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Brian Williams, 2013: I Have to Tell You, Alec Baldwin, That When My Bird Went Tango Uniform One Niner Fiver Kliks Outside of Najaf, I Pondered My Own Mortality With Manful Quietude
This showboatin' sociopathic fabulist has been telling increasingly more Total Horeshit accounts of this Non-Brush with Not-Death since 2003, getting more Heroic and Steely-Eyed every time he tells the tale.
April 2008: In another blog post, Williams again recalls the 2003 attack and says "we came under fire" -- explicitly linking his aircraft to the attack. He continues, "The Chinook helicopter flying in front of ours (from the 101st Airborne) took an RPG to the rear rotor, as all four of our low-flying Chinooks took fire. We were forced down and stayed down." April 2008: With Williams slated to speak at the school's spring commencement ceremony, Ohio State University puts out a press release to trumpet the anchor's background. While the biography never explicitly says that Williams was in the helicopter that was struck by enemy fire, it sure implies as much. "He was the first NBC correspondent to reach Baghdad during the 2003 war in Iraq, and was part of a U.S. Army helicopter mission that was forced down by enemy fire south of Najaf," the school says. March 2013: On the ten-year anniversary of the incident, Williams appears on "The Late Show with David Letterman." He says "two of our four helicopters were hit by ground-fire, including the one I was in, RPG and AK-47." He adds, "We figure out how to land safely and we did." The comment suggests that his helicopter were hit, and was part of the same formation. January 2015: In a "Nightly News" segment, Williams says "the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an RPG."But not on that list is a particularly Throbbing version of his Terror at Two Hundred Feet war story he told to Alec Baldwin, trying to impress him. He actually claimed he "briefly" -- and manfully, we assume -- contemplated his own mortality as his chopper was racked by SAMs and groundfire from the AK's. (#StolenValor fabulists like to mimic the lingo of actual soldiers to sound more badass. I'm sure if you asked this Walter Mitty motherfucker about the event he'd tell you how many "kliks" he was outside of Najaf.) But, see, what really happened was, when he found out a different helicopter flying a full hour ahead of his had been shot, Brian Williams was so traumatized that his life flashed before his eyes.
"I guess I do say to myself and to others -- I've got this' -- and I don’t know where that unbridled confidence comes from," Williams told Baldwin, trying to describe where he gets his thirst for action and challenge. "And I've done some ridiculously stupid things under that banner, like being in a helicopter I had no business being in in Iraq with rounds coming into the airframe," Williams said. "Did you think you would die?" Baldwin asked. "Briefly, sure," Williams said. "There have been probably more than..." he said, before trailing off.I wonder what further Appointments With Death he was about to recount for us before wistfully trailing off, like a Hero who doesn't want to talk about The Shit He's Seen. Gee I don't know where my ridiculous confidence -- my "I got this" response -- comes from when I'm in dangerous situations. I think it's mostly because I'm daydreaming these Perils and really am not in any sort of danger whatsoever.
"The wagons, they are a-circlin'," AllahPundit writes, further noting that the New York Times has chosen to cover this on... page B. 10. Sean Davis notes that the same guy who defended Neil Tyson's lies and evasions is now performing the same services for Brian Williams. Eric Wemple notes (as many people have) that Princess Williams was certainly traveling with an NBC entourage, and those people knew the truth of this event, and yet NBC has published fabulist fictions about it not once but multiple times, with the official corporate position apparently being, "If it helps our soft, feminine-looking News Presenter appear more manly, let's go with it, for Corporate Branding Reasons." Incidentally, various Defenders of the Liberal Social Caste have claimed that it was inconceivable to them that Brian Williams would lie; ergo, it must just be a mistake. They claimed they could not fathom any possible motive for lying. Even though these shitbags work in a bullhshitty, connections-y, Who You Know industry, they claim to not understand the usefulness of a lie told for professional advancement and personal aggrandizement. Perhaps this will clear the mystery up for them. Twitchy's partial transcript of the David Letterman interview:
Two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire, including the one I was in.” “No kidding!” “RPG and AK-47.” “What altitudes were you hit at?” “We were only at a hundred feet doing a hundred forward knots because we had these massive pieces of bridge beneath us on slings.” “What happens the minute everybody realizes you’ve been hit?” “Uh, we figure out how to land safely, and we did. We landed very quickly and hard and we put down and we were stuck. Four birds in the middle of the desert, and we were north out ahead of the other Americans.” “Oh my. So as a guy, as a journalist, what do you think? ‘This is a great position to be in,’ or ‘Holy crap, I gotta get outta here”? “I, uh, more toward the “holy crap.”"Four birds." See what I mean? Fuck you, Fabulist, Coward, Thief of Valor. But this is how Letterman, suitably impressed, comments on Williams' claims of heroism:
“I have to treat you now with renewed respect,” summed up Letterman.Do the people claiming mystification at Williams' motive for lying now understand why people lie about Cool Shit They've Done?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:19 PM (hHFOx)
Posted by: HH at February 05, 2015 12:19 PM (Ce4DF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2015 12:20 PM (NExTl)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:20 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:20 PM (VcOqI)
Posted by: Dang at February 05, 2015 12:21 PM (MNq6o)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Paranoia Punch with Electrolytes at the Outrage Outlet! at February 05, 2015 12:21 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:21 PM (hHFOx)
Kinda like how people who claim to be reincarnated were someone important in their previous life, not just 'joe the farmer.'
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 12:22 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 05, 2015 12:22 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Caliban at February 05, 2015 12:22 PM (DrC22)
Posted by: Dr. Amy Bishop at February 05, 2015 12:23 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Dang at February 05, 2015 12:23 PM (MNq6o)
I wonder.....
If Brian Williams is willing to lie .... repeatedly.... about himself and what he experienced.....
