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Brian Williams' "Mis-Remembering" Will Cost Him $5 Million, Suspended By NBC For 6 Months
Having signed a new five-year contract in December reported to be worth $10 million a year, Brian Williams - the mis-remembering NBC News anchor - has been suspended by the network for six months without pay this evening, according to The NY Times. NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke remarked, "by his actions, Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News. His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate."
Jon Stewart leaving. Brian Williams looking for work. It’s almost TOO obvious, isn’t it.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 11, 2015
Brian Williams, the embattled NBC news anchor whose credibility plummeted after he acknowledged exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq, was suspended for six months without pay, the network said Tuesday night.
Lester Holt will continue to substitute for Mr. Williams now, but finding a permanent successor will be a major problem for the network, which was not anticipating having to replace the anchor of its “Nightly News'’ broadcast for some time.
In December, Mr. Williams signed a new five-year contract reported to be worth $10 million a year.
Politico has managed to get a copy of the internal NBC Memo,
We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for six months. The suspension will be without pay and is effective immediately. We let Brian know of our decision earlier today. Lester Holt will continue to substitute Anchor the NBC Nightly News.
Our review, which is being led by Richard Esposito working closely with NBCUniversal General Counsel Kim Harris, is ongoing, but I think it is important to take you through our thought process in coming to this decision.
As Huffington Post reports, NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke released the following statement:
“This has been a painful period for all concerned and we appreciate your patience while we gathered the available facts.
By his actions, Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News. His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate. Brian’s life’s work is delivering the news.
I know Brian loves his country, NBC News and his colleagues. He deserves a second chance and we are rooting for him. Brian has shared his deep remorse with me and he is committed to winning back everyone’s trust.”
Roughly translated as...
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And The Apology...
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oh well.. we have the president to listen to lies from now...
http://hedgeaccordingly.com/2015/01/washington-national-press-club-analy...
Does this means an increase in lap dances and lip service to the President on a more personal level?
02.10 19:55 ET BREAKING NEWS: Brian Williams of NBC News Suspended 6 Months without PayLying scumbag is finished......even if he comes back he's still gonna be a joke........He is finished and NBC is dreamin' if they think they can revive this POS
What happens to HIS TEAM?
what about these people who were with him and knew very well his lies???
Are these the people we are going to trust of receiving the news???
It reflects bad on NBC
Cops get less than that with pay when they plug thugs....I mean folks
He should take Rosie O'Donnell's spot on The View.
Even with his low IQ, he would probably be too much of a challenge for the typical audience watching "The View".
The man is an insider and he knows shit which is why he needs to "bend" the truth.
How long will he be allowed to live?
Boy'd he get off cheap.
They recently spent an entire episode on the proper pronunciation of "egg" (egg or aygg). Williams could really light up the set, with so much on his face....
so, he tells lies on behalf of the warmongering oligarchs all day every day, and they give him a $10M / year contract. But tell one lie thats organically his own, and wHOA THIS GUY HAS NO INTEGRITY!
"by his actions, Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News. His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate."
I mean, its not like he rigged fuel tanks in vehicles to explode or doctored police 911 tapes to incite racial unrest or promoted the lie of ObamaCare in the cause of "investigative journalism & integrity" or anything!
Now that, would be completely intolerable and cause for dismissal ;-)
So he loses 5 million out of 50 million because he somehow managed to lie more than his teleprompter. That is an achievement really - he should get a bonus for pulling that off so long. The 5 million dollar loss is tragic though. I wonder how he will feed his family now.
I remember the time I 'misremembered' something to the missus... 5 million is cheap.
" By his actions, Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News. His actions are inexcusable and this suspension is severe and appropriate."
What a hoot!
Hey, get a clue NBC...
American's trust in NBC News was close to zero BEFORE this fiasco...
Now it will be in minus numbers!
It's clear you think Lyin' Brian is TBTF.
I would say... Watch you ratings and weep!
Righhht...
they are worried about lying - NOW... ???
That's a bit - after the horse has bolted isn't it.
or were THESE lies a bit TOO easily exposed ?
or did he fuck some-ones daughter/wife/mother ?
What were the consequences of Hilary Clinton's "mis-speaking" when she bold-face-lied about landing in Bosnia "under sniper fire?" Hillary Clinton's Bosnia sniper story exposed
"There ain't nuthin uglier than an old white woman." Fred Sanford
Besides, "What difference at this point does it make!"
If his actions were "inexcusable", then why was he not fired?
Truthspeak carries the day once again.
