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 ...
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.
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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