Brian Williams breaks silence with apology: 'I said things that weren’t true'

[alboe]

Source: Guardian

After months of silence following revelations that he had peddled fabrications from the anchor chair of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams on Thursday issued a statement that began: “I’m sorry.”

Williams’s statement was issued as the network announced he would not be returning to the helm of its nightly news program, where he once commanded 10 million viewers a night, more than any competitor. Williams’s fill-in, Lester Holt, will remain in the post, NBC said.

Williams moves to MSNBC, the network’s cable news outlet, where he will be “anchor of breaking news and special reports”, according to the NBC statement. He would also fill in for Holt, 56, “when Holt is not available”, the network said.

The news appeared to add a bumper stop to a spectacular skid by Williams, from the top position in broadcast news, as anchor of the most-watched nightly news program, to suspension and potential unemployment.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/18/brian-williams-apology-nbc-nightly-news

[donco]

1. Next stop is the weather channel

hanging onto a lamp post breathlessly reporting on a hurricane.

[alboe]

2. "I was reporting on a tornado when it picked me up and suddenly. I wasn't in Kansas anymore."

[KoKo]

6. No...Posts here on DU said he's joining MSNBC as a Contributor...

Dan Rather was thrown off of CBS and his career ended for telling the Truth about Bush II's Draft Record.

Brian is profiting once again...according to the recent posts....

[IADEMO2004]

3. I believe in redemption and wish him well.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Do you mean when Bush launched the war in Iraq,....

.....and you put on the screen, "When Diplomacy Fails"?

You KNEW they were lying and went along with mass murder in the name of getting cool war footage.

[Kingofalldems]

5. Too bad O'Reilly--or actually anyone on Fox news

won't make this confession.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. Or in normal English, "I lied."

[restorefreedom]

8. i am a little disappointed

there are some hardworking, smart people at msnbc who could handle breaking news just fine....thomas roberts and steve kornacki come to mind. so lyin brian is just going to step in and the others will be tossed to the side. i am all for another chance for him but this seems to easy.

[StevieM]

9. I suspect that eventually he will wind up hosting Meet the Press. (eom)

[6000eliot]

10. The smug lying prick can go to hell,

and he can take his no-talent daughter with him.