Even though I detest liars, I feel bad for him and don't think he deserves ridicule. I think he got caught up in being "one of the guys" and telling his war story. He probably has a good fish story too. He might not have wanted to tell it on national TV though!

I've never cared for him. I remember, during the Lewinsky mess, Williams saying in some interview or something that he was "disappointed" with Clinton and that he resented have to explain for his then 11-year-old daughter Allison what oral sex is, because of all the reporting on the news media.

I was disgusted by him. For one thing, it wasn't Clinton that decided to air his dirty laundry. It was his supposedly Christian-values political enemies. Second, it was his own industry that was opting to report on that stupid story; third, why was his daughter being exposed to that anyway? and finally, I saw his now adult daughter simulating sex, on national TV, as an actress on her show…a far cry from a private, consensual affair between adults. Is Mr. Williams ashamed and disappointed in his daughter and apologizing to parents of 11 year olds for his daughter FORCING them to have to explain to their children was sex is, what Allison was doing on her show that night?

Such self-righteous and judgmental pukiness.

He always seemed rather pompous to me.

Seemingly, nobody can hide their BS these days. Wondering who'll be next?

Probably Geraldo Rivera, if there's any reputation left. Talk about pompous.

The one instance wouldn't be so bad because I can see wanting the story to seem like he was one of the war guys, but there are SEVERAL instances of him just fabricating stories regarding Katrina and other events. Dan Rather got drummed out of CBS, if I recall correctly, for manipulating the news. The thing is...a journalist needs to be believable. If it is just a person reading the news...okay. But not one who is going to try to show the "reality" of what's happening. He's blown it. I'm sorry to see it as well. I remember liking him way back when he was only on MSNBC.

The science of memory demonstrates very clearly that people's brains "fill in" details from other occurrances of the same event or even other events entirely when recalling, and that process is more pronounced with length of time from the actual event. In fact, it is not so much "re-calling" an event as it is piecing it together out of whatever the brain has handy at the moment!

The above is just one reason to distrust journalists' accounts. Add that to the general television reporter hubris and need for ratings and you have a lab perfect conditions for misinformation. A picture is NOT worth a thousand words, because the footage you see accompanying the voice overs in televised reporting may not even be in the same province or country as the story being told. Every clip shown is chosen with personal bias, every word of the script (sometimes written by a kid right out of college who hasn't the fund of knowledge to know s/he is making mistakes), and every cut by an editor shapes a televised story and takes it farther from the actual unvarnished truth.

The vast majority of televised news is untruth to some extent. Just my opinion, of course, but based on years of knowing these people. About 20 years ago we got rid of our television partly because I did not want our kids to grow up thinking that televised reporting was a reliable source of truth.

Brian Williams is an oaf, but he is just one of many, and one of many at NBC. They'll have to make an example of him but that simply clear the way for the next person who is paid $10 million per year to perform. Did you know those people are not called journalists? In their contracts and in the studios they are the Talent, and they perform.

I am surprised people did not step forward sooner. After all, there were others with him at the time.

It's sad. I think there are more hiding in the woodwork.

But this means we get to see Lester Holt more! Do you think they will still have him work double shifts on weekends AND go out on assignment? He's the most visible man on TV.

If I remember correctly Walter Cronkite admitted jumping the gun and announcing that JFK was dead before it had been officially confirmed.

Are you decorating with him? Why on the decorating forum, oh this is so confusing.

There used to be an offtopic conversations forum linked to the decorating forum. Since the switch - the conversations got mixed into the decorating forum.