibbed About Arab Spring
NewsBusters ^ | April 25, 2015 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 04/25/2015 9:10:12 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

NO ROOM SERVICE!

That was actually the greatest danger facing Brian Williams as he reported about the Arab Spring protests at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt in February 2011. Williams shortly afterwards told Jon Stewart on the Daily Show (45 second mark of video below) that he made eye contact with the man on the lead horse of a pro-government group on horseback and camels whipping the protesters. Unfortunately for the viability of Brian Williams' fib, the New York Times reported yesterday he was actually reporting in relative safety from a balcony near Tahrir Square.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: arabspring; brianwilliams; medialies; nbcnews; tahrirsquare
The biggest danger Brian William faced while reporting on the Arab Spring (which sprung a leak) was that his NBC supply of party snacks might run low.
1 posted on 04/25/2015 9:10:12 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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This is only the latest of reports of how Williams lied or grossly misrepresented things. Why he need to do this is anyone’s guess.

For whatever reason, the long knives are out for him. Maybe he can join forces with Dan Rather and start a lemonade stand or something this summer.


2 posted on 04/25/2015 9:13:28 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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Brian Williams doesn’t hold a political office. Obama does and Clinton wants to. Both of them lie, but the media goes after Williams.


3 posted on 04/25/2015 9:18:41 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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“Williams shortly afterwards told Jon Stewart on the Daily Show (45 second mark of video below) that he made eye contact with the man on the lead horse of a pro-government group on horseback and camels whipping the protesters.”

Well that certainly sounds like typical Williams BS.

He can’t just report, he has to inject himself into a story in some dramatic fashion.


4 posted on 04/25/2015 9:24:07 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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Brian Williams is a pathological liar, which would make him an ideal person to promote the Demonicrat agenda...oh, wait.

Before he was suspended by NBC, that was what he did!


5 posted on 04/25/2015 9:27:33 AM PDT by Carl Vehse ( z')
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Just pushing the Obama line: the secular leadership in Egypt was evil, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Muslim terrorists were good. All hail the Arab Spring!

And if the Muslim Springers gang-raped one of his fellow women reporters, let’s just ignore it! It didn’t really happen.


6 posted on 04/25/2015 9:33:44 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Why he need[ed] to do this is anyone’s guess.

Ratings, mon, ratings...

OTOH, I remember a story [fictional, allegedly] called "The Game", perhaps, in Omni Magazine, iirc. A bureaucrat and his co-"workers" had a regular pool, the winner was the person that best avoid helping a "citizen" looking for service from that office.

I think the bozos in the LSM have pools on spinning the biggest lie during any particular news cycle.

7 posted on 04/25/2015 9:38:47 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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Brian Williams doesn’t hold a political office. Obama does and Clinton wants to. Both of them lie, but the media goes after Williams.

Yes, and NBC News is an agenda driven, lying propaganda machine. What's the big deal with Brian Williams lying, too?

8 posted on 04/25/2015 9:43:52 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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fib -noun 1. a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.

Nothing small or trivial about most of the lies from Williams and the rest of the LSM suspects.


9 posted on 04/25/2015 9:45:31 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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No matter how corrupt and weasley you think these media elites are, the reality always turns out to be worse than your wildest imagination.


10 posted on 04/25/2015 9:51:28 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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11 posted on 04/25/2015 10:22:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Interesting thought,
Dan Rather went to Viet Nam as a reporter and actually did get in to some dangerous areas.
Williams sort of went to 5 star hotels.


12 posted on 04/25/2015 11:12:40 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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Why did he do this? Look at him. Appearing on tv shows, comedy shows, etc. He needed to be the center of attention.


13 posted on 04/25/2015 11:17:41 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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No surprise this latest charge is precisely the same one made against Bill O’Reilly, thus implying some manner of false equivalence. Nice try.


14 posted on 04/25/2015 11:41:30 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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HE CAME... HE SAW ....HE EMBROIDERED!





15 posted on 04/25/2015 12:04:39 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Wasn’t he gang raped during the protests?


16 posted on 04/25/2015 12:12:13 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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