I wonder if theres anything *else* he lied about over the course of his career.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 12:23 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: bosk at February 05, 2015 12:23 PM (n2K+4)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:23 PM (DrC22)
Ask yourself - What Would Breitbart Do
Posted by: Mega at February 05, 2015 12:23 PM (hHFOx)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:23 PM (VcOqI)
It's a start.
Posted by: shredded chi at February 05, 2015 12:23 PM (J0k5B)
*begins rage twitch*
I'm sure he's told his misremembered story at cocktail parties all over Manhattan.
*continues rage twitch*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2015 12:24 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:24 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Lizzy
Causing claiming to have power sounds better than having syphilis? So I've been told.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:24 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Hugh Hefner at February 05, 2015 12:24 PM (DrC22)
Still. It was traumatic and too like 10 minutes because the line was really long.
Posted by: Lauren at February 05, 2015 12:24 PM (MYCIw)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:24 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at February 05, 2015 12:24 PM (zLpEg)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (VcOqI)
But *someone* needs to ask Richard Engel and Lara Logan what they think of ol' Lyin Brian's stories of heroism under enemy fire.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (ABcz/)
Yes, but first you will blow me.
Posted by: Brian, smug MFer, Williams at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Brian Williams channeling Jon Carry at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (/GgDU)
I've heard less bullshit sitting around a table with drunken marines discussing thailand sea stories
Posted by: Navycopjoe at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (mx6Sm)
Posted by: Prudence Constance at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (RJUCO)
Scalp.
Its time to start calling for his scalp.
And there's room in the display case next to Dan Rather's and Mary Mape's.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Paladin at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (YNPwP)
If that part of the tall tale is even vaguely factual, that's scary as hell.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (MbqmP)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: davidt at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (+Q1Mu)
--
Who's "we", Kemosabe?
Posted by: Chinook Pilot at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (ZPrif)
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us on Saint Crispin's Day.
Not really too hard to figure out. At all.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Paranoia Punch with Electrolytes at the Outrage Outlet! at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Boromir at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (XFiuW)
Truth is for little people.
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:25 PM (VcOqI)
The narrative must be continued, cause you know, I am a brave MFer.
Posted by: Brian, smug MFer, Williams at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (0FSuD)
It must awaken the sleeping urge of destroying the media he used to talk about.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Chinook Pilot at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: shredded chi
How cute. I forced multiple women to have sex and was able to pay (some) of them of and here i stay.
Did ya notice how no one even bothers to check how may women work here, how long they stay and how they're doing?
Posted by: David Letterman does NOT laugh at Pres boyfriend at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (Spluw)
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
'cause girl, there's a better life for me and you
-Brian Williams wrote that after his harrowing Iraq adventure.
Posted by: RWC at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (fWAjv)
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He read a book with Fabio on the front.
Posted by: flmomof4 at February 05, 2015 12:26 PM (nSjrf)
Would you like your shoes shined?
Posted by: Chuck Norris at February 05, 2015 12:27 PM (mx6Sm)
How was it different than any piece of luggage?
Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 05, 2015 12:27 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:27 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: War is Heller at February 05, 2015 12:27 PM (DrC22)
Posted by: Jaws at February 05, 2015 12:27 PM (WKNX4)
Still. It was traumatic and too like 10 minutes because the line was really long.
Posted by: Lauren at February 05, 2015 12:24 PM (MYCIw)
I was scarred for life because the clerk asked me if I wanted paper or plastic. Okay, well, someone an hour before me got asked that question, but WHY ARE YOU STARING AT ME LIKE THAT!
Posted by: Brain Willems at February 05, 2015 12:27 PM (MbqmP)
I thought I might die on a few of those Delaware senate race threads.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 05, 2015 12:28 PM (659DL)
And that's why I don't think NBC will do much if anything to Williams - because they were complicit in the fraud.
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 05, 2015 12:28 PM (PFy0L)
Posted by: Brian Williams channeling Jon Carry at February 05, 2015 12:28 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 12:28 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at February 05, 2015 12:28 PM (ucB75)
Posted by: Guest of the Scotts at February 05, 2015 12:28 PM (rO8Az)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (VcOqI)
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Heh... I forgot all about that...
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (2Ayux)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (x3YFz)
This.
As ace points out: NBC surely knew this was a lie (fable, misrembered, whatever- those are soft words- this was a lie, brazen and repeated), and they let him run with it on multiple occasions because it suited their purposes.
Particularly, it helped them hide behind the lie "We support the troops but not the mission" (remember that one?).
This MUST become about NBC's repeated mendacity as much as it is about Brian Williams.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (kff5f)
Page B10? Right hand page in the f*cking Business section.
They want this story to go away.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: maddogg at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (xWW96)
If that part of the tall tale is even vaguely factual, that's scary as hell.
Posted by: Anderson
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Yeah, I thought the same thing.
Bullshit.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: Dr. Nancy "Ebola Soup Run" Snyderman at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)
I did. And I got reincarnated in the exact same damn place. FML.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (Spluw)
--
TheBlazeNOW @TheBlazeNOW 6m6 minutes ago
Amy Pascal steps down as head of Sony Pictures' film business - @WSJ
Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 05, 2015 12:30 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Brain Willems at February 05, 2015 12:30 PM (MbqmP)
Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN at February 05, 2015 12:30 PM (RqItQ)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 05, 2015 12:30 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Mega at February 05, 2015 12:30 PM (hHFOx)
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (mx6Sm)
Accuracy counts.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (DrC22)
Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (hHFOx)
they probably had at least one complaint from someone who REALLY served. And they obviously sat on it. and now the fertilizer hit the windmill.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (Bn6aD)
___________
and then snorted a line of coke purchased with Soros funds.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (VAsIq)
They want this story to go away.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Vaginassassin, aka Beth at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (4df7R)
The NY Slime has the story on front page of on line edition.