Meanwhile, Paula Dean is jumping up and down on her couch screaming at the TV. "See! SEE! That's what you get, bitch! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET!"
Just a slap on the wrist like this suggests to me that there is a backstory that likely goes up the chain of command. Brian's probably got some type of get out of jail free card, like Corzine did.
"...Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News..."
Millions of Americans trust NBC News?? Who the f'k told you THAT - Brian Williams?
Exactly.
Is this Brian reporting what they said to him in the meeting? We sure it's actually 6 months?
And were there any dead bodies reported floating down the hall outside after the meeting? I mean besides Brian's, of course.
what's a "NBC"?
Never really "liked" him. He's got a crooked, asymmetrical face. Gives me pause.
I can't be the only one.
I went to high school with him. He was going around telling lies about me to my friends. So I tuned him up out in the parking lot one day. The plastic surgeons did what they could with the technology available at the time.
LMAO.....
The fact that he works for NBC should give you great pause right there.
Yea,look at this cocksucker on my local tv.
But its all about the children,or same sex marriage,or...
http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/assets/news/wtvd/images/bio/stevedaniels_160x...
Nah. He should just run for POTUS.
Well, he's way more qualified than the current batch of hopefuls.
But so is a broken clock.
NBC + Brian Williams = no credibilty
NBC - Brian Williams = no credibility
Question: Solve for Brian Williams
Bonus Q: Solve for NBC
"NBC + Brian Williams = no credibilty
NBC - Brian Williams = no credibility
Question: Solve for Brian Williams
Bonus Q: Solve for NBC "
Possibly the best post of the day. /hat tip..
Only the NULL or trivial solution fits.
NBC = 0
Brian Williams = 0
UNTRUE.
While zero can be a solution there are an infinite number of solutions.
Read my presentation below.
Not so, simply add both equations together and get NBC = no_credibility.
PART I. SOLVING THE BONUS QUESTION FOR NBC
Eq. 1 NBC + Brian Williams = no credibilty
Eq. 2 NBC - Brian Williams = no credibility
Solving Eq. 2 for Brian Williams yields
Eq. 3 Brian Williams = NBC - no credibility.
Substituting Eq. 3 into Eq. 1 yields
Eq. 4 NBC + (NBC - no credibility) = no credibility
Combining like terms and subtracting no credibility from both sides of Eq. 4 yields
Eq. 5 2NBC = 2no credibility
Dividing each side by 2 yields Eq. 6
Eq. 6 NBC = no credibility
PART II. SOLVING THE INITIAL QUESTION FOR Brian Williams...
Since I have demonstrated from Eq.6 that NBC = no credibility
then
Eq. 1 becomes
Eq. 7 (no credibility) + Brian Williams = no credibility
and Eq. 2 becomes
Eq. 8 (no credibility) - Brian Williams = no credibility
Substituting Eq. 7 into Eq. 8 yields
Eq. 9 (no credibility + Brian Williams) - Brian Williams = no credibility
Simplifying by subtracting no credibility from both sides and adding Brian Williams to both sides yields
Eq. 10 Brian Williams = Brian Williams
...WHICH IS A TAUTOLOGY
Now just what underlying wisdom was I supposed to have garnered from undertaking this exercise?
Truthfully both Brian Williams and NBC are both irrelevant to me as I do not even know who in the hell Brian Williams is, what in the hell Brian Williams did, and I really do not care to know.
I do not watch TeeVee.
Welcome to the land of the Mathematically challenged...the TeeVee viewing audience.
We used to have some people here...whom were skilled at Mathematics. Now we have a bunch of PROGRAMMED TeeVee addicts.
Someone junks a textbook presentation of the development of the solution to a set of simulataneous equations?
The intellect level here is just so impressive...
It just demonstrates the validity of the closing paragraph of my thesis.
Turn on yer TeeVee Sets. Yer missin' yer daily programming.
LMAO
My Mom watched Brian Williams and believed every word he said.
Just don't tell her that it isn't 1956 and The Constitution is dead.
OT but related...
JON STEWART of The DAILY SHOW STEPS DOWN.
He did a funny skit on Brian Williams last night.
Although some people here hate TV and others don't like Jon's heritage, this is nonetheless a great loss in relative terms: it's almost impossible to find someone with the total package of Jon's intellect, knowledge, quick wit, humor and truthiness. Even John Oliver, who got his US start on the Daily Show, got yanked from his show for being even more truthy, too truthy for TPTB.
p.s. edited from 22:58 original posting.
