What a moron. I guess we can all pretend now. So, if he lied about this, how much other stuff did he lie about? Im sure alot.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015...-down-in-iraq/
Brian Williams, the nation’s top-rated news anchor, has admitted fabricating a tale of being shot down in a helicopter over Iraq a dozen years ago.
Tonight he made amends to everyone, in his broadcast, including the sgt. that he honored at a hockey game.
I'm not sure it was a fabrication as much as mis-remembering. His mea-culpa was satisfactory. The fact that he honored those in uniform was the most important thread.
What a POS
Is misremember even a real thing?
Meh... Hillary Clinton told a similar lie about coming under sniper fire in Bosnia.
She mis-remembered. [pileoshit]
Mis-remember is right next to mis-underestimated.
You don't "mis-remember" being shot down in a helicopter by a rpg. Period.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duman
When you spread disinformation for a living, a guy can get confused don'tcha'know.
The only time I've ever been shot down was at the school dance, and I'm not ashamed to own that. We have plenty of real war heros, we don't need any fake ones.
So....the fact he celebrated, nationally, a group of warriors is lost?
Nevermind, have fun venting..
Integrity...it's like virginity. Once it is gone, it never comes back.
No one is perfect, but people who make a living reading the news should understand better than most the consequences of telling lies.
I think I remember being shot down by Miss November.
Brian Williams tried to have us believe he grew up on NASCAR back when Dale Earnhardt was killed so he could convince everybody he was grieving too. He lost any credibility he ever had with me back in 2001.
I remember that as well. He even worked his son into the story. His statements at the time didn't ring true. You have to respect the pattern.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big E3
Never been in an aircraft that was shot down. If i was i bet it would be memorable.
I feel like calling this stolen valor is a stretch.
Agreed. Dan Rather claiming he was a Marine is much closer to stolen valor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ridge
Isn't stolen valor where some poser wears medals and/or claims rank he never earned?
Brian Williams is a liar, will always be a liar, nothing he does will change that.
he thought he could lie and act like he had valor and steal some fame for himself. he pretended he was shot down and that took away from people who actually were shot down.
and its not something you misremember. I flew on many helo's, and I am certain I would remember if I was shot down. even just a little.
next thing you know a video will surface of him at a bar wearing a uniform telling people he was shot down and now a disabled war hero.
nothing like lying politicians and news people.
more
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...cmp=latestnews
Oh ok, I didn't think of that, another version of stolen valor.Quote:
Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck
What makes this especially egregious is that he has been telling this story for more than a decade on a nationally broadcast program.
Wish I could mis remember to pay my taxes then on my death bed tell everyone I'm sorry.
I was shot down(in flames) dozens of times in bars when I was in my late teens and 20s. I think I still have PTSD from those incidents.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Auto-rotations in helicopters can be fun [Flower]
They are less fun when the Master Caution warning is going off in your headset [panic]
Chinook = Two cocoa nut trees on top of a green school bus. The difference between CH47 pilots and other rotary wing aviators...Shidhook pilots have a foot rest. Crewchief on a 47 is easy to pick out from a Huey crewchief by all of the hydraulic fluid stains on his flightsuit.
Obama and Hillary were there to honor the bodies of the 4 from Bengazi, so we're all good there too right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Duman
This is comparable to complaining you saw your garbageman picking his nose and eating it...
Mis-honor
I consider stolen valor anything where you materially profit. Since show biz and his rep is his job, I'd say it's pretty close.Quote:
Originally Posted by roberth
Makes sense to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by KestrelBike
Fffaaaawwwwkkkkkk!!!!
Check out his VERY detailed story to Letterman. Said his pilot got hit. Said they landed hard, had to drop some bridge material they were carrying, blah, blah, blah. That is not a mis-remember. Clearly an all out fabrication.
I am wondering his knee replacement surgery was real. He had a real fast recovery.
He's a liar, plain and simple.
It never stops with these bastards.Quote:
Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck
I stand corrected. My apologies to those I've offended.
I watched the NBC nightly news tonight to see his body language or reaction. Brian had little more generic smiles at the end. LOL
When I heard this today, my first thought was a form of stolen valor. While politicians lie all the time, "journalists" usually try to maintain some form of integrity/character. I view Williams the same as Dan Rather now - a dishonest talking head who can't be trusted - period. Man, how far has journalism fallen....
It gets better.
I was listening to the Micheal Brown show yesterday and he went on a tear about this.
Then he went on about Williams claims of seeing a floater wash by his hotel in the French Quarter during Katrina. Claimed it traumatized him terribly and changed his life.
The only issue is the French Quarter did not get flooded as say the 9th ward did.
Pathological mis rememberer?
Have yall seen the memes showing up all over the internet making fun of him? Some of them are pretty great.
I really don't understand how someone with such a high profile gets away with something like this for so long. You'd think someone from his old unit would have called him out before now.
So he told this lie all over the country fro over a decade, can you imagine the WIFE, he told her the same lie too, what does think about her hubby now
Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham, John Kerry, Barack Obama, etc... some people expect to get away with it, no matter how long.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcantar18c
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Mark Twain