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http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/11526453-148/nbc-news-anchor-brian-williams
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he can always get a job at fox news :D :D YOU REPORT WE LIE
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he can always get a job at fox news :D :D YOU REPORT WE LIE
He already fits in perfect at NBC ;)
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That didn't take long. :D
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He's done.....Tuesday...place your bets.
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These guys like Williams give the average journalist who covered the wars a bad name. Compare this guy to Sebastian Junger. They have nothing in common. I knew plenty who stacked with SOF in the back allies of Bagdad or patrolled with Marines in Al Anbar. Many are burnt out beyond belief and are no longer objective. This guy is a douche.
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remember the CNN guys exaggerating back in Gulf War 1? Remember Geraldo revealilng coordinates and strategy?
LOL I like the idea of embedding a cameraman - a veteran - and telling th eblowhard war salesman reporters to stay home.
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Here's a story about this guy that won't help:
regular here, AverageNCO, who, by the way just retired from the Air Force recently, sent us a transcription from the journal he kept while he was at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait during the Second Iraq War.
5 APR 03
Pulled Viper Duty Again (call sign for four-man squad patrolling a 5K restricted zone outside the wire of Ali Al Salem). It was actually kind of boring. The highlight had been ordering Pizza. We were on our last patrol when we came across four civilians in the restricted area behind the burm. As we approached them they were Americans. Not only were they Americans. It was NBC Nightly News’ Brian Willams. He got kind of arrogant saying it was no problem that they weren’t going to film anything important. SSgt Peterson said it was a big deal and asked for his I.D. like he didn’t know or care who he was. After a lot of back and forth between us them and the Kuwaitis, they finally got to film. The Williams guy was actually kind of pompous. He told us he was going to call Donald Rumsfeld’s Secretary to make us let them tape.
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Actually, Williams told the woman on the phone “Hey, this is Brian Williams…..get me Rummy on the phone!” as if that would impress the patrol.
I hate the media, generally speaking, in a war zone – they think they’re bullet proof and they don’t care that the rest of us aren’t. Their hangnails and the sand in their Underoos is always our fault. There are some good ones out there, but Brian Williams isn’t one of them. AverageNCO said that when they came up on the NBC crew, Williams jumped out the cab of the vehicle with hairspray in one hand and a hair brush in the other.
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Fake but accurate. Typical liberal liar
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According to Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, NBC News executives knew Brian Williams had a problem with the truth but the infrastructure wasn’t in place to do anything about it. Per Dowd, things were so bad with Williams that his “flourishes to puff himself up” became “a joke in the new division.”
HIS was a bomb that had been ticking for a while.
NBC executives were warned a year ago that Brian Williams was constantly inflating his biography. They were flummoxed over why the leading network anchor felt that he needed Hemingwayesque, bullets-whizzing-by flourishes to puff himself up, sometimes to the point where it was a joke in the news division.
But the caustic media big shots who once roamed the land were gone, and “there was no one around to pull his chain when he got too over-the-top,” as one NBC News reporter put it.
It seemed pathological because Williams already had the premier job, so why engage in résumé inflation? And you don’t get those jobs because of your derring-do.
I would argue that things were much worse than that. The truth is that things got so bad and out of control at NBC News that as recently as last Friday Williams was able to retell for the umpteenth time his lie about being shot down over Iraq on the NBC Nightly News.
Follow John Nolte on Twitter @NolteNC
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Long before Brian Williams was caught lying about his chopper coming under fire in Iraq, he claimed he’d stared down the barrel of a bandit’s gun as a teenager in sleepy Red Bank, NJ.
In a 2005 interview with Esquire magazine, Williams said a thief drew on him in the 1970s — leaving him “looking up at a thug’s snub-nosed .38 while selling Christmas trees out of the back of a truck.”
He told the tough-to-believe story at least four times, claiming he was trying to help a local church when the thief snatched his money on West Front Street and Riverside Avenue.
“That wasn’t a bad job, until a guy came up and stuck a .38-caliber pistol in my face and made me hand over all the money. Merry Christmas, right? Of course, I suddenly appreciated the other jobs I thought I hated,” he told New Jersey Monthly in 2008.
But longtime Red Bank residents think it’s a tall tale.
“I would highly doubt he’s telling the truth,” said Danny Murphy, who in the ’70s ran Danny’s restaurant , which was a few blocks from the alleged crime scene. “I find it hard to believe anyone was held up in this area in the ’70s. It was very safe.”