Ignatius
Is this one of them trick questions?
Haha Brian Williams down voted you!
I love the attempt at making this mainstream outlet sound sincere and trustworthy.
Seriously?
He is the first to lie or misrepresent the facts, NBC?
Who in the fuckin' Sam Hell do you think you're kidding?
Put him on the front lines covering ISIS!
The solution to everything: Suspend Brian Williams for six months without pay.
"As Managing Editor and Anchor of Nightly News, Brian has a responsibility to be truthful and to uphold the high standards of the news division at all times." NBC News President Deborah Turner.
What high standards? NBC News has embargoed all mention of the pedophile scandal in the UK, a 30+ year old festering sore where Scotland Yard gave high level child rapist-murderers a pass, on directions of people like Home Secretary Leon Brittan. Brittan was just buried last week, his grave intentionally unmarked. NBC News is no better than Pravda under Stalin, a lying mouthpiece for crooked politicians.
book deal.. martha s as co-author or at least consulting
Brian's blog from his six months off...
Spent the day tweaking my time machine. Yeah fuckers I got me a time machine. I made it out of coconuts and gum wrappers during the time I was stranded on an island.
Went back in time and shot Kennedy. Shooter from the grassy knoll < right here.....right here.....
Spent some time today with some nice Roman soldiers. Was nailed to a cross. These guys are dicks. I think I will go forward to something more productive.
Ah shit....that was Linconl I shot. Damn......
Taught peacful resitance in India. They call me Willmaht mo Brian.
Went back....fought Hitler and killed him with a nail gun. I think he was actually a banker.
Got Obama elected.....first half white POTUS....yeah that's me.
1971....looped an Apache copter while dropping napalm on John Kerry.
Made Dick Cheney eat a fetus and had him blow up the twin towers.
Gave a Nobel prize to my guy. He is so damn peacful.
Nicknamed John Bohner to 'Bone dog boy'. He likes it.
Ran for POTUS....was elected. NBC is fucked as I unleash the IRS on them.
Comcast likes to fire people. Williams should sue Comcast for their breach of his employment contract and collect on the wages due him. Then Williams should move on to Al Jazeera network to take over their nightly newscast.
He got Ann Curried...
Behavior reflects personality... the helicopter story wss told repeatedly with different embellishments each time....now there's Katrina bullsh*t that he spewed..... pathological liars just don't lie only once or twice.... just witness the grand master of narcissistic pathological liars - the fudgepacker in chief...
he should get a lawyer and sue for the 5M. he can argue that lying in today's MSM is not only part of the job but indeed required to keep ones job. that would be an entertaining case to watch, except that if he really did that NBC would be forced to settle out of court just to keep that dirty, little secret under wraps.
OMG... somebody lied to us on TV?
Was this the only lie, or should we hold our collective breath for the next one?
Who cares
well, he took one for the team ....(cia/tribe/Mic)...........he helped SELL the phoney wars just like Cnn, Fox, Cbs and Abc...........
Who cares?
Mrs. Williams
Those puppies.
Brian Williams to the Daily Show................Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttttt
As much as I dislike this cocksucker, his situation is one of many distractions in the news today.
They will go full communist with the next anchor
MSM lies are contagious. Even for their anchors aren't immune.
Now for all those other Iraq war liars.. oh wait haha
Yeah, as big of a chonedick as BW is, it is rather hilarious he's really the one to face consequences for Iraq.
Everyone knew. The guys in the chopper, the military brass, his superiors at NBC Universal- everyone. But when the music stops, stomebody's gonna be left standing without a chair. And he was the one who said what he said.
OK, reset the song, remove a chair and let's go another round.
Yeah, you're a 100% correct.
It's just so funny, that someone would make something for, effectively, the dumbest of reasons w/o much personal benefit, and get pinched/humiliated.
And people who made up (I wouldn't really say they "lied") a case for war in another man's country get new hearts (literally) and charities to run.
I guess like you said, the lesson to be learned here is to avoid being glaringly guilty.....
'avoid being glaringly guilty'
I would like to add being a peon, because you can be more evil, have more power and not get popped.
This is about the lie that was used as justification for Iraq.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PGmnz5Ow-o
This is news now?! Fuck that guy! Regardless, he will be back on the screen lying in no time. MSM is more than useless, it's offensive.
Brian Williams can go pack sand up his ass. Effeminate candy-ass fucktard, I'm tired of hearing about him.
The "news" is just a programming device.
