Slow Jammin' The News with Brian Williams

peacefrompaul
peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
edited February 2012 in A Moving Train
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com ... illiams-3/

:lol: Brian Williams is awesome.. So is Fallon. :lol:
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2012/02/slow-jammin-the-news-with-brian-williams-3/

    :lol: Brian Williams is awesome.. So is Fallon. :lol:

    :lol::lol::lol:

    Ooh yeah! I love it! Jimmy Jimmy Fallman and Bri-Bri Will-Williams. :lol:
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    brianlux wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2012/02/slow-jammin-the-news-with-brian-williams-3/

    :lol: Brian Williams is awesome.. So is Fallon. :lol:

    :lol::lol::lol:

    Ooh yeah! I love it! Jimmy Jimmy Fallman and Bri-Bri Will-Williams. :lol:

    :D
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    I have no problems with Brian Williams in the past, but lying about being in a helicopter that got shot down in Iraq??? Can he be the face of NBC News with his credibility taking a shot like that?
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Jason P wrote: »
    I have no problems with Brian Williams in the past, but lying about being in a helicopter that got shot down in Iraq??? Can he be the face of NBC News with his credibility taking a shot like that?

    It's just a foggy memory....
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Last-12-Exit wrote: »
    Jason P wrote: »
    I have no problems with Brian Williams in the past, but lying about being in a helicopter that got shot down in Iraq??? Can he be the face of NBC News with his credibility taking a shot like that?

    It's just a foggy memory....

    I've been in helicopters that have been shot down multiple times. Multiple times, I say!

    Sure, it was when I was playing Battlefield 4 on my playstation, but it's an experience you don't forget or are unsure of.
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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited February 2015
    Do people really trust what media people tell us as factual? This is just one example why to not take what the mainstream media says as factual.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    Do people really trust what media people tell us as factual? This is just one example why to not take what the mainstream media says as factual.

    I would hope that we could trust that their personal experiences are factual. And I can even understand a little embellishment. But to make something up like that and think no one would ever call B.S. is crazy.

    Too bad, as I like him as a nightly anchor. It will be interesting to see if he survives the internet mob lynching that is most likely brewing.
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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Jason P wrote: »
    I have no problems with Brian Williams in the past, but lying about being in a helicopter that got shot down in Iraq??? Can he be the face of NBC News with his credibility taking a shot like that?

    No he can't.This was a fabrication and a lie and it reflects his integrity.I like BW a lot and think he is a great anchor.But you must be above reproach and he lied.
    Didn't Dan Rather do something stupid also?
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    It's as if you think that an individual is making this story up for whatever reason. Not so. Brian Williams is a representative of NBC and journalists have to say what their employers tell them. It is American propaganda, er um, media, you know. More than likely his boss thought it would be a brilliant story so they had him say it. That's how the media works. He's immediately fired if he doesn't report the news as he's told. And now, his career will be scarred.
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Talk about a fraud:

    http://youtu.be/0hxQ_PM_gDc
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    It's about time that the public see the media as they are. I just feel bad for the scapegoat.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    I feel pretty confident that NBC didn't tell him to say he was in a helicopter that got shot down to help fuel the american propaganda machine.
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    I don't think he's a bad guy for lying. Let's be real, all this guy (or any anchor) does is read the news.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Last-12-Exit wrote: »
    I don't think he's a bad guy for lying. Let's be real, all this guy (or any anchor) does is read the news.

    And I'm Ron Burgundy. Go fuck yourself, San Diego.
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    edited February 2015
    Jason P wrote: »
    Last-12-Exit wrote: »
    I don't think he's a bad guy for lying. Let's be real, all this guy (or any anchor) does is read the news.

    And I'm Ron Burgundy. Go fuck yourself, San Diego.

    WHERE ARE THE FUCKING FACES?

    That was funny.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited February 2015
    Jason P wrote: »
    I feel pretty confident that NBC didn't tell him to say he was in a helicopter that got shot down to help fuel the american propaganda machine.

    LOL!

    It may take some time, but the public will eventually realize that "Nightly News" is actually "Nightly fiction". After all, fiction has drama, beef up that drama, the media circus tells its "actors", and who gets in trouble for the made up fiction? Of course, blame it on the "actor".
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,766
    edited February 2015
    I don't care at all. This wouldn't affect how I think of him while he's anchoring the news. I never considered his role to be one that excluded him from telling tall tales about his own life. I am surprised anyone else feels like this changes anything, or is upset or surprised or anything else. Do people seriously need to "trust" news anchors?? It's not like they make or write the news. A news anchor could be the biggest liar on the face of the planet, and that still wouldn't affect what he's reporting on the 6 o'clock news. He's reading from a teleprompter! How honest or trustworthy he is in real life is neither here nor there. If anyone thinks so it seems almost like deluded thinking when it comes to news anchors, lol.
    He's a good anchor. I hope people forget about this silly story soon and he can just get back to reading the news.
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    I wouldn't misremember being shot at in a car (I haven't been). I am certain the brain over time can make you forget things or remember things wrong, but not the big stuff like that.

    I don't think you need to trust the news anchors, but Brian Williams like Tom Brokaw is a journalist and doesn't just read the news. If Williams could make up a big lie like that, then he could lie about other stories to fit his agenda (like we saw with CBS faking reports regarding Bush's service). It isn't like Williams is the news anchor for Columbus, Ohio reading the daily police report.

    I agree that the evening news is a waste and there are much better news sources out there.
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    It's about integrity.Plain and simple.He has damaged his.I still like him,but this is a chink in his reputation and credibility.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    He'll recover. He's a likable guy.

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