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Rev. Al "Race Bait Tax Evade" Sharpton at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 05, 2015 12:32 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:32 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 12:32 PM (MMC8r)
http://tinyurl.com/p4mvbxp
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 12:32 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 05, 2015 12:32 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:29 PM (Spluw)
LOL... when you have a bad week and fall asleep the next morning you wake up and go... "ffffffuck I woke up."
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 12:32 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: maddogg at February 05, 2015 12:32 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:32 PM (VcOqI)
Posted by: Jaws at February 05, 2015 12:33 PM (WKNX4)
We? WE?!? THEY figure out how to land safely and THEY did.
Reminds me of Kramer from that Seinfeld episode, "Now I'M driving the bus!"
Posted by: Dang at February 05, 2015 12:33 PM (MNq6o)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:33 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Zombie Pol Pot at February 05, 2015 12:33 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Phinn at February 05, 2015 12:33 PM (kZPy3)
I would not be surprised to learn Dave was told to inflate this creampuff.
"I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions...Commando Airborne Tactics...Specialist Tactics Unit Battalion. Yeah, it was real hush hush. I was Agent Orange, Special Agent Orange, that was me."
Posted by: Rev. Dr. E Buzz Miller at February 05, 2015 12:34 PM (jzdfJ)
And Derringers
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 05, 2015 12:34 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 12:34 PM (/GgDU)
NOT that formally fat weather dude who crapped his pants meeting Barry the Magnificent....you mean he just farted....and a dry one at that?
Posted by: Paladin at February 05, 2015 12:34 PM (YNPwP)
LeContredicteur AceofSpadesHQ
[Christopher Chabris*] by the way you look like a monkey took a shit and then molded that shit into the shape of a mediocre potato
* Memory expert defending Brian Williams as having "an ordinary false memory that happens to every human being."
Tres amuse.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 05, 2015 12:34 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Delaware's own Joe Biden at February 05, 2015 12:34 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Zombie LBJ at February 05, 2015 12:34 PM (NHtMs)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:34 PM (VcOqI)
And that's why I don't think NBC will do much if anything to Williams - because they were complicit in the fraud.
I want to hear from the soldiers who have been trying to call Williams out on this lie. Who'd they contact? What response, if any, did they get? Did they contact any competing news companies who then declined to investigate out of "professional courtesy"?
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2015 12:34 PM (jhqr1)
Posted by: Brian Williams
You liar. You've never been here!
-Little Shop of Lies at the Galleria
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 12:35 PM (IGu+c)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:35 PM (VcOqI)
You cant hiiiiiiiiide your lyin eyes.
And you smiiiii-iii--le is a thin disguise.
I thought by nooooo--oow youd realize.
There aint no way to hide your lying eyes.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 12:35 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Ahnold at February 05, 2015 12:35 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 12:35 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Brain Willems at February 05, 2015 12:35 PM (MbqmP)
Wait. What? Someone was trying to defend remembering "Not me" as "Me?"
Seriously, ace was on this yesterday: Only insane people can confuse "not me" with "me."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:35 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at February 05, 2015 12:36 PM (zL/eJ)
Posted by: John "Green Christmas" Kerry at February 05, 2015 12:36 PM (ace8f)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Paranoia Punch with Electrolytes at the Outrage Outlet! at February 05, 2015 12:36 PM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 12:36 PM (XFiuW)
"This was more sinister and not just an honest mistake. My husband was
on aircraft 99, which was the one shot down. Brian Williams was lying
the minute he visited the aircraft hours later, and the crew members
have been trying to call attention to it since then. Even back in 2003,
he stated that he was in the convoy, which he wasnt. And his convoy that
landed after the boys were shot down left them to do their own security
while trying to assess whether their aircraft could be flown and take
care of repairs.
Not only this, but he didn't mention in his report if the members of
the crew were safe and what was going on. So imagine what it was like
for all of the military wives in Germany waiting for a call to say their
husbands were okay. It was a few days later once the crew WAS safe
before they gave interviews. And it was to Geraldo Rivera since they
were irritated by Brian Williams.
Basically, they refused to give Williams an interview on site and
closed the aircraft ramp on him because they were still reeling from
their experience and needing to take care of their aircraft so they
could get to a relatively safe area. And Williams wanted the story so he
embellished his story with no regard to the crew or their families. Our
home has banned NBC news since 2003 because of this jackass, and the
fact that my husband spits fire and rants every time he saw Brian
Williams."
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 12:36 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM (0FSuD)
In small print beneath the major stories, and you have to scroll down a bit to find it.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at February 05, 2015 12:36 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (8ZskC)
I was sitting there watching TV one morning and then all of a sudden "The View" came on. It was nip-and-tuck for a few seconds finding the remote and getting the channel switched to something else. Anything else.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (LA7Cm)
Charlie owned the night.
*now that's an actual fact. However I was sitting on the fantail of a USN Frigate in the harbor with just about 0 chance of getting so much as an ear ache from said rounds.
It's all in the telling.*
Back to you Brian.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (RZzX3)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Nip Sip
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John f*cking Kerry is f*cking Secretary of State !
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (OD2ni)
My worst helicopter story was when our Marine reserve unit was crammed into UH-1s and the Army reserve pilots screwed with us by demonstrating autorotation.
We had a prayer breakfast in the back of that damned helicopter.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Baron von Munchausen at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (bAGA/)
The Silver Tongue, to be awarded for conspicuous lying and/or lack of gallantry in non-combat situations. Initial honorees include Brian Williams for an uncontested helicopter flight, John Kerry for throwing some other guy's medals over the White House fence, Hillary Clinton for not being shot at in Bosnia, and Barack Obama for singlehandedly not killing OBL for 6 months, then claiming credit for a bold decision to kill him. Each of these will also receive the herpes cluster for autolingus/self-fellatio for public self-congratulations on multiple occasions.