We knew all along that Russia was the world's terrorist. Snark.
well that'l teach em...
now we can all expect Lamestream US media to tell us the TRUTH....
Joke of the year....Brian has jeopardized the trust millions of Americans place in NBC News.
lol, I trust Benny Hill reruns more than NBC news with or without Pinocchio Williams.
Does NBC News even have millions of Americans who watch them, much less trust them?
Their motto should be "when things get serious, we are told to lie."
Suspended?!?!
Doug, kick him off the tour!!!
He says he "Made a mistake". Hahaha friggin LOOSER. What a dirtbag. Most other Journslists just haven't got caught OR admitted any wrong doing. There is NO credible Main Stream News these days anyway. There All owned by the government/bankers.
The lying BS from this DICKWEED is nothing compared to C--NBC !!!!!
Needed ancwhore to undress while reading the news....
NO PAY Even LOIS LERNER got pay. OOh, she worked for the Govt.
Presstitutes come and go but the pimps don't change
All of these exposed lies are really going to tarnish his Congressional Medal of Honor and Silver Star that he received in Vietnam, or was it Korea??
>> Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! Sir Walter Scott <<
It's not that he lied, it's that he finally (after 12 years) got caught!
I hope the son of a bitch buys a new Nail Gun on the way home tonight ...
Fucking Steve Liesman lies everyday on CNBC . When you gonna fire his fat little bald headed ass?
BW is finito - if NBC wanted to preserve his audience / ratings, they would have findd him 5 or 10 mln, have him apologize and eat dirt, then go back on tomorrow. 6-month suspension says he is historie!
Brian Williams should never be able to enter the public space without looking over his shoulder every second of his miserable existence. These propaganda pukes are sub-human and need culling.
I'm lieing in bed just like Brain Williams lies....
I think that could could be a song ......
anyhow it's all Truman Show
These useless newscasters are just like the Hollywood idiots. They are mind-controlled mass media assets on a short leash and closely controlled by handlers... but they still go haywire once in awhile.
What pitiful credibility NBC had with the older folks that still watch it, has been vaporized.
Do I need new glasses or is his nose getting longer?
I say just re hire some muppets...I always liked Grover.
US MSM propaganda machine is tumbling.
NBC management to BW: Oh shit, can't fucking believe we got caught trying to pull this bull shit lie on the Sheeple. Listen, you can't quit, and no way in hell we'll fire a cash cow like you so, listen, we're going to park your lyin' ass in Hawaii for 6 months while the mindless morons completely forget about this. Maybe you can do a soft re-entry special with Connie Chung and we'll slip a few million in your off-shore account. Then, the best part, you'll make glorious comeback appearance in 6 months on the back of a camel looking for Osama's grave in Syria (no fucking helicopter this time pretty boy). There, it's a plan and our stockholders will think we're all fucking geniuses!!!
misremembering = lying
In my opinion, Williams only ever does what he is prompted to do...Someone, somewhere up the chain of command
must have thought he was ripe and right to be embedded in the war narrative.....I simply can't imagine this being the result
of Williams having a brain cramp....
Bingo.
This claim had "Official Sanction" written all over it.
It is INCONCEIVABLE that Williams unilaterally both DECIDED to tell this story, and logistically acted to perpetuate it.
There are a whole lot of dumbasses, who keep talking about this as "Williams'" lie - they COMPLETELY fail to understand the why, who, and what of this.
So, if NBC News suspends their "Managing Editor" for six months, does that mean the news will be UNMANAGED for six months?
I feel better.
Wait. No I don't.
A memorable day. :-)
The idea of having Lester Dolt at the helm for 6 months makes me wonder if we should just let him stay..............................................
What's the frequency...Brian.
On another note, CBS is now pro Muslim.
Too bad they don't hold politicians to the same standard.
Didn't Hildabeast crawl across 1000 meters of tarmac under heavy machine gun fire in a crotchless pantsuit in Serbia? Now that's was a presidential lie Slick Willy would admire.....
Williams caught an RPG round in his teeth and from 2000 feet, spit it back at the offending muzzie, thereby killing the entire muzzie batallion, all while wearing a crotchless pantsuit.
Anyone wanna bet he gets a DUI next?"
He's going to have to cut back. Poor fuck.
Suspended for six months, but then their calendar broke.
Brian Williams is da original Guido from Jerzee! Middletown in da house!!!!
Note to NBC: Not that we ever really watched your lame-ass channel, but we will never ever watch it - and we will boycott all products advertised on your network. THANKS FOR ENABLING "LYIN' BRIAN" TO USE OUR NATION'S AIRWAVES TO LIE TO US.
