....simply the best.

He's great.

just has that calm, middle of the road, trust

!!

He said he hurt his back while aboard the recent secret space shuttle flight. They came under fire from Klingons who were cooperating with ISIS to smuggle a photon torpedo into Milwaukee.

Fortunately, his girlfriend (who is from Canada and an ice skater) alerted them, so he was able to board the Klingon ship, wrestle all the Klingons into submission (except the female captain, whom he seduced), and destroyed the torpedo.

He got back in time for dinner by slingshotting the spaceship around the Sun and going back in time.

It's a shame there aren't people like yourself working at NBC or BSNBC

This is definitely the thread winner.

As long as they don't report on anything that would irritate their advertisers.

....he stammers, sentences are rife with "um, uh", etc. And he's so monotone and boring its unbelievable.

I just don't know how he got where he was with NBC in the first place.

I think he was first labeled Brokaw's successor in 1994, when he was about 35.

....he has to speak without a script that he's lost.

is shep smith of fox, yes, THAT fox. he is excellent even when the shit is flying everywhere

agree with you about williams

But he was in another wing of the hospital while surgeries were being performed.

report on the hoax?

Oh, my!

He should just cut out the middle man gig. Go straight to the source; doing Cialis commercials.

I'm not a fan of the embellishments, but can accept his not being careful about extemporizing.

However I'm kind of struck that every response here is generally negative. I wasn't aware of that sort of visceral feeling on the Democratic side.

He's just a sad reflection of the lack of standards in so-called journalism. We expect it from Fox, not so much from mainstream media--but clearly, we should.

he flat out fucking lied about being on a bird that took hostile ground fire and was forced to land.

Some serious shit going on there.

No standards anywhere anymore, apparently.

The difference between Williams and Holt in terms of professionalism is just stunning -- I just can't watch Williams anymore after what he did.

...so, that could be why he's still around.

His daughter did a fine job as Peter Pan though.

Wonder what else he'll lie about this time?

Why isn't he out?

Don't you think?

meant to say suck.

I wouldn't pay money to a journalist who makes stuff up.

You're certainly entitled to your opinion. I feel a lot of people would disagree with you though.

You clearly are not a fan of journalistic standards or truth.

he lied about his experience in LA during Katrina, he lied about being on a bird that was fired upon and hit by hostile ground fire, forcing it to so an emergency landing, he should be fired for false journalism.

In situations like this, they will just park the person somewhere (like MSNBC) until their contract expires. That avoids messy lawsuits than can be more expensive than just paying the person, not to mention unwelcome publicity. Unfortunately, lyin' Brian's contract was renewed a year ago for 5 years, just months before he was exposed.

My guess is that this will be Brian's last contract with NBC. He'd do great on the Home Shopping Network. They lie about the shit they're selling all the time.

Didn't he cover Washington at Valley Forge?
Or was that Bill O'Reilly?

i did not sense he lied. when you get to live a very full life, stories and time lines can get faded, blurry, and jumbled. he was in helicopter in the air at the same time when they were all being shot at. it was traumatic. his helicopter was not hit and he mis remembered. so what? no big deal.

how honest are you? worry about yourselves and your own integrity instead of being mean hearted toward a man who worked many years as a true and sincere professional journalist. be glad you aren't going to be watching chuck todd.

some people have never experienced real professional journalists. you know, the kind who used to deliver the news objectively. today everyone is a pundit and can't control their sarcasm, judgment or own opinions from spilling out. for shame!

and, have some respect.

I have a lot of experience in this, so I know what the hell I'm talking about.

He lied, he knew he lied, the only reason he admitted he lied is because he finally got caught lying by those that were on those birds that day.

replaced the foot in his mouth with a boot in the ass.