On Wed Feb 11 2015 at 1:36:06 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > It is possible that NBC's initial investigation into the accuracy of > William's actual reporting (as in some of the Katrina statements) has given > them reason to suspect misrepresentation, but they will need more time to > get to the bottom of it. Under those circumstances, I could see them > wanting to issue a pretty stern punishment ASAP, leaving themselves the > option to actually fire him later if they have enough evidence to show that > he substantially misreported events from Katrina that he knew or should > have known were false.It is also possible their preliminary investigation > has found direct evidence that Williams' Iraq memory was not just flawed, > but a result of conscious lying. >
The catch with this (not that I don't think Kabletown could be dumb enough to do it) is that you're *still* leaving him hanging in the wind. The infuriating part is this from the article: "[Friday], NBC started an investigation into Mr. Williams and his reporting. That investigation is continuing." If they still think termination is a possibility (for the purposes of this discussion, I'll ignore the contractual issues), why not let things finish out, then decide whatever discipline you're going to do? Why bring the hammer out twice? I know Kevin will laugh at my naiveté, but I fundamentally believe that just because you're a public figure doesn't mean you forfeit the same emotional feelings that everyone else has. He was effectively suspended (albeit by himself) prior to this. Per the article, Williams went to the CEO's apartment to find out his fate. Fuck: I've done that walk to an obvious job loss meeting three times. Just reading that paragraph put knots in my stomach. I cannot imagine what Williams must be feeling right now, and he (theoretically) still has a job. If that investigation is continuing with the idea that they could still ax him, making a public announcement about his suspension now is heartless. Here is how little trust I have in the folks at NBC. I would be willing to put a decent amount of money on this scenario: someone at 30 Rock found out about the Jon Stewart retirement news and pulled the equivalent of a Friday night data dump, figuring that would easily overwhelm anything about their little situation (which, based solely on my Facebook news feed, it did in spades). -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
