He was several minutes behind the chopper that was fired at. He didn't see them taking fire.
Sent from Blue Mail On Feb 9, 2015, 1:58 AM, at 1:58 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >As an outsider to this whole thing - catching an occasional edition of >the >Nightly News on CNBC in the UK, but more regularly seeing his >appearances >(and references) on The Daily Show - this does feel to me a bit of a >storm >in a teacup. I'd have thought a week or two off to let things calm >down, >and for the media to alight on another story about itself, would do the >trick. > >As PGage has consistently said, I think it's totally understandable >that >his memory has played tricks in this way. Even though he wasn't in the >helicopter that took gunfire, he was was flying behind it, and from his >perspective it could have taken gunfire. That must be incredibly scary. >The >enemy shooting at a vehicle like a helicopter could do catastrophic >damage. >Memories get muddled and concatenated. What happened to him, could have >happened to me. I was right there. > >That's not to excuse him as a newsman who must be held to higher >standards. >Although daily I see far worse transgressions - commentators knowingly >stretching and twisting the facts to fit their pre-ordained opinions; >reporters asking stupid and irrelevant questions; and networks trying >to >add drama to the news as though it was some kind of thriller or >melodrama. > >Unless he can be shown to have deliberately - and repeatedly - lied >then I >see no reason to throw him to the lions. > >I recall BBC World News Editor making the claim, at the time, that he >had >"liberated" Kabul when he was driving with the Northern Alliance >against a >scattering Taliban. He had to apologise ( >http://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/nov/19/warinafghanistan2001.afghanistan1). >It's an embarrassing episode in an otherwise distinguished career. We >move >on. He still holds that position - a roving senior role - at BBC News. > >As for Williams' extra-curricular work? Perhaps he needs to rein that >in, >but there shouldn't, per se, be anything to stop trying to appeal to a >younger demographic. Nightly newscasts might be limited in our >lifetimes as >we get the news from the internet on our own terms. Audiences for those >evening bulletins are getting older. There's that old canard of more >young >Americans getting their news from Jon Stewart than the nightly news >programmes. > >And yet picking and choosing your own news isn't necessarily healthy. >We're >all more naturally interested in some stories than others. Apple has a >new >watch out - interesting; confusing stuff is going on in Libya - not so >interesting. Putting things in front of me that I didn't know I needed >to >know is good. > >So trying to prop up an interest in the news by appearing on the late >night >talk shows, perhaps showing the human side, or the relevance of what >the >news means to younger viewers, should in some ways be applauded. > > >Adam > >On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Joe Coughlin <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> Should Brian Williams jump or be pushed, Lester Holt will be the >> anchor in the interregnum. Should the ratings hold or go up, he gets >> the chair permanently. >> >> Though I'm not at all convinced that Williams is going anywhere. >> >> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:28 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> >wrote: >> > On Sun Feb 08 2015 at 6:16:43 PM Kevin M. ><[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> as CBS learned when Rather departed and ABC learned when Jennings >> passed >> >> away, the days of smooth transitions are gone >> > >> > >> > Except that ABC has has had two extremely smooth transitions since >Peter >> > Jennings died (Charles Gibson to Diane Sawyer and Sawyer to Muir.) >And >> the >> > last CBS transition did about as well as could be expected >considering >> that >> > there was no heir apparent before Katie Couric announced her >departure. >> > >> > What NBC is currently missing is the elder statesman to come in as >a >> > caretaker anchor for a few months like Gibson did after Jennings' >death >> or >> > Bob Schieffer did after Dan Rather's departure was pushed out. >Brokaw has >> > already done that once after Tim Russert's passing, and I can't see >him >> > coming back at his age, with his health history, to fill in after >his >> > handpicked successor's ignominious departure. >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > TV or Not TV .... 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