NBC’s Brian Williams recants Iraq story after soldiers protest

[lostinblue 1,989]

NBC’s Brian Williams recants Iraq story after soldiers protest

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday he was not aboard a helicopter hit and forced down by RPG fire during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a false claim that has been repeated by the network for years.

Williams repeated the claim Friday during NBC’s coverage of a public tribute at a New York Rangers hockey game for a retired soldier that had provided ground security for the grounded helicopters, a game to which Williams accompanied him. In an interview with Stars and Stripes, he said he had misremembered the events and was sorry.

The admission came after crew members on the 159th Aviation Regiment’s Chinook that was hit by two rockets and small arms fire told Stars and Stripes that the NBC anchor was nowhere near that aircraft or two other Chinooks flying in the formation that took fire. Williams arrived in the area about an hour later on another helicopter after the other three had made an emergency landing, the crew members said.

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/nbc-s-brian-williams-recants-iraq-story-after-soldiers-protest-1.327792

he had misremembered the events

Clinton Says She ‘Misspoke’ About Dodging Sniper Fire

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton recently offered a vivid description of having to run across a tarmac to avoid sniper fire after landing in Bosnia as first lady in 1996.

Sasa Kralj/Associated Press

Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was first lady at the time, with her daughter, Chelsea, after landing in Tuzla, Bosnia, in 1996.

Yet on Monday, Mrs. Clinton admitted that she “misspoke” about the episode — a concession that came after CBS News showed footage of her walking calmly across the tarmac with her daughter, Chelsea, and being greeted by dignitaries and a child.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/us/politics/25clinton.html?_r=0

Mrs. Clinton admitted that she “misspoke” about the episode

Liberals misspeaking all the time .

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Were their lips moving at the time they misspoke?

[luckytxn 2,265]

Lying is OK if a reporter I think or seems to be because they do it a lot.

[lostinblue 1,989]

http://youtu.be/xS3NAwZ4hGk

At 3:00 the lies start

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I like how one man's dodgy reporting suddenly represents an entire section of the political spectrum, because that's totally not a false conclusion of any kind. No proof is offered or needed. Clearly.

[Rattlehead 69]

NBC has an issue with telling the truth? No way!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

That "misspeaking" certainly isn't limited to NBC. Another station, it would seem, has made a business concept of it.

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/sep/23/brit-hume/hume-obama-put-more-force-combatting-ebola-isis/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/21/lou-dobbs/black-unemployment-three-times-higher-ferguson-bec/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/15/tucker-carlson/carlson-guns-dont-kill-people-bathtubs-do/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jun/25/steve-doocy/foxs-doocy-nasa-fudged-data-make-case-global-warmi/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jun/19/jeanine-pirro/foxs-pirro-obama-set-isis-leader-free-2009/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/may/22/kimberly-guilfoyle/guilfoyle-obamacare-one-big-fat-va/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/apr/28/andrew-napolitano/napolitano-washington-lacks-constitutional-right-o/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/apr/10/#######-morris/#######-morris-theres-proof-over-1-million-people-vot/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/feb/05/ann-coulter/ann-coulter-says-friends-sister-died/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/16/andrea-tantaros/tantaros-says-americans-dont-know-their-history-th/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/24/brian-kilmeade/foxs-kilmeade-colo-food-stamp-recipients-can-turn-/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2013/nov/13/sean-hannity/hannity-says-government-predicted-massive-loss-hea/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/29/bill-oreilly/bill-oreilly-says-poverty-hasnt-budged-1965-despit/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/apr/27/bill-oreilly/oreilly-says-no-one-fox-raised-issue-jail-time-not/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jul/29/glenn-beck/glenn-beck-claims-science-czar-john-holdren-propos/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/jan/14/steven-emerson/fox-news-guest-steven-emerson-says-birmingham-tota/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/dec/11/john-stossel/fox-business-pundit-no-good-data-deaths-secondhand/

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/oct/30/megyn-kelly/megyn-kellys-errant-claim-about-colorado-voters-pr/

...the list goes on and on and on...

[decocker 7,198]

what.a.douche.

NBC has an issue with telling the truth? No way!

you really can't trust any major news source. i thought this was common knowledge.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Interestingly enough, he hasn't yet offered his resignation....

[Rattlehead 69]

what.a.douche.

you really can't trust any major news source. i thought this was common knowledge.

It is, hence the feigned shock...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

what.a.douche.

you really can't trust any major news source. i thought this was common knowledge.

This sort of thing is commonplace in the US broadcast media.

[JohnR! 5,495]

True as it may be, we should not accept it as norm, nor should we turn a blind eye.

This sort of thing is commonplace in the US broadcast media.

[decocker 7,198]

It is, hence the feigned shock...

i didn't realize it was feigned, there's a font for that.

This sort of thing is commonplace in the US broadcast media.

it is us broadcast media. we know exactly what we're supposed to.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

True as it may be, we should not accept it as norm, nor should we turn a blind eye.

Certainly. But what you often find on VJ is that this sort of thing is part of the partisan divide.

Liberals lie, which is pretty much what the op is saying.

A very unsophisticated and untruthful opinion. Likely NBC was only selected because it's seen as a 'liberal' outlet when the reality is that this sort of thing is endemic in the business model of corporate broadcast news media.

Its not liberal or conservative, it's just .

If you've not see Nightcrawler yet, you should give it a watch. TV news is a grubby business.

Edited February 5, 2015 by Hail Ming!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

This sort of thing is commonplace in the US broadcast media.

Yes, but not UK, I am sure, with its state owned media.