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Brian Williams won’t go down without a fight
NY Post ^ | April 28, 2015 | Claire Atkinson

Posted on 04/29/2015 5:48:33 AM PDT by Zakeet

This time, Brian Williams may not be exaggerating.

Talks between the exiled anchor and NBCUniversal have recently become tense — with the 55-year-old newsman saying he will not have his “NBC Nightly News” job taken away without a battle, The Post has learned.

“Brian is saying he’s not going down without a fight and [is] threatening to make it really ugly — worse than Ann Curry,” a source close to NBC told The Post.

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Without a doubt, there is an increasing urgency within NBCUniversal management ranks to bring the prickly situation to an end.

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As talks between Williams and Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit heat up, Williams is believed to be trying to ensure that he is entitled to a payout under the five-year $10-million-per-year deal he signed last year.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brianwilliams; lesterholt; media; msm; msnbc; nbc; nbcnews; news; onedowntheresttogo; williams
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The war hero has hired a pit bull lawyer ... this to ensure that the prickly situation does not come to an end before he receives his contractual payout!

1 posted on 04/29/2015 5:48:33 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Didn’t Brian fly in the jump seat with Tom Harkin over North Viet Nam ?


2 posted on 04/29/2015 5:53:31 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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3 posted on 04/29/2015 5:54:14 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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4 posted on 04/29/2015 5:55:13 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Zakeet

Unfortunately I think lying in the media is very common as a means of putting themselves into the story.

Just yesterday one of the FOX newsbabes started to say she grew up in Baltimore then stopped and changed the direction of her comment to say she always knew Baltimore was a good place.


5 posted on 04/29/2015 5:55:58 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

No, Brian was on the Swift Boat with John Kerry at Christmas in Cambodia.


6 posted on 04/29/2015 5:56:02 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Zakeet

Won’t go down without a fight?
He’s making that up.


7 posted on 04/29/2015 5:57:22 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

hah...I think he was in the jump seat of a F-105D single seat fighter as they swooped over Hanoi in 1976.

I also heard that Brian Williams was also at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

that guy gets around, for sure.


8 posted on 04/29/2015 5:59:02 AM PDT by QualityMan (Don't Tread on Me)
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You know, Brian, given the 11 identified instances where you stretched the truth to accommodate your ego, I think we’re going to need a test run here. You tell us something really, really juicy about the libtard communist psychotpaths you worked with at NBC...make it good and make it about how they screwed conservatives...and we’ll run down the facts behind your allegation. If it pans out, we can talk. If it doesn’t, we’re releasing that video of you saying how much you wish you had Bruce Jenner’s courage...


9 posted on 04/29/2015 6:00:00 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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He’s ALREADY ‘down’!

The damage done to HIS credibility is complete and irreversible. If he attempts to resume his career in ‘journalism’, it can only be a farce


10 posted on 04/29/2015 6:00:47 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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I say let him stay and watch NBC sink deeper into the abyss of ratings. They need to keep him there and not let go of this assclown.


11 posted on 04/29/2015 6:02:25 AM PDT by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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“Brian Williams won’t go down without a fight”

He whipped Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee at once so this should be easy.


12 posted on 04/29/2015 6:04:09 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: Zakeet

Good. Cause that Left-Wing, media rag all the misery you can, Brian.


13 posted on 04/29/2015 6:04:21 AM PDT by Din Maker (Anyone considering Gov. Susana Martinez of NM for VP in 2016?)
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To: Zakeet
Vinny: Uh... Everything that guy just said is bullshit...Thank you.

Judge: The jury will kindly disregard the defendant's entire opening statement, with the exception of "Thank you."

—My Cousin Vinny

14 posted on 04/29/2015 6:05:44 AM PDT by JPG (Lefty reporters doing battle with Sen. Cruz will continue to be chewed-up and spit-out.)
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To: Zakeet

really? because he bends over for Obama without one!


15 posted on 04/29/2015 6:06:34 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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“Brian is saying he’s not going down without a fight and [is] threatening to make it really ugly — worse than Ann Curry,” a source close to NBC told The Post.

ROTFL


16 posted on 04/29/2015 6:07:15 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: QualityMan

He also stood beside MacArthur during the Japanese surrender.


17 posted on 04/29/2015 6:13:07 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Alex Murphy

18 posted on 04/29/2015 6:17:40 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: SMARTY

The way it is most careers in journalism are a farce.


19 posted on 04/29/2015 6:20:28 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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NBC News is much better without him. Perhaps the ones remaining are on their guard to do real news.


20 posted on 04/29/2015 6:25:48 AM PDT by grania
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