3 reasons I am pissed at Brian Williams

The NBC news anchor seems like a nice guy — but of course, that is what he has made millions selling, a persona you’d invite into your living room every night.

So he provides misleading accounts about a combat experience for years, then issues an apology that makes it appear as if his transgression was only a one-time slipup.

This isn’t just storytelling over beers in a bar. Williams’ acts are public and carry consequences. In repeating the lie, and then issuing a weak, misleading apology, Williams has:

— Confirmed the belief of many soldiers that reporters are only in it for themselves,

— Made it look like people covering war lie about their experiences,

— And ill-served people like Anthony Shadid and Jill Carroll who really did put their lives on the line.

Bottom line: I am disappointed and disgusted. This appears to me to be a journalistic version of stolen valor. More here from le blog de Lamothe.

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