Les Carbone, 85, felt much the same way.
“Don’t listen to Brian Williams,” he said. “He’s going to tell you a lot of things. I doubt he was robbed at gunpoint. I was born in Red Bank, there were no crimes like that. Tell Brian Williams to stop lying.”
It was so safe, kids walked around alone at night back then, other residents said.
“It was never dangerous here,” said Yolanda DeMaria, 93. “It was a very peaceful town, a lovely town. It was a small town with a dress shop and a five-and-dime. No one locked their cars.”
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/02/07/brian-williams-over-israel-rockets-passed-just-beneath-the-helicopter-i-was-riding-in
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Brian Williams Katrina Diary: No Floating Body Nor Dysentery But Lots of Bush Bashing
NewsBusters ^ | February 8, 2015 | P.J. Gladnick
Posted on February 8, 2015 12:19:43 PM EST by PJ-Comix
Ironically, the biggest witness against the exaggerated claims of Brian Williams' Hurricane Katrina fabulism turns out to be Brian Williams himself. His diary entries in the NBC News Daily Nightly online journal from the time of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans to the aftermath several days later shows no mention of his many disputed claims.
A detailed analysis of Brian Williams' Daily Nightly journal entries from August 29, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans until our puppy-rescuing hero was safely out of harm's way shows no references to a floating body in the French quarter, drinking floodwater, catching dysentery, a five-star hotel hotel overrun by gangs, nor of a dramatic rescue in a stairwell by a young police officer with whom brian is "friends to this day." However, Brian's Daily Nightly journal is chock full of Bush bashing as you can see in his Sept. 2 entry:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
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NBC anchor Brian Williams' Katrina account challenged by ex-French Quarter hotel manager
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | 2/8/15 | Jessica Williams
Posted on February 8, 2015 8:40:16 PM EST by BBell
The former general manager of the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans, where embattled "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams reportedly roomed during Hurricane Katrina, said Sunday (Feb. 8) that neither mass flooding nor floating human remains were near the hotel after the levees broke. Her statement raises questions about Williams' stated Katrina experiences and could add to a pool of public skepticism regarding his tale.
Williams recounted his time reporting on Katrina in a 2006 interview with Disney CEO Michael Eisner. "When you look out of your hotel room window in the French Quarter and watch a man float by face down, when you see bodies that you last saw in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and swore to yourself that you would never see in your country," he said.
As critics have pointed out, much of the French Quarter stayed dry after the storm, due to its position on high ground. However, there were rising waters as far up as Bourbon and Royal shortly after Katrina, geographer Richard Campanella said Friday.
But Myra deGersdorff, the ex-manager of the Ritz-Carlton who works as a chief human resources officer in Scottsdale, Ariz., questioned the claim Sunday that such horrors occurred anywhere near her former hotel.
"There is no physical way the water was deep enough for a body to float in," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
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Williams = that lying ass reporter from THE WIRE that kept making up stories in season 5.
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Lying ass reporter but doesn't come close to the loser-in-chief.
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Lying ass reporter but doesn't come close to the loser-in-chief.
was waiting for you to link Brian Williams to Obama......you NEVER let me down
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was waiting for you to link Brian Williams to Obama......you NEVER let me down
Brian Williams was a fag lib like you who worships that gay Islamic treasonous thug in the WH. F both of them.
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lol :D
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Williams should have been fired year ago. his annoying punchable face is plenty reason.
I'm a little shocked that liberal republicans took this long to call for his firing. I've felt for almost a decade that he is nothing more than a glorified newsreader that looks like he'd blow anyone for a cut into line. Far more respectable newsmen/women deserve that job.
You libs/RINOs are late to the "ban brian williams" party.
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http://nypost.com/2015/02/10/nbc-under-fire-over-report-american-sniper-chris-kyle-was-racist/
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‘Put Down Your Noose’: Michael Moore Defends Brian Williams, Hits ‘Real Liars’
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Filmmaker and liberal activist Michael Moore came to the defense of Brian Williams on Sunday night, wondering why the media cares more about Williams’ misstatements than lies from people who made actual decisions about the Iraq War
Moore’s comments, echoed by Jon Stewart last night, mostly centered around how “an entire country was demolished, trillions were wasted, thousands of our troops were killed & wounded, tens/hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians were killed, and now, FINALLY, someone is paying for Iraq war lies… and it’s Brian fucking Williams?????”
