Brian Williams.. He’s Gone...Correct?

[busterbrown]

Last edited Wed Feb 4, 2015, 11:02 PM - Edit history (2)

Must he not resign.. How does he not???http://www.stripes.com/nbc-s-brian-williams-recants-iraq-story-after-soldiers-protest-1.327792

UPDATE: Brian’s Heartfelt Apology?
How could have he been honest when all he did was lie in order to make himself
look like a tough war time correspondent...

[99th_Monkey]

1. I'd be surprised

if he resigns over such an inconsequential 'mis-statement'.

i'd miss him if he does resign.

[florida08]

2. he just apologized on air

so I'm sure that is all that's required.

[rpannier]

18. He has to be forgiven by his wife, then tell us he's prayed on it

god has forgiven him, that he's rededicated his life to Jesus and we all need to respect his privacy

Then all is forgiven

Oh... and he has to be a Republican

[busterbrown]

32. Perhaps a trip to Jerusalem might also help..

You know get the support of religious right...

[deutsey]

46. It worked for Jimmy Swaggart

[lunasun]

3. Not a normal life episode "to misremember "as he claims ...but they say lying creates fake memory

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/lying-on-social-media-creates-false-memories

That is a strange syndrome but it starts with false embellishment then becomes truth to the person in their head
Fox is one big false memory creator too if you think about how they portray historical events

Didn't Clinton do something similar ? Will he resign? doubt it


"… when we deeply lose ourselves or negate what authentically and compassionately feels to be 'us'; to the degree that we no longer recognize the experience, our voice, the memory or even the view of ourselves.”

[machI]

4. The comments over at S & S are closed

They pretty much have a vicious right wing slant to them. What few I read, nobody was defending Williams.

[merrily]

5. We'll soon see I guess.

[KamaAina]

6. Aw, c'mon. It's not like he typed 1/8 in the wrong font

or anything important like that.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. Please, he didn't do anything fireworthy

Exposing big business scumbags and Republicans....that will get you fired!

[Octafish]

22. BING BING BING BING BING BING BING BING BING BING BING!!!!!!!!!!!

If NBC and Brian Williams were to do that, you know, journalism.

[Jesus Malverde]

28. ^^^^DUZY!^^^^

[KeepItReal]

56. or expose AWOL-during-wartime Presidents

I'm just sayin...

[IDemo]

8. No moreso than Dr. Nancy Snyderman

Who blew off an Ebola quarantine and is back on nearly every show now.

[merrily]

13. Yes, but she was in the mood for soup.

Williams has offered no excuse as compelling as that.

[madinmaryland]

9. Chuck Toad is being moved out of the position of host of MTP and will now be hosting...

LOCKUP and PRISON STORIES!!1!!

[melman]

10. I hope so

That guy sucks.

[TwilightGardener]

11. NBC will can him. He's going to be what's called "a distraction",

they can't afford to have someone with lost credibility as a journalist.

[AngryAmish]

12. This is the problem: He is Comcast's front man.

Everyone at NBC News and MSNBC work for the sleaziest company in America. If they can brazen it out, then they will. Otherwise, buh bye.

[seveneyes]

14. Nobody is gone until they stop learning

But all, all, all of my light is for you
And home, home's anywhere you are too
So take this one fallen man on his knees
Saying, please

[malaise]

15. Well he never had credibility anyway

What a fugging LIAR

[Johonny]

16. I don’t know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another.

I believe the rest of the world just calls this mental process lying...

[cwydro]

29. Seriously? Is that

what they call it now? Conflating?

You can't make this crap up.

[NightWatcher]

17. What's a little stolen valor when you're trying to spice up a story...

How low class. You can't hide that shit behind your perfect head of hair and million dollar smile.

They should make him do charity work at Walter Reed.

[Teutonic Samuel]

19. Two Words: Matt Lauer

Williams isn't going anywhere.

[spanone]

20. he said he 'misremembered'. now, that's some funny shit.

it's a fine example of our vapid media.

worthless.

[yuiyoshida]

35. still trying to figure out how one misremembers

being shot down in a helicopter and or not ... unless HE SAW it in a movie some where...oh yeah, that's it. saw it in a movie...

[spanone]

38. it's probably just me, but i think the trauma of the event would eclipse my misrememberin'

[yuiyoshida]

40. Hell yes!

I still remember the time I was jumping on a bunk bed as a child, fell, and cut open my little toe on a can of cat food. It took 16 stitches ... yes I DO REMEMBER that...