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Glenn Beck made some insightful comments today, regarding the idea of the left giving the pass to their own, such as Williams' 'misremembering'.
Can you imagine anyone from the right, being given this pass, let alone asking for it?
The footstomping from the
…filthy, leftist, politically correct, socialist, communist, maoist, stalinist, marxist-leninist, social engineering, collectivist, outcome equalizing, wealth redistributing, environmentally zealous, disingenuously self-interested, self righteous, hypocritical, totalitarian, elitest, sneering, disdainful, inclusive-&-tolerance-demanding-but-never-reciprocating, patronizing, teacher/administrative, granola-eating, birkenstock-wearing, yoga-practicing, gluten-free, tax-and-spend, nanny statist, know everything, know betterer, insufferably pretentious, liberal-progressive…
types would be deafening.
And this the is problem.
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Well said, Doug .... your rant is priceless .... you nailed them !
He didn't just lie, he's a pathological liar.
And his various lies are readily disproven by many witnesses, once someone cares to check. Hence, pathological.
You couldn't have a worse trait in a national news anchor, so... six month suspension?
WTF?
America needs to suspend NBC, period.
As Bill Mahr opined, he's eminently qualified for a job at Fox.
More like he's now ready to join the ultra libtard liars like Al Sharpton at MSNBC.
This poor guy .... he dutifully lies, shills, prostitutes himself for the LPTB (Leftist Powers That Be) .... a moral discrepancy of some magnitude .... he has sold himself to Satan .... then, he embellishes his reports .... gotta be a lesser sin than pimping the left .... and he gets creamed ?
Word is Josh (Theimportanceofbeing) Earnest is worried about Brian Williams taking his job as Head Liar for the Munchausen in Chief.
"severe and appropriate" Thank you so much for telling me how to think about your actions. You should be fired, M. Burke.
Brian Williams will join Hillary Clinton on the Island of Incognito.
So, will Brian Williams be "fixed" in six months?
If there is some kind of rehab that can train him in six months to tell the truth, shouldn't we require rehab for all Obama administration officials and members of Congress?
oh please? 6m for that? come on, these news readers spend the whole show lying for their paymasters. What a joke.
He even lied during his apology. He made it seem like his helicopter was right behind the one shot down. False. And that they all landed together. False. He tried to include some puppies licking his face in the story but it wouldn't fit.
Every day is a McCain Misremembering Day.
"I'm shocked, shocked to learn that trusted members of the MSM and the American government are pathological liars.
On a side note: The lefties lose their shit if the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company with thousands of employees make a few million dollars of annual salary but a pathological liar like Williams rakes in $10M / yr for reading an f___ing teleprompter and it's FINE??? WTF?
News anchor lying = just another day on the farm.
Trust NBC?? Fucking really?
Haha as if anyone other than staunch liberals had any "trust" in NBC News anyway. Those lefty dinosaurs haven't reported without a left-leaning narrative for years. That's why we have all these lies about "Lower Unemployment", the "Economic Recovery" under Obama, "The War on Women", "Rape Culture" etc.
Thank God for sites like ZH!! :))
ZH has it's share of "lefty dinosaurs" !
Isn't it telling that these tools are used to lie to the people every day, and are lit on fire, for doing their bidding, at a moments need (distraction)? Do they not know who and what they work for?
Brian Williams is a problem because he exaggerated a war story about Iraq?
Are you kidding me?
That whole fucking war was based on a monstrous lie the entire media enabled and perpetuated.
That's the problem.
He's done. In six months people will say Brian who? Maybe he can get into the music industry. Allison must have some solid connections in Hollywood. Haha!
Is he still gonna be behind the scenes in his role as "news editor" something or other?
Maybe, just maybe this will wake the sheeple up to the fact that MSM is just a propaganda arm of the Democrat marxist socialist party.
I hear they're gonna bring in Ron Burgundy. :-p
The libs will do everything they can to circle the wagons and protect their mouthpiece. Expect him to come back in all his glory and bullshit in order to further their bullshit agenda. Lying with the full intention of misleading (lying) for the sake of making himself look better at the hands of all who truly served in combat is totally and completely acceptable in this upside down world we live in. Especially if hs is a mouthpiece for libermal medial. Now if he had stepped on al sharpton's toes he would quietly be reprimanded whereas a conservative would never be heard from again.
Wait, someone just figured out the dino-media has been lying to us?
Horeee-fuk!!!