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (Gosad)
So. Do they give a medal for Courageous Exaggeration?
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 12:36 PM (XFiuW)
actually since the current SECAF thinks that transgenderedismly thingy's are more important than putting steel on target, I'd have to file that under "shit that stands a good chance of happening."
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 12:38 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:38 PM (ZWRoJ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2015 12:38 PM (FsuaD)
/Brian "Killer B" Williams
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at February 05, 2015 12:38 PM (zLpEg)
They're gonna get you
Posted by: Thompson Twins at February 05, 2015 12:38 PM (VAsIq)
What if every single detail were the same, except we were talking about Rush or Glenn Beck. Can you IMAGINE what the media would be doing to them?
Posted by: skinbad at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (ogrXQ)
Posted by: Amy Pascal at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (ZPrif)
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sooo..... Lyin Williams got caught lying.... AND scooped by Geraldo.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Vaginassassin, aka Beth at February 05, 2015 12:36 PM (4df7R)
They never covered ANYTHING about Steve Kroft. NOTHING.
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (0FSuD)
"OK, wagons in a circle":
Michael Barbaro mikiebarb*
I just don't like people writing off big and well earned careers on Twitter without plenty of context and reflection.
*Political reporter for The New York Times
"Well earned" you say?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 05, 2015 12:31 PM
FIFY
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (zLpEg)
Fearing the worst and knowing I had scant seconds to react, I took shelter in a conveniently located refrigerator.
With the force of Gods, chaos reigned. The air itself a wall of hellfire, the sound a bolt of lightning stricken by Thor's Hammer.
I count myself fortunate to have survived to tell this completely true story that really happened.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (++CGM)
Posted by: Michael Caine at February 05, 2015 12:39 PM (+Q1Mu)
Turned out he wasn't hurt too bad, thank goodness, but I'll always remember that day.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:40 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2015 12:38 PM (FsuaD)
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Ummmm..... thats a lie too.
He went back to Kuwait.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 12:40 PM (NaV4z)
Williams is typical of NBC News. He is NBC News.
Posted by: MTF at February 05, 2015 12:40 PM (FCsIb)
Posted by: Amy Pascal at February 05, 2015 12:40 PM (ZPrif)
Had absolutely no chance of detonating or remotely hitting us
Just trying to scare us
In my case yeah it worked
I squealed like a little bitch and tried to crawl up my own ass to hide
Wish I had Brian Williams' resolve under fire
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 05, 2015 12:40 PM (mx6Sm)
Posted by: Preezy Choom at February 05, 2015 12:40 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:40 PM (VcOqI)
How many years before we get a movie purporting to be about Brian Williams and all those servicemen who lied about him not being on the helicopter?
Posted by: junior at February 05, 2015 12:40 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 05, 2015 12:41 PM (ZPrif)
Call me a "Walter Mitty"? Why, I was there! I tell you, the helicopter was crevulating! And coreopsis was setting in!
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:41 PM (zcbZo)
"Mitchell One, this Anchor Desk Actual. Do you copy?"
*static*
Posted by: eman at February 05, 2015 12:41 PM (66/zW)
Posted by: Major McBragg at February 05, 2015 12:41 PM (knoK7)
Or, the BVDs are riding awful high... knew I should of worn boxers instead of tightie-whities....
Posted by: Brian "pucker-factor" Williams at February 05, 2015 12:41 PM (zL/eJ)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia
This!!!!!!! get that trending on Twitter.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:41 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Yip at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (84SRe)
Posted by: Joseph Welch at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (OXzvH)
Oh. So a lying valor thief gets "plenty of context and reflection" (and, as always, the context actually makes it worse). How much "context and reflection" did you call for when people were smearing George W Bush for 6 years, you worthless piece of crap?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (kff5f)
That one time he was on the beach, and dodging enemy fire and was able to claw his way to the restaurant for dinner. That guy just gets shit DONE man!!!
Just imagine if he were a reporter in Vietnam. He could singlehandedly do everything for us!!!!!
Posted by: Rev. Dr. E Buzz Miller at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (jzdfJ)
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Surprisingly enough, so does MSN.com. And it's a link to Fox.
Posted by: junior at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (UWFpX)
Says he and everyone he was with saw someone commit suicide.
Then changed to he heard about it.
Posted by: RWC at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (fWAjv)
There will be cover and protection and apologetics and justifications.
But he won't ever really be taken seriously again.
Posted by: SarahW at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (Lbv/k)
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (Spluw)
But it was too late. The gooks overran his position and buried him in deep kimchee. True story.
Posted by: Brian "Tex" Williams at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (Ug2Mb)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:43 PM (so1p4)
You think they don't know what they've got?
This is what they want.
This is what they get.
Sumthin sumthin salt the earth.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2015 12:43 PM (XmOA9)
the fantail of a USN Frigate in the harbor with just about 0 chance of
getting so much as an ear ache from said rounds.
It's all in the telling.*
Back to you Brian.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 05, 2015 12:37 PM (RZzX3)
i actually have had a couple rounds snap by my head.
being the brave Air Force warrior I am, I said "fuck this shit." and got to better cover.
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 12:43 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 12:43 PM (XFiuW)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:43 PM (qcr5D)
November 17, 1992 - Dateline NBC airs "Waiting to Explode," a hit piece on GM trucks that claims they explode on impact. They demonstrate this by showing a GM truck blowing up, which they rigged to explode. They're forced to apologize in 1993.
More recently:
March 2012 - NBC airs edited audio from the 911 call George Zimmerman made prior to his altercation with Trayvon Martin. They edit the audio in such a way as to make Zimmerman appear to be a filthy racist.