He makes fun of Williams a bit for some of the fluff that makes it onto NBC Nightly News but Moore also recalls him as “a man with integrity” in the news who actually wanted to hear from anti-war voices.
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1) Brian williams is a lying POS - fire him.
2) LOL @ anyone that ever says it's only the left that focuses on these lame weak news stories. Hannity devoted a nice early chunk of his show - starting his show with it - because he felt that was the most important thing going. Yes, he's obviously using his platform to talk shit to the left - so nobody can ever again say it's only the left that does that garbage.
3) Williams was worthy of being fired last week, before this revelation, because of his punchable face. The attack lying only adds to the case against him.
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1) Brian williams is a lying POS - fire him.
2) LOL @ anyone that ever says it's only the left that focuses on these lame weak news stories. Hannity devoted a nice early chunk of his show - starting his show with it - because he felt that was the most important thing going. Yes, he's obviously using his platform to talk shit to the left - so nobody can ever again say it's only the left that does that garbage.
3) Williams was worthy of being fired last week, before this revelation, because of his punchable face. The attack lying only adds to the case against him.
The hesitation to make a decisive move reflects really badly on NBC.
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The hesitation to make a decisive move reflects really badly on NBC.
word is, they'll just 'put him out in the field' =
Allow lester holt - a man who actually HAS been 'on the ground' in a shitload of shitty places - to take over the show.
bring back williams as a special corresponent, have him do a few interviews, shed a tear and explain his confusion at the time (lies, of course) and then have him end up with the 10pm Brian Williams Show on NBC in 18 months.
Makes the most sense. Most viewers don't care. Think about the people that still sit down at 6:30 to watch the weak ass evening news lol. they lie about the size of fish they catch lol.
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word is, they'll just 'put him out in the field' =
Allow lester holt - a man who actually HAS been 'on the ground' in a shitload of shitty places - to take over the show.
bring back williams as a special corresponent, have him do a few interviews, shed a tear and explain his confusion at the time (lies, of course) and then have him end up with the 10pm Brian Williams Show on NBC in 18 months.
Makes the most sense. Most viewers don't care. Think about the people that still sit down at 6:30 to watch the weak ass evening news lol. they lie about the size of fish they catch lol.
nope 6 months suspended without pay
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word is, they'll just 'put him out in the field' =
Allow lester holt - a man who actually HAS been 'on the ground' in a shitload of shitty places - to take over the show.
bring back williams as a special corresponent, have him do a few interviews, shed a tear and explain his confusion at the time (lies, of course) and then have him end up with the 10pm Brian Williams Show on NBC in 18 months.
Makes the most sense. Most viewers don't care. Think about the people that still sit down at 6:30 to watch the weak ass evening news lol. they lie about the size of fish they catch lol.
Some of these Brian Williams memes are freaking hilarious!
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I'm surprised they suspended him. I guess he'll have to eek by on only $5 million this year (half his $10 million salary).
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Sean Hannity is probably very happy that FOX news doesn't have the same standards as NBC
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Sean :Hannity is probably very happy that FOX news doesn't have the same standards as NBC
sean just to name a few :D :D
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Sean Hannity is probably very happy that FOX news doesn't have the same standards as NBC
He made up war stories too?
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sean just to name a few :D :D
agreed ;D
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It's about time *SOMEONE* gets punished for lying about Iraq :)
the memes are everywhere, and they're great.
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He made up war stories too?
*crickets
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He made up war stories too?
Don't bother. These clowns will believe propaganda before actual truth. I mean crap. They believed obama...twice and you know they'll vote for Killary even though she's accomplished nothing and screwed up whatever she's tried to do. Lol
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Don't bother. These clowns will believe propaganda before actual truth. I mean crap. They believed obama...twice and you know they'll vote for Killary even though she's accomplished nothing and screwed up whatever she's tried to do. Lol
same as you believe EVERYTHING negative about Obama and refuse to change your opinion EVEN AFTER being presented with proof that youre wrong...thats why you are not taken seriously, coach...you're entertaining though, so Im guessing like 333386, thats your purpose ;)
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same as you believe EVERYTHING negative about Obama and refuse to change your opinion EVEN AFTER being presented with proof that youre wrong...thats why you are not taken seriously, coach...you're entertaining though, so Im guessing like 333386, thats your purpose ;)
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-head-of-the-militant-group-responsible-for-the-benghazi-attack-reportedly-met-with-osama-bin-laden-2015-2
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same as you believe EVERYTHING negative about Obama and refuse to change your opinion EVEN AFTER being presented with proof that youre wrong...thats why you are not taken seriously, coach...you're entertaining though, so Im guessing like 333386, thats your purpose ;)
Everything that is negative about obama is in FACT true and proven.