I would say that was about as traumatic event as any in my life...but I don't think I would ever, misremember that.. No indeed.

[TNNurse]

21. They kept Snyderman

They will keep him.

They will not however, keep me.

[emulatorloo]

23. Dunno, this particular himbo seems Teflon-coated

[mahannah]

24. It's corporate media. No one gives a shit.

[Oilwellian]

25. I was reminded of this embellishment

Both Williams and Clinton are in the business of lying to the American people.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

51. +1 nt

[procon]

26. When will he announce which rehab facilty he'll be checking into? nt

[project_bluebook]

27. If he resigned

then he couldn't tell us about the time he was abducted by aliens and probed.

[gregcrawford]

30. Consider this possibility...

... after a lifetime of working for corporate interests that abhor truth the way the Wicked Witch of the West abhorred water, a variant of the Stockholm Syndrome sets in and one starts to believe one's own bullshit. His mea culpas ain't gonna cut it this time, though. I strongly suspect that ol' Brian's gonna choose to "spend more time with his family." That is, if they haven't changed the locks.

[sunnystarr]

31. DANG!! I really like Brian Williams ... :( (nt)

[MADem]

33. Brian Williams started out as an intern in the CARTER White House...

The GOP hates him.

That's reason enough to keep him around.

[lexington filly]

34. I get how that could happen. Take a civilian office guy

whose work tools are his intellect, voice, people skills, computers and cameras and throw him into the middle of a chaotic war zone and I can imagine the terror and stress he or any other civilian might feel. They embed these journalists with the military but that doesn't insulate them from the fear and feel of war and sights of war. I won't watch a lot of videos like the pilot being set on fire because I know it would be horrifying and once you witness something even on video.... So, I'm perfectly comfortable cutting Williams some slack.

[RobinA]

47. I Get That Too

Maybe he lied, but I get how what he says happened could happen. More and more studies are showing just how unreliable and easily confused the bit of ephemera we call our memories can be.

[nilesobek]

36. He should transfer to RT.

It would be a step up in credibility from NBC. "Close hold Brian, close hold." (What Williams was told to do when they got Bin Laden and notified him on the phone.)

[bigwillq]

37. Send him to the Middle East. As a combat troop.

Maybe then he'll remember if he was shot at or not. What a fool. NBC needs to fire him.

[moondust]

39. I don't get it.

When putting the story together he would have to know that the story would get back to some of the other people who were involved like the hero of the story and his own crew. I really don't think he's stupid enough to fabricate a big lie about it.

[ND-Dem]

42. He's just a liar who thought he could get away with it. And he will. Different rules for the

rulers and their hired hands.

[ND-Dem]

41. Are you kidding?

[olddots]

43. but this is the last season of the Newsroom ?

Its all just TV .

[djean111]

44. Hillary lied about being shot at, and we are supposed to hail her as the next president.

Also, we have been given a list of news sources not suitable for DU, and Brian Williams' employer was not on it.
So who are we to judge, right?

[busterbrown]

48. Nice try...

Hillary certainly wasn’t trying to prove that she should be considered a true war correspondent.
She admitted she ducked and ran.

Please.....

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

52. She admitted she ducked and ran from non-existent sniper fire?

I think the problem is the lie, not the image they were trying to present of themselves by the lie.

[djean111]

54. That was a knee-jerk Hillary defense. Facts are not necessary, only misdirection. nt

[busterbrown]

55. Knee-Jerk? Conflating her immediate response...

to being in a danger zone to William’s attempt to make himself into a warrior.?..

Please!!! One more time

[Orrex]

45. This makes me question the validity of his appearance on Sesame Street, too.

[ChosenUnWisely]

49. If NBC/MSNBC has any real journalists left they should go on strike until he resigns or is fired.

[Orsino]

50. For this, the sillest and least consequential of his lies? I doubt it.

His job is to tell much bigger whoppers, and he's good at that.

[onenote]

53. If all the facts were known, I'd say yes. But more versions are coming out.

Including a description of the events by the pilot of the Chinook in which Williams was riding. His version doesn't support everything Williams says, but it does support the contention that the chopper in which Williams was riding was part of a formation of choppers that came under fire and that two of them, including the one Williams was in, were hit by small arms fire (but only the lead chopper, not the one that Williams was in, was hit by an RPG).
http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/05/media/brian-williams-iraq/index.html