NBC's Brian Williams recants story about being in a helicopter brought down in Iraq

I hope he gets lower ratings than Olbermann.

 

Agreed. That's why I would have morale concerns about NBC. Any of the hundreds of off-air newsroomers who they'd have been shit-canned, not demoted for $4 million to MSNBC.

 

Bump!
Anchor Brian Williams is leaving MSNBC and NBC News - CNN

 

My guess is he either takes over at CBS - O'Donnell's contract is up or he ends up fronting CNN's streaming service. Zucker already kicked the tires on Maddow, so I'm guessing he figures he needs a name.

 

His show on MSNBC is one of the more informative hours in cable news. I watch it often.

 

Williams screwed up and paid the price for it.

His 11 pm show was great. Tremendous broadcaster.

It’ll be interesting to see where he lands. Guessing a show with a mix of news and entertainment.

 

Massive failure on the Iraq story aside, I always thought Brian did a good job

 

After Jennings died, I switched to NBC. If Williams had just told the story straight — which was probably harrowing enough — he’d still be on the nightly news. I like Lester, but he pulls his punches too often.

 

I'm sure he got tired of being No. 6 in the evening lineup, behind slapdicks like Chris Hayes and Ari Melber.

 

Lawrence O'Donnell should have been the closer; Chris Hayes at 10. Go Reid, Williams, Maddow. Ari Melber should be fired into the sun.