What else?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at February 05, 2015 12:43 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:42 PM (kff5f)
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Heh. Days like today almost make me want to take up twitter.
Almost.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 12:43 PM (NaV4z)
So if they have to let him go, it ought to get real interesting.
Posted by: HH at February 05, 2015 12:43 PM (Ce4DF)
Kinda like how people who claim to be reincarnated were someone important in their previous life, not just 'joe the farmer.'
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 12:22 PM (ABcz/)
This.
Honest failures of recollection cut both ways. These "mis-rememberings" reflect a thumb on the scale.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 12:44 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2015 12:44 PM (FsuaD)
Even better. Make a comparison with the Crusades and/or jim crow.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:44 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Brian Williams, channeling Al Gore at February 05, 2015 12:44 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at February 05, 2015 12:44 PM (/BTP8)
Mostly, I just ate popcorn.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:44 PM (7RXcs)
Works like this, timid sub-mediocre media handlers for the cretinous GOP. You make an incendiary, well-founded comment. You are challenged by an outraged airhead fascist, er, Democrat, er, "journalist". Thank you! You then proceed to lay out the foundation of fact. Then you repeat the attack, then you challenge the guy with the microphone, ask if he knows any differently, and why doesn't his organization take up the issue with Clinton?
Of course with vapid delusional twits like Jeb actually, absurdly, running for public office, there's little chance of America being served by any "opposition" political figures. They'll just mewl along with their tepid talking points, stipulating 90% of the insane and pernicious nonsense the "journalists" thrust in their face, thus deepening the country's degradation.
But in a giant pile of substantive and explosive "issues" on silver platters, this platter is located somewhere near the top these days. For example, someone should make a splash on "why is Hillary silent?" when such things are going on in the Middle East, wasn't she supposed to be SecState or something? What - is she afraid that with a major media beclowning himself with lies about fake war stories, her own despicable and disturbing war story lie with get renewed attention?
Posted by: rhomboid at February 05, 2015 12:44 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: BananaDream at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (vLk7c)
Posted by: WTP at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (l2max)
Posted by: Barry at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (hHFOx)
Posted by: Mega at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (hHFOx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (/GgDU)
Alligator fishing?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (VAsIq)
And I turn to him and he turns to me... and I'm air force so I'm in Aloha cammo and he's staring at me because I think I have 1 stripe more than he does....
... and the first thing that occurred to me was
yer the 11B! go do infantry things and make them stop shooting or something! goddam!
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Mark Noonan at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (tKzEw)
Wouldn't it be shorter making a list of actual true things they've reported?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (1BQGO)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (PvZ8F)
Posted by: Brian "Sandstorm" Williams at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (Ft3+l)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: physics geek at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (MT22W)
Posted by: Brian "pucker-factor" Williams at February 05, 2015 12:41 PM (zL/eJ)
If I ever found myself down range of live fire, the tightie-whities would have to be made by pampers.
And be steel belted.
I'm sure I'd be Rambo the second time/s
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (XmOA9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 12:45 PM (/GgDU)
From being in a completely unopposed helicopter an hour behind?
Like I said- Non-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM (Xrson)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:47 PM (VcOqI)
Ryan Lizza RyanLizza*
memory is complicated. He's built a reputation as one of the most trustworthy journalists in America. Why would he make this up?
*write for newyorker, talk on cnn, teach at georgetown
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 05, 2015 12:47 PM (kdS6q)
Well, if you're the MSM you get a shitload of awards.
Here's William's won/nominated list.
http://tinyurl.com/n7b3qvh
Posted by: RWC at February 05, 2015 12:47 PM (fWAjv)
- Brian Williams
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 12:47 PM (XFiuW)
Giving him a show was cheaper than paying him off, apparently.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 05, 2015 12:47 PM (ZPrif)
I hope he is right!
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 05, 2015 12:47 PM (R8hU8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
PTSD - Pulling This Shit Daily?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 12:48 PM (IGu+c)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:48 PM (hHFOx)
Dude.... I don't swing that way. I got a dinner date with Erika at Elane's after I get back...
Posted by: Brian "Air Assualt" Williams at February 05, 2015 12:48 PM (zL/eJ)
Posted by: What the stupid party would say if it weren't quite so stupid at February 05, 2015 12:48 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 12:46 PM
Didn't they try that shit with MAJ Hassan? Or am I misremembering?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2015 12:48 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2015 12:48 PM (hlbmD)
There are few quicker ways to raise my blood than to use the phrase "my truth" in my presence.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2015 12:49 PM (jhqr1)
WE figure out? WE? Call me crazy, but I think that even if Williams had been around for the event, Im not so sure his input would have been that essential.
I guess we are to believe that trained soldiers under fire would have been completely lost if they had not been accompanied by a guy who gets paid to read half-truths from a teleprompter.
Posted by: Elize Nayden at February 05, 2015 12:49 PM (xjY7u)
That's probably true.
Which doesn't say much good about journalists, does it?
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 12:49 PM (MMC8r)
Memory is not *that* complicated. We do not "misremember" things that happened to other people -which we did not even directly witness- as happening to ourselves.
And he would make it up, you subsentient asshole, because it paints him in a good light. It makes a better story than "so we came up an hour later, and then left them there without really helping."
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:49 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: MTF at February 05, 2015 12:49 PM (FCsIb)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:49 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2015 12:50 PM (hlbmD)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:48 PM (hHFOx)
He based it on the script he wrote for Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 12:50 PM (MMC8r)
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Because you're too damn stupid yourself and fell for his bullshit???
Occams Razor FTW.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 12:50 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:50 PM (VcOqI)
I can barely get through it. He's so goddam pompous.
Posted by: AmishDude at February 05, 2015 12:51 PM (L2xDv)
You never know when a high-quality blow dryer & some neutral lipstick will come in handy in a combat zone.
