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Trouble Mounts for Brian Williams: NBC Reportedly Looking into His Expense Accounts
Salon.com ^
| February 11, 2015
| Luke Brinker
Posted on 02/12/2015 1:58:15 AM PST by lbryce
NBC has expanded its probe into embattled news anchor Brian Williams to examine his expense accounts, New York Magazines Gabriel Sherman reports.
Williams, whom NBC suspended for six months without pay on Tuesday, has come under fire since admitting last week that he misled the public by claiming to have come under enemy fire aboard an Army Chinook during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The NBC Nightly News anchor also faces scrutiny over claims hes made about his experiences during Hurricane Katrina and the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brianwilliams; expenseaccounts; lyinbrian; nbc; nbcnews; williams; williamssuspended
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To: Alberta's Child
"...can find fabricated expense reports, they can fire him for defrauding the company."
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Would NBC have him prosecuted for defrauding them?
Nancy Grace can cover the trial,,,,heh,,.heh...
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posted on
02/12/2015 8:50:49 AM PST
by
hummingbird
(US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
To: lbryce
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posted on
02/12/2015 9:19:59 AM PST
by
houeto
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
To: woodbutcher1963
"I posted this on a thread last week. Wouldn't it be interesting to find out that someone like Lester Holt was behind the exposure of this story. That it was this incredible Machiavellian plot to move himself into the anchor chair."
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LOVE IT!!!
Maybe they can make a mini series movie of the week!!
Everybody drinks when the Brian Williams character or NBC folk tell a lie!
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posted on
02/12/2015 9:33:10 AM PST
by
hummingbird
(US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
To: lbryce
6 months off. He won’t return, this is a six month exit plan.
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posted on
02/12/2015 9:35:51 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: Pontiac
“ABC and CBS are taking advantage of Williams misfortune to try and capture a few viewers from NBC.”
Both of them?
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posted on
02/12/2015 9:41:06 AM PST
by
patton
(The GBU45. Delivered in 30 minutes, or its free.)
To: lbryce
I think Williams was probably toast just as soon as Katrina came up, because that is far more potentially embarrassing to the media at large (as well as being the foundation of his career). They've managed to twist the undeniable chemical weapons finds in Iraq into a Bush criticism but this one isn't really subject to that sort of spin. Ironic, perhaps, but understandable, because at this point not a lot of people care a great deal about Bush's reputation, but they do care about the reputation of the media, and the level of derision delightfully directed at Williams on this one makes that one a pain point where otherwise it might not have been.
Then, too, there might well be genuine expense account issues. How sad is it when everyone's first reaction is that they're lying and using that as an excuse? How sad is it that we're probably right?
To: houeto
Did she really tell him that?!
Because that would be awesome!
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posted on
02/12/2015 9:53:40 AM PST
by
hummingbird
(US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
To: hummingbird
Would NBC have him prosecuted for defrauding them?Heaven's no. I doubt NBC wants to see this anywhere near a court house. Too many skeletons in too many closets that Williams knows all about. They'll offer him a severance package with undisclosed terms and Brian Williams will never set foot in 30 Rockefeller Plaza again.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Fox hire him though.
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posted on
02/12/2015 10:16:04 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: lbryce
Brian Williams’s lies weren’t small... the lies showed total contempt for the American people, for NBC, and for his profession.
A man who has that kind of disdain for the rights of others won’t stop at simple lies. There’s more. And more within NBC...
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posted on
02/12/2015 11:32:41 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(If you can't get on the high horse for men burned alive and children raped, what's the horse for?)
To: InterceptPoint
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:34:53 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
To: Pontiac
Lying is like breathing to Liberals. You can't spell "liberal" without L-I-A-R.
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:36:37 PM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
(You're either in or in the way.)
To: blaveda
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:40:11 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
To: houeto; hummingbird; onyx; KC_Lion
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:51:46 PM PST
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: Jane Long; RedMDer
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posted on
02/12/2015 6:59:59 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: onyx; RedMDer
RedMDer is always on to the latest!
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:44:15 PM PST
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: Jane Long; RedMDer
Smiling.
Yes, he is, but I think he’s gone “night, night.”
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02/12/2015 7:47:36 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: Jane Long; houeto; hummingbird; onyx; RedMDer; GeronL
Love It!
And also didn't Brian Williams do a false story about Sarah banning books in Wasilla or some such?
BOOM!
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:50:27 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(The Issue is Not The Issue, The Issue is The Revolution.)
To: ExNewsExSpook
Wouldn’t surprise me if companies with highly paid rockstar employees deliberately allow them to misuse their expense accounts simply to ensure an easy termination if needed.
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posted on
02/12/2015 8:21:48 PM PST
by
Junior_G
(Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
To: KC_Lion; Jane Long; houeto; hummingbird; onyx; GeronL
Ya gotta love Sarah. She is a straight talker. :)
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posted on
02/13/2015 5:37:27 AM PST
by
RedMDer
(I don't listen to Liars but when I do I know it's Barack Obama.)
To: Junior_G
Reminds me of the show Suits. If there’s an angle, it will be played...by BOTH sides ;-)
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posted on
02/13/2015 6:46:52 AM PST
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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