Posted on 02/08/2015 1:41:07 PM PST by Rebelbase
NEW YORK – NBC news anchor Brian Williams has publicly dropped his claim that he was personally beheaded by al Qaeda in Iraq, saying he had misremembered the event.
Williams, known as ‘The Most Trusted NBC Nightly News Anchor in America’ has admitted, “I was never captured by al Qaeda in Iraq in May 2004, nor murdered by AQI leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi” in a notorious propaganda video.
Though Williams had been making the claim for over a decade, it had not received any scrutiny until a recent comment he made on the execution of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh.
During an evening broadcast last week, Williams said, “I can image what [Kaseasbeh] went through, because I remember when I had my head sawn off in Fallujah by al Qaeda [in Iraq], and how horrible that was.”
Critics have charged Williams with appropriating the story of former hostage Nick Berg, pointing out that Williams was nowhere near Iraq on that date, and was in Washington DC accepting an honorary degree from Catholic University. His defenders have claimed the two events probably felt the same.
Meanwhile, critics are examining other past statements of Williams, such as his claim last year to have been killed on 9/11.
“Looking at this now historic footage of the twisted remains of downtown Manhattan, it’s hard to remember all our fellow citizens who suffered through this ordeal twelve years ago. It’s even hard for me, and I remember being crushed to death by tons of concrete in the South Tower,” Williams said in a 9/11 anniversary broadcast.
NBC has already announced plans to conduct an internal investigation of Williams, and has already begun quietly pulling other suspect claims, like Williams’ tearful confession in 2012 that he was having affairs with both Paula Broadwell and David Petraeus.
Some members of the U.S. military have condemned Williams’ statements. Wassef Ali Hassoun, a former Marine Corporal who lied about being taken hostage in Iraq, said Williams had unjustly drawn attention away from his own false claims, which should take precedence.
Williams, a longtime supporter of the U.S. military, read out a public apology on the air Thursday evening.
“This was part of a bungled attempt by me to thank our nation’s veterans, who put their lives on the line for us every single day. It makes me feel even worse than the time ISIS locked me in a cage and burned me alive.”
In related news, the Army has indefinitely delayed action on the silver star Williams was nominated for as a result of the incident, according to a spokesman for Army Secretary John McHugh
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This is good one! “OK, so I may not have been beheaded. I was misremembering.”
Well, it is easy to misremember things when your brain stem has been disconnected from your brain.
I get the feeling many Libs have been wanting to pop Brian’s Celebrity Bubble for a long time before this. Now they get to do it, while wearing a frown of ‘shock and righteous indignation’.
The reason people are having fun piling on is because it is fun. We really enjoy watching libs stew in they’re own juice. They are so sanctimonious.
I’m sure he was water boarded by the CIA.
I thought he was beheaded and the head was reattached and Brian Williams must have to drop his drawers in order to speak. Archaelogist have found a skeleton with the skull in the pelvic region, gee it must have been a journalist at one time! Brian Williams the gift gaffe that keeps on giving!
If you’re a high profile public figure and you’re being ridiculed at this level, it means it’s time to pull the plug on Brian Williams. He may be a fellow traveler with the lefty media but the ridicule is going viral and even NBC has to save face.
Well, Brian Williams DID lose his head....
Let's keep Hillary in this story - she has done far worse!
The MSM has been giving her a pass for too long.
ROFL! Most excellent graphic!
"I got better!"
If only ISIS got hold of Lyin Brian for real, what fun they would have
Pretty funny. Thanks
Best feel good story of the new year. :)
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