Posted by: Brain Willems at February 05, 2015 12:51 PM (MbqmP)
optimist,who got himself mixed up in the high stakes game of world
diplomacy and international intrigue.
Posted by: Kramer at February 05, 2015 12:51 PM (IsdBe)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2015 12:52 PM (XmOA9)
If they don't they will be laughed off the air.
It'll be the most laughs they've gotten in a decade.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 12:52 PM (b4uOJ)
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 12:52 PM (x3YFz)
I hope Brian's career trajectory goes the way of Rather's, not Letterman's. Still not sure how Dave was able to skate past "I had a sex room where I shagged my interns in my CBS studio" and still kept his job, and will retire to great fanfare this year. Blech.
Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2015 12:52 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Unnamed Horse-Faced Secretary of State at February 05, 2015 12:52 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:52 PM (7RXcs)
Sea story!!!!!
During storm we were out of Qatar
One day I was standing there with two SEALs and a SBS guy
About ten feet away there was a POOF in the sand
A couple minutes go by and POOF happened again
I asked wtf was that
The SBS guy says "sniper but don't worry, they can't hit shit"
Yeah, I left really quick but like a true man stud I didnt squeal like a bitch
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 05, 2015 12:52 PM (mx6Sm)
I accidentally ingested some of the floodwater. I became very sick with dysentery, our hotel was overrun with gangs, I was rescued from the stairwell of a five star hotel in New Orleans by a young police officer. We are friends to this day.
I suspect if you look back over his career you'll find it strewn with magic hat stories.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (39g3+)
this is the story of the grandiose in charge of our composite news.
or truthiness. all the news they considered SAFE to print.
Posted by: willow at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (nqBYe)
They will? Isn't SNL on NBC? Didn't NBC kill skits before? They'll show what they're allowed to show, and SNL will be fine with it.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Brian Williams, Survivor Extraordinaire at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (WKNX4)
Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (RqItQ)
... the look he gave me, looking up from his People magazine, will be SEARED in my memory for a lifetime....
Posted by: Brian 'Gyoscopic Genius' Williams at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (zL/eJ)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (AivPA)
I would love to know what they are saying in fruitcake land.
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (hlbmD)
The Media and the Administration want to neuter the American Male and our country
And drop their britches to show us their balls have dropped...
Pretty soon we always find out their Rambo Fantasy is less than Walter Mitty...
Posted by: Vladd at February 05, 2015 12:54 PM (/WmRg)
. Always get bums in the morning before opening demanding access for one reason or another. Always full of death defying stories about "their" tour of duty in hell. Last week a 20 something obnoxious 300 lb.whale demanded I admit her. Halter top, huge belly with full tattoo on it. "I just got back from Iraq fighting for your freedom". I said "Let me guess, Navy Sea, right". "Yes". I told her this was an Army dive and we weren't allowed to let ex-Navy in.Posted by: JHW at February 05, 2015 12:54 PM (w+zdY)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:54 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse)
No shame in that.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 12:54 PM (Spluw)
I late found out Camouflage had died before I received that call.
Then who was phone!?
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:54 PM (VAsIq)
Memory actually is pretty complicated. Every time we remember something we're making new memories that slush together with the old ones. Practiced liars know this and will actually train their memories by reviewing it over and over in their heads until they remember it the way they choose. Then as Costanza famously put it, "It's not a lie if you believe it." Or in other words, it's undetectable in the person's demeanor because they really do believe it.
For a non-liar though, who isn't doing this process, you're not going to misremember not me as me.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2015 12:55 PM (jhqr1)
optimist,who got himself mixed up in the high stakes game of world
diplomacy and international intrigue.
Posted by: Kramer at February 05, 2015 12:51 PM (IsdBe)
Yes, and as he'd like to tell himself different, it was mostly just dumb luck what saved his hide. Lord knows so many of his buddies - better men than he - didn't make it back.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 05, 2015 12:55 PM (7RXcs)
I would love to know what they are saying in fruitcake land.
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (0FSuD)
DU - basically that he is liar with no credibility. Shocking I know.
Posted by: RWC at February 05, 2015 12:55 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Y-not at February 05, 2015 12:55 PM (9BRsg)
because hey the all have the same issues with lying.
constantly for attention..
see rapity rape, and riots.
Posted by: willow at February 05, 2015 12:55 PM (nqBYe)
Notice the guy holding Patton's dick?
That was your intrepid reporter.
Williams. Out.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:55 PM (Xv7f/)
I would love to know what they are saying in fruitcake land.
"Right-Wing Journalist Lies About Career"
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 12:55 PM (MMC8r)
... the look he gave me, looking up from his People magazine, will be SEARED in my memory for a lifetime....
Posted by: Brian 'Gyoscopic Genius' Williams at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (zL/eJ)
... and then he slowly replied, "That only happens in the Southern Hemisphere, noob," and went back to reading his People magazine, moving his lips as he did so (as all People magazine readers do).
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 12:55 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at February 05, 2015 12:56 PM (Xrson)
Yeah, I left really quick but like a true man stud I didnt squeal like a bitch
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 05, 2015 12:52 PM (mx6Sm)
lol! I know brother... you try to act all manly and give the "knowing nod" but for those of us that don't make a living getting shot at.... inside we're like "what the fffff?"
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 12:56 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM (0FSuD)
Memory is complicated! Bush's fault!
Posted by: Missed Her Muumuu at February 05, 2015 12:56 PM (MbqmP)
Frankly I'm close to that, because he's an aging nobody in a dying industry. Its like worrying about how badly the floppy disc salesman lied about knocking up girls on his sales trips.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 12:56 PM (39g3+)
Hilltop in Korea. Rickety old chair that probably killed 3 clerks before me. Manual typewriter, carbon paper and a commanding officer who didn't tolerate white-out.
