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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am no fan of Brian Williams but
Blitzer lies non-stop and so do many others at CNN; that Lara lady at CBS lied her ass off re Benghazi and everyone on FOX lies. Truth be told the anchors and producers lie all the time.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Everybody loves to jump on a dude, and when the dude is one of us it's even worse.
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I think he's a pompous over-bearing ass but they are all LIARS - why should be be treated differently.
pscot
(21,024 posts)you have to start somewhere. And the guy is definitely an ass, if you can believe what you read on the internet.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)Even Rachel who I adore, has subjects that are off limits.
Though her pointing out all the pipeline disasters recently might get her ass fired...
I am pretty sure Brian has been described as a handsome face, nothing much deeper than that, by insiders, but I am not sure.
I do know from people who work in network news, they no longer look for intelligent, very reliable and honest people like Dan Rather.
What is the point, Rather is the most honest journalism alive and look at what happened to him.
When o when will the find the proof that the letter was planted by Rove, we all know it was.
JI7
(89,260 posts)but it does seem like it could be him just conflating things rather than intentionally lying .
and i'm only referring to the particular events which are in question right now.
but i'm sure he has done a shit job along with many of the others in their reporting as they usually do.
Cha
(297,496 posts)snip//
"Miller, Reynolds and Mike OKeeffe, who was a door gunner on the damaged Chinook, said they all recall NBC reporting that Williams was aboard the aircraft that was attacked, despite it being false. The NBC online archive shows the network broadcast a news story on March 26, 2003, with the headline, Target Iraq: Helicopter NBCs Brian Williams Was Riding In Comes Under Fire.
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OKeeffe said the incident has bothered him since he and others first saw the original report after returning to Kuwait.
Over the years it faded, he said, and then to see it last week it was I cant believe he is still telling this false narrative.
Much MOre.. Timeline..
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/nbc-s-brian-williams-recants-iraq-story-after-soldiers-protest-1.327792
Here's Brian Williams telling his 'bungled' Iraq story to David Letterman in 2013
Starts at 3 minute mark..
http://www.businessinsider.com/brian-williams-tells-bungled-iraq-story-2015-2
And, then of course.. there was the latest.. that led all hell to break loose and he really is "under fire"..
snip//
Williams made the claim about the incident while presenting NBC coverage of the tribute to the retired command sergeant major at the Rangers game Friday. Fans gave the soldier a standing ovation.
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/nbc-s-brian-williams-recants-iraq-story-after-soldiers-protest-1.327792
I don't defend Brian Williams.. I think he is a mediawhore tool who like all the others.. enabled the bombs on Iraq.. but, this time Williams messed up trying to mix it up with the Military.
glasshouses
(484 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)soldiers who got williams. it could happen to all of them and it should. the reason his head is rolling is because he fucked over soldiers. This is why this one is ringing like the others aren't. He tried to be a seal and it got him.
BootinUp
(47,177 posts)not.
malaise
(269,144 posts)every single one.
BootinUp
(47,177 posts)malaise
(269,144 posts)Wouldn't they have to be black for that?
BootinUp
(47,177 posts)I'll wait for someone more intelligent to come along.
Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)BootinUp
(47,177 posts)Fla_Democrat
(2,547 posts)They could be Branch Davidians....
malaise
(269,144 posts)glasshouses
(484 posts)You made the appropriate point.
on point
(2,506 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)How else to justify their mult-million dollar salaries? What exactly do they do for those millions?
They sell their souls to the mass media news executives who seem to be untouchables.
on point
(2,506 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)He laid it out for us.
malaise
(269,144 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)the truth is hard to find.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)realizing the non-stop coversge of ISIS propaganda events the last few months was not a good idea.
Except for Fox.
malaise
(269,144 posts)We'll see
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Like overnight into ISIS. Unless, this was the "media plan" that is.....
malaise
(269,144 posts)Al Qaeda got stale 0 they needed something new.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)who flies into danger zones to make people forget he's not really a journalist, oh well.
Let the corporate hairdos jockey for their line-reader titles.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)But I don't care how many of them do it...it is WRONG.
Besides, I truly hate a liar.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)across the board. It has to start with someone, and if it's Brian Williams, so be it. This pattern of lying will continue as long as viewers allow it.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)However, my modest proposal is to fire them all. They're just tools of the corrupt establishment.
malaise
(269,144 posts)Might be a good idea - we would turn them off
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)At least not if we fire them, too, as we should.
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BumRushDaShow
(129,304 posts)they all went to hell.
rurallib
(62,433 posts)they will figure out a way to blame Rev. Al or Ed Schultz and fire one of them
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)They tell more lies, daily, every 5 minutes than in the entire body of work of some of the people they attack.
Not like any of it is real anyway. All propaganda sponsored and funneled through corporate censors for our digestion. Reality is the one thing they never address. Which is why things keep getting worse. Without living in reality our solutions are only for an imaginary reality.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,370 posts)project_bluebook
(411 posts)its all entertainment, flashing the shiny coin in front of our eyes to get our attention. They can lie all they want so one hosts embellishments isn't worth all this attention.
according to you, who cares if news networks or any journalist lies....it's just the way things are, so get used to it.
Got it.
adigal
(7,581 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)Brian Williams flat out lied about being in a bird that took hostile ground fire, and then kept embellishing it over the years.
The only reason he's retracting his lie is because the soldiers on that flight of 2 choppers have totally refuted his account of what happened.
Enthusiast
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bvar22
(39,909 posts)Last edited Mon Feb 9, 2015, 02:48 PM - Edit history (1)
...that she was dodging sniper fire. running on the tarmac after her chopper landed in Tuzla,
an account quickly contradicted by ground personnel at Tuzla.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)and undermine her credibility. We have watched the media grab an issue such as this and repeat it until we are ready to pull our hair out. That is my prediction. HRC has far too much baggage. Even if one is inclined to support her, which I am not.
Triana
(22,666 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)I think he's being railroaded.
Contrary1
(12,629 posts)but, because he admitted doing it. They all enhance the news; we're just not supposed to know about it.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)malaise
(269,144 posts)are still free
Orsino
(37,428 posts)A key strategy in the fight to keep us ignorant.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)If an anchor knowingly lies to add credence to the official narrative all is well.
malaise
(269,144 posts)and they do that 24/7
Iggo
(47,563 posts)mainer
(12,022 posts)Talk to any fisherman. He truly believes his fish was THAT LONG. It's not a conscious falsehood, and I feel sorry for Brian Williams.