Brian Williams
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Brian Williams' TV Return Is Mocked By Twitter With #BrianWilliamsPopeStories
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 September 2015
The news anchor returned to the airwaves on Tuesday, but twitter wouldn't let him forget his past mistakes.
Brian Williams made his return to television news on Tuesday, presenting live coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States for MSNBC. But while the former ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor might be trying to put his past scandal behind him, twitter wasn't so quick to forget as #BrianWilliamsPopeStories began trending.
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Brian Williams Will Make Not-So-Triumphant Return To MSNBC In August
By Victoria Pavlova in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 June 2015
Brian Williams will return to NBC under revised conditions.
After weeks of back-and-forth rumours, the news is official: Brian Williams is staying on NBC News. The twist is that he's not staying on as anchor. Williams' anchor spot on Nightly News will be taken by Lester Holt, while Williams will take on a reporting role on MSNBC. This arrangement will come into effect in mid-August, after the end of Williams' suspension from the network.
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Fox's Bill O'Reilly Defends Himself From Accusations Of Fictionalised War Reporting
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23 February 2015
The often controversial right-wing news commentator is currently embroiled in a Brian Williams-esque scandal of alleged false war reporting.
In another controversy regarding a journalist alleged to have embellished his war reportage, Fox news host Bill O’Reilly continues to come under fire for apparently over-exaggerating the danger he was in while covering the 1982 Falklands crisis in his book four years ago.
A former CBS colleague of O’Reilly’s, Eric Engberg, claimed in a lengthy Facebook post that they were not really in a combat zone, instead being caught up in little more than “routine reporting on a demonstration that got a little nasty.”
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NBC Suspends Anchor Brian Williams For Six Months Without Pay
By Nick Hill in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 February 2015
The news network has taken action against the 52-year-old anchor almost a week after the truth about his helicopter ride during a visit to Iraq in 2003 was uncovered.
Brian Williams' break from hosting the 'Nightly News' is going to be much longer than first expected. NBC has suspended the news anchor for six months without pay after admitting last week that his story about being shot at while in a helicopter during a visit to Iraq in 2003 wasn't true.
For the duration of his suspension, Williams will be replaced by Lester Holt, the network announced in a memo on Tuesday (Feb 10th). NBC will also be continuing their investigation into his reporting of the 2003 Iraq trip.
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Can Brian Williams' Apology Quell The Outrage Over His False Iraq Claims?
By Victoria Pavlova in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 08 February 2015
Brian Williams, whose recent statements have raised concerns about journalistic integrity, is going on hiatus.
The big story this week has been Brian Williams’ big lapse of judgement, which led the US news anchor to repeatedly tell a story about how he was shot down in a helicopter. Williams retracted his statements, after several veterans disputed their authenticity, but the story has raised concerns about the authenticity of the entire US journalistic process.
Williams, the most-watched network anchor in the US, blamed the "fog of memory" for the lapse in his statement. He also announced a hiatus from the nightly news show, for several days while the network investigated his claims.
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NBC Announces Investigation Into News Anchor Brian Williams' Iraq Error
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 06 February 2015
The NBC 'Nightly News' anchor is in hot water over his claims last week that he was shot down in a military helicopter in 2003, which prompted several angry social media responses from veterans.
Following a week of controversy, NBC has announced that it will be starting an internal investigation into the actions of Brian Williams, the ‘Nightly News’ anchor who has admitted and apologised for misleading the public about his time reporting in Iraq in 2003.
The New York Daily News reported that the inquiry will be led by NBC’s investigative unit head Richard Esposito. The network’s president of news Deborah Turness has also sent an internal e-mail to NBC staff on Friday following an editorial meeting.
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NBC News Anchor Brian Williams Recants Iraq Story
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 05 February 2015
The presenter was called out by Iraq veterans for bending the truth about his time as an embedded journalist during the 2003 invasion.
Brian Williams, the anchor of NBC’s ‘Nightly News’, has been forced to climb down and admit that he was not on board a helicopter that was hit and forced down in Iraq in 2003.
In a statement to Stars And Stripes, Williams recanted the claim that he had made on Friday evening at NBC’s coverage of a public tribute to a retired soldier at an ice hockey game. He said on the broadcast that he and his camera crew, who were embedded in a helicopter unit flying risky missions during the 2003 invasion, were shot down in the desert and "rescued, surrounded and kept alive" by a platoon led by the now-retired soldier.
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Lena Dunham And Adam Driver On Sight For 'Girls' Season Four Premiere
By Stephen Caswell in Movies / TV / Theatre on 06 January 2015
With the fourth season of 'Girls' set to debut of 11th January, the cast and various celebrities arrived at the New York première for the series.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York was the sight of something pretty spectacular on 5th January 2015. And no, it wasn't because Ben Stiller was running around at night with a magical tablet and entourage of historical waxworks that look oddly like famous film stars. The Museum was, however, the location for the premiere for season four of HBO's 'Girls'.
Zosia Mamet, Lena Dunham, Allison Williams and Jemima Kirke pose together at the 'Girls' season four premiere (Credit Jamie McCarthy - Getty Images)
As well as the majority of the main cast, the premiere saw members of the supporting cast and various additional celebrities arriving to support the premiere. In addition to Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Adam Driver posing on the red carpet and with one another, 'Mad Men''s Jon Hamm and 'Star Trek''s Zachary Quinto also made an appearance. The event was similar to the way in which the premiere for season three took place at The Lincoln Centre in Manhattan and also saw a string on celebrities checking in to show support.
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