Yeah, I've been there.
Posted by: jwest at February 05, 2015 12:56 PM (9ZZd+)
Posted by: Obligatory at February 05, 2015 12:57 PM (1isJI)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 12:57 PM (VcOqI)
http://bit.ly/1v1XDKl
Posted by: OxyCon at February 05, 2015 12:57 PM (xBryS)
no really, my life is on the line to bring YOU the truff
Posted by: willow at February 05, 2015 12:57 PM (nqBYe)
And he would make it up, you subsentient asshole, because it paints him in a good light. It makes a better story than "so we came up an hour later, and then left them there without really helping."
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We actually can misremember things that happened to other people. However, that typically happens only after we've told a lie that inserts us into the other person's story. Tell the lie enough, and our own memory will start to rewrite itself until we actually "remember" being there when the events happened.
I wouldn't be surprised if that's what happened in this case.
But the key bit there is "Tell the lie enough..." In order to reach that point, Brian Williams would need to have lied quite a lot about being in the helicopter that was hit. So if he has managed to overwrite his own memory and insert himself into the story, it doesn't excuse things.
Posted by: junior at February 05, 2015 12:57 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: The GOP at February 05, 2015 12:57 PM (vgIRn)
I would love to know what they are saying in fruitcake land.
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 12:53 PM
I'll watch my daughter get her ass eaten on HBO, but I will not read that shit. I have standards, you know!
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:57 PM (knoK7)
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**shakes Diet Dr Pepper out of my Keyboard
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 12:57 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Brian "Team America" Williams at February 05, 2015 12:57 PM (mW33d)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 05, 2015 12:58 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 12:58 PM (XFiuW)
I literally laughed out loud. In my g_ddamned cubicle.
At least it was lunchtime.
Somewhere.
Posted by: BRIAN FUCKIN' WILLIAMS at February 05, 2015 12:58 PM (wtvvX)
Moving his lips from reading, or breathing?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 12:58 PM (et+T8)
Make sure there's a new (preferably non-Brianghazi) thread when I get back. M'kay?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 12:58 PM (kff5f)
I would love to know what they are saying in fruitcake land.
Just checked DU. Surprisingly enough, they're coming down hard on him too. (At least in the first comments.)
So maybe he's done after all.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 12:59 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Northernlurker at February 05, 2015 12:59 PM (2LK1W)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 12:55 PM (Xv7f/)
GOOD NIGHT....AND GOOD LUCK. *sheds single tear*
Posted by: Brian Williams' last newscast at February 05, 2015 12:59 PM (yRwC8)
People misremeber in such ways quite often, but usually in a more mundane way. People confuse details or try to picture a scenario told them, later treating it as an actual memory.
Something as traumatic as having your helicopter shot down? Not so much.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2015 12:59 PM (++CGM)
BUSTED: Brian Williams Made Up A Lot Of Stuff During His Coverage of Katrina http://gotnews.com/?p=4397 via @gotnewsdotcom
Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 05, 2015 12:58 PM
Um...actually...
Call me, Brian!
Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (upitO)
This is all clearly a result of Global Warming.
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (NHtMs)
Send help if I'm not back in 15 min
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (mx6Sm)
As far as the role others at NBC played in keeping this lie going, keep in mind that when he told his tale on the news, it was accompanied by video of the chopper that was actually hit.
Someone had to edit the lie and the video together, and of course Williams had to approve the final edit.
Posted by: CJ at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (9KqcB)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (wtvvX)
know what I immediately thought? snakes. snakes are in the water. They're in the trees, they're fast, they're on the ground... and to hell with that.
yup. snakes.
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: willow at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (nqBYe)
-the GOP
All too painfully likely
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (MMC8r)
Attack helicopters on fire, off the wadis of Iraq...
I've seen RPG smoke trails glitter in the daytime at Tikrit's front gate...
All those moments will be lost....in time....like tears in rain....
Time to lie...
Posted by: Brian Williams, NBC at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Navycopjoe
See? You are brave.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (Spluw)
I believe this one. And it shows how easy he can be mendacious if he he's comfortable with this.
Posted by: Minuteman at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (Ug2Mb)
Posted by: Paul Bunyan at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Brian Zelig Williams at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (W5DcG)
Send help if I'm not back in 15 min
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (mx6Sm)
Dear God, man! That's a SUICIDE mission!!Do you have all your vaccinations???
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Brian Williams, NBC at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (GQ8sn)
Is there nothing Brian Williams hasn't done?
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 05, 2015 12:58 PM (Bn6aD)
I'll take graduate from college for $1,000, Alex.
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 01:02 PM (0FSuD)
"Why don't her (putative) 2016 would-be opponents or their surrogates start a very, very nasty and direct campaign of mockery and contempt based on her idiotic Bosnia lie?"
Sure, but they should be subtle about it. They should announce their support for Brian Williams and their understanding for his mistake. "Hey, people misremember their experiences all the time, think they've been shot at when they never have. Honest mistake. Just look at Hillary Clinton!"
Posted by: JPS at February 05, 2015 01:02 PM (6nLx9)
Free Beacon:
Jean Claude Van Damme is Ready for Hillary: http://youtu.be/Yw0wq8GnrKs via @YouTube
Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 05, 2015 01:02 PM (ZPrif)
So maybe he's done after all.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 12:59 PM (oKE6c)
They know there's plenty more in the "journalist" pipeline will to carry water for The Struggle.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 05, 2015 01:02 PM (7RXcs)
his helicopter were hit, and was part of the same formation.
If this hasn't been said, I like the "WE figure out".....yeah Brian, if you weren't there to figure out how to land gees, lucky bastards. Wait...you weren't there.
