On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 3:05 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:
> New York Magazine points out a bunch of other tall tales that Williams has > reportedly told, including rolling into Baghdad with SEAL Team 6 and > meeting Pope John Paul II (no word on whether BriWi reported that the Pope > was catholic, but at this point I'd wait for independent confirmation.) > > Much as I thought the initial thing was kind of overblown, I don't see how > he comes back from all of this stuff being thrown at him. > > > http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/02/williams-might-have-also-lied-about-seals.html > The stories keep piling up. Since I was searching for this link while you posted, I will post it anyway: Special Ops Official Casts More Doubt On Brian Williams' SEAL Team 6 Tales http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/brian-williams-seal-team-6-doubt and Questions Raised About Brian Williams' Stories Of The Fall Of The Berlin Wall http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/brian-williams-berlin-wall-questioned NBC now has a problem they can't make go away simply by firing Williams. If they cared about credibility, they would have uncovered these stories at the time they were told and taken steps then. I wouldn't blame NBC for not vetting stories that their reporters or even anchors tell at journalism class appearances or banquets, but Williams told his 2003 helicopter story and his SEAL helicopter story on the Late Show. NBC has shown themselves to be sloppy by waiting for third parties to question these stories. The question came up yesterday as to whether NBC could fire Williams for breaching the morals clause of his contract and I think Williams would win a wrongful termination lawsuit based on NBC's sloppiness. His lawyers could claim that Williams's story about the 2003 helicopter incident started to change in 2005 and NBC needed to warn/reprimand/suspend him then. His lawyers could also go through public appearances by other NBC newspeople and find instances where somebody said something questionable and was not suspended or fired. I don't believe it will take this story six months to play out. If the stories peter out or it is found that there is some conspiracy or agenda behind them, NBC can announce in 2 or 3 months that they have completed their investigation and Williams can return. If the stories continue to pile up and their credibility builds, NBC can sit down with Williams, come to an agreement that he has become too damaged to continuing the nightly news, and buy out his contract for a fraction of its worth. The longer Williams waits to take that deal the less leverage he has. -- -- 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.