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Everything that is negative about obama is in FACT true and proven.
which is why he should be impeached. I beleive he's in office illegally. I think anyone against impeachment is outright supporting the illegality and unconstitutionality of everything he brings. Anyone against impeachment is as bad as Neville back in the day... just lay down and let Hitler have everything, and complain quietly about it. I don't get it.
if he's illegally here, he should be impeached immediately. Members of congress are now saying it - but the "rinos" in the middle won't commit to it. They are kinda okay with his policy, or they don't respect the contitution, or willing to trade what's legal/right, for what they feel is politically convenient.
Coach, it's time, man. Please, get on the impeachment wagon. It's time.
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Brian Williams Under Scrutiny for Claiming He Flew with Seal Team 6
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Thanks to the scrutiny surrounding Brian Williams‘ truth-stretching about a helicopter incident in Iraq, the rest of his war tales are being investigated, including his time with the famed SEAL Team 6. According to the Huffington Post, Williams not only repeatedly claimed that he hung out with the elite military squad that killed Osama bin Laden, but that he flew on their helicopters multiple time, and that he was their best friends too.
Starting in 2011, shortly after the group killed the 9/11 mastermind during a secret mission into Pakistan, Williams began openly talking about his experiences with the team during his 2003 coverage of the Iraq War. While the Post notes that it’s possible that Williams was prevented from talking about his exploits with SEAL team 6 due to confidentiality agreements, they also note that he began yammering about these stories shortly after bin Laden’s death:
“We have some idea which of our special operations teams carried this out,” Williams said on “The Late Show With David Letterman” the day after the raid. “It happens to be a team I flew into Baghdad with, on the condition that I would never speak of what I saw on the aircraft, what aircraft we were on, what we were carrying, or who we were after.”
“Now, people might be hearing about SEAL Team 6,” Williams said the next night, May 3, 2011, on “Nightly News.” “I happen to have the great honor of flying into Baghdad with them at the start of the war.”
And again on Letterman in 2012, in which he talked about receiving gifts from his awesome friends:
“I flew into Baghdad, invasion plus three days, on a blackout mission at night with elements of SEAL Team 6, and I was told not to make any eye contact with them or initiate any conversation,” Williams said on “Letterman” in May 2012. (Three days after the U.S. invasion would have been March 22, 2003, not April 9, 2003, which was the day Williams broadcasted from the Baghdad airport.)
…In the 2012 “Letterman” appearance, Williams also recalled carrying a box of Wheat Thins, which he said a hungry special operator dug into with a “hand the size of a canned ham.” They got to talking, and Williams told the commando how much he admired his knife.
“Darned if that knife didn’t show up at my office a couple weeks later,” Williams told Letterman.
And again in 2013, on Letterman (there’s a trend), he claimed he received the greatest gift of all:
“About six weeks after the Bin Laden raid, I got a white envelope and in it was a thank-you note, unsigned,” Williams said on “Letterman” in January 2013. “And in it was a piece of the fuselage of the blown-up Black Hawk in that courtyard. Sent to me by one of my friends.”
It’s worth pointing out here that SEAL Team S6 was forced to abandon one of their helicopters during the raid as it could not take off from the compound, leading to an international incident involving China scrapping the helicopter for military secrets. And a former SEAL said that the entire thing sounded impossible, by the way:
“My initial reaction is it sounds completely preposterous. There’s a healthy dislike towards embedded journalists within the SEAL community,” said Brandon Webb, a writer and former SEAL sniper who helped train Chris Kyle. “I can’t even remember an embed with a SEAL unit. And especially at SEAL Team Six? Those guys don’t take journalists with them on missions.”
NBC declined to give a comment to the Post.
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Everything that is negative about obama is in FACT true and proven.
HOLY SHIT
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HOLY SHIT
Glad you've finally seen the light...minion.
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http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/02/12/questions-emerge-over-statement-brian-williams-made-in-socal/
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He made up war stories too?
seems lots of tv personalities are claiming it now.
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Glad you've finally seen the light...minion.
you're delusional as usual