Posted by: Badda Bing 'now with Badda Boom' at February 05, 2015 01:02 PM (Msg5U)
Posted by: zombie judith crist at February 05, 2015 01:02 PM (9L1jT)
Too bad not everyone will have the same misrememberances.
No matter! To the Batcave!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 05, 2015 01:03 PM (XmOA9)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:03 PM (+Q1Mu)
Posted by: Brian Kurtz Williams at February 05, 2015 01:03 PM (g1DWB)
Williams is just the scum that's risen to the top to get skimmed, but it goes all the way down.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:03 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:03 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Dang at February 05, 2015 01:03 PM (MNq6o)
Chamberlain says to me, well, Bri, w'eve been marching all day, fighting all afternoon. The men are exhausted Out of ammo, out of water. We can't retreat, WTF do we now?
Josh, -- I called him that -- I say, only one thing to do, "Right wheel, forward."
Chamberlain recoils like I pissed on his boot at a cotillion ball, "Are you insane?! Charge?!? Now?" he bleats.
"Listen up, you pussy" I say back to the weak-kneed sister, "Death, or glory".
Voice trails off ...
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:03 PM (Xv7f/)
Posted by: Minuteman
Hey! She's an (f)artist!
Posted by: Brian bum wash Williams at February 05, 2015 01:03 PM (Spluw)
Was it by Steve Kroft?
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (MMC8r)
Conclusion: Williams is done, and most likely Hillary too. When you've lost the hard-core Red sympathizers, you know you're done as a liberal.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (oKE6c)
I actually got shot at as a Boy Scout! True story, not Brian Williams-ing.
I was doing my Eagle project on this little woodsy island. I had a party of about seven people, one adult. We're very close to a river with an Indian Reservation on the other side.
Suddenly some asshole on the Rez side starts popping rounds at us! We ran to the other side of a small berm. I could hear the rounds ripping through the branches and leaves of the trees around us. The leader yelled at him to stop shooting, that there were people and kids downrange. Then when he was reloading we ran.
Fin. We reported it, but never heard anything more about it.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (jhqr1)
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe...
Posted by: Brian Williams, NBC at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (GQ8sn)
But have you seen a chick that looks like a dude who's really a chick pretending to be a dude?
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (mx6Sm)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (39g3+)
In high def--I could watch it again...and again...and again.
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (VcOqI)
Posted by: Anthropology Guy at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (vSDfO)
Exactly. Even assuming it's "not a lie" now, that's only because he lied about it so much he convinced himself it was true.
That doesn't actually make things better.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:05 PM (kff5f)
Send help if I'm not back in 15 min
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (mx6Sm)
Dear God, man! That's a SUICIDE mission!!Do you have all your vaccinations???
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (wtvvX)
Of course he's had all his vaccinations. How else do you think he got all 'tarded?
Posted by: Insomniac at February 05, 2015 01:05 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Variety at February 05, 2015 01:05 PM (fWAjv)
He says, exactly,
"Uh, we figure out how to land safely, and we did. We landed very quickly and hard and we put down and we were stuck. Four birds in the middle of the desert, and we were north out ahead of the other Americans."
Notice that? "We"? "We" figured out how to land safely?
Williams, you useless piece of porcelain cargo, "we" didn't figure out shit. The fuckin' pilot figured out how to land, while you sat in the back wrapped in bubble-wrap and shitting your pants.
That is, in your fantasy scenario.
See, even within the fantasy, he's exaggerating still, Walter Mitty-esquily placing himself in the cockpit so that "we" can figure out how to land.
Posted by: zombie at February 05, 2015 01:05 PM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Flyin' Brian- Lie in the Sky at February 05, 2015 01:05 PM (OXzvH)
Posted by: zombie judith crist at February 05, 2015 01:02 PM (9L1jT)
That was Pauline Kael.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:05 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Sal at February 05, 2015 01:05 PM (9L1jT)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:05 PM (zt+N6)
Here, you can read my Rolling Stone mag.
Posted by: Jackie (from that bitchin' UVA frat party) at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (+IB+8)
In high def--I could watch it again...and again...and again.
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (VcOqI)
Did you get your precious pictures?
No?
Someone was there? Men?
Poh-leeeese...men?
Posted by: Brian Williams, NBC at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (VcOqI)
Posted by: Brian Williams, NBC at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (GQ8sn)
*pops dove with 20 gauge*
Posted by: Insomniac at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Iblis at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (9221z)
Let us all take a moment to pondering what it is like to want to impress Alec Baldwin.
Posted by: alexthechick - C'mon Yellowstone at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (mf5HN)
They probably laughed about it and went about their jobs. Celebrities claiming stupid nonsense isn't exactly new.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (39g3+)
A person who really believed my daughter was actually getting her salad tossed as an actress in a fictional drama is exactly the kind of demographic we here at NBC are trying to reach.
Oh well, off to my spread in the Hamptons!
Posted by: Brian Williams, Survivor Extraordinaire at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (WKNX4)
unreal
Posted by: Feh at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (g/zj9)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:06 PM (oKE6c)
rounds at us! We ran to the other side of a small berm. I could hear
the rounds ripping through the branches and leaves of the trees around
us. The leader yelled at him to stop shooting, that there were people
and kids downrange. Then when he was reloading we ran.
Fin. We reported it, but never heard anything more about it.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (jhqr1)
and the takeaway is: stay off reservations. You'll know when you drive on one by the 8-foot deep pile of tequila bottles and beer cans littering the road.
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 01:07 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Navycopjoe
How do we KNOW that it's really you? You could be an imposter in a clever disguise.
What's the password?
Posted by: Brian bum wash Williams at February 05, 2015 01:07 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 01:07 PM (ABcz/)
When I was single
And brought them all together for one night
I know they'd never match
my sweet imagination
Everything looks worse in black and white
Paul Simon
if you look back on all the helicopters that i got shot down