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NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams recants claim he was on chopper that took fire in Iraq
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| 2-4-2015
Posted on 02/04/2015 6:37:29 PM PST by servo1969
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday that he was not aboard a helicopter hit and forced down during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, recanting a claim that he and the network had repeated for years -- most recently on Friday night.
Contrary to Williams' past claims that he was traveling in a Chinook helicopter that was hit by two rockets and small arms fire on March 24, he arrived at the scene in a separate helicopter about an hour later. He apparently was never in any danger, and the Chinook that took fire, one of three in its formation, was able to make an emergency landing with no casualties.
"I want to apologize," Williams said on Wednesday night's broadcast of NBC Nightly News. "I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire. I was instead in a following aircraft."
Williams, 55, most recently told the story during NBC coverage of a tribute to a retired command sergeant major at a New York Rangers hockey game.
“The story actually started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of Iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an RPG,” Williams said on the broadcast. “Our traveling NBC News team was rescued, surrounded and kept alive by an armor mechanized platoon from the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry.”
The Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that covers the United States Armed Forces, first reported the admission.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: brianwilliams; brianwilliamslies; iraq; nbc; nbcnews; williams
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To: tioga
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:54:52 PM PST
by
icwhatudo
(Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
To: purplelobster
Remember, just last week Rasmussen said Dear Leader had a 51% Approval Rating...so, yes, lying is no problem for the voting base, sadly to say...maybe “Goober” has it about right!
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:56:19 PM PST
by
jennings2004
("What difference, at this point, does it make!"!)
To: tioga
43
posted on
02/04/2015 7:57:25 PM PST
by
ScottinVA
(Communism, liberalism and Islam: Kindred ideologies dedicated to America's destruction.)
To: tioga
Brian lies on the News and his Daughter fakes Orgasms on “Girls”. Sounds like a Family problem.
44
posted on
02/04/2015 7:57:27 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(If you think the Mulatto Marxist is bad, just wait until the Menopausal Marxist shows up.)
To: ScottinVA
God,I miss Emily.
Good memories.
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posted on
02/04/2015 7:58:55 PM PST
by
Mears
(there wasn't much conversation about it.)
To: Ancient Man
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posted on
02/04/2015 8:10:57 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: tioga
47
posted on
02/04/2015 8:26:24 PM PST
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: dowcaet
Hey Brian, I’m sure you’ll enjoy your new job anchoring the news in Providence or Portland, Maine. Your days with the big boys in NYC and DC are over. Oh please...he's very good at what he does and will be around for years...
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posted on
02/04/2015 8:28:48 PM PST
by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: GeronL
Prosecutor: Then Howie survived?
Brian Williams: No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day.
Prosecutor: Over Macho Grande?
Brian Williams: No. I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande.
To: FreedomStar3028
He said he "misremembered." Psychos like Williams never admit their crimes. The fact is of course he lied deliberately and repeatedly--a sign of the Psychopath.
To: tioga
But more importantly, does he carry around his Cambodian “Christmas Hat” in his briefcase?
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02/04/2015 9:18:38 PM PST
by
Gritty
(Islam is not a peaceful religion. It never has been. It never will be .- Franklin Graham)
To: tioga
He was John Kerry’s wingman on the PT109 (or was it the PT108?)
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02/04/2015 9:21:07 PM PST
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anton
To: All
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02/04/2015 9:21:32 PM PST
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doug from upland
(Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
To: doug from upland
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02/04/2015 10:59:35 PM PST
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GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: tioga
Bye bye Brian! Enjoy your retirement giving speeches on how the VRWC got you. You and Dan Rather can do double features. Courage.
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posted on
02/04/2015 11:23:18 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Menehune56
Well I guess Brian’s career with NBC is over.Honestly I think it is. So many clips of him relating this false story. He's a laughing stock and he will be gone either today or tomorrow.
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02/04/2015 11:24:19 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: tioga
Williams recants his chopper story. Did Hillary ever recant her sniper fire story? Man, she and Bill have told all sorts of whoppers d**ned lies and no one seems to remember or care.
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02/05/2015 12:23:58 AM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: missnry
Good ol’ Commander McBragg! (Your hair will curl in the whirl of McBragg!)
“A devilish time, you know, flying a whirlygig through a hail of rockets and bullets!”
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02/05/2015 12:28:20 AM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: tioga
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02/05/2015 3:32:41 AM PST
by
New Perspective
(Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
To: cripplecreek
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02/05/2015 4:56:57 AM PST
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logitech
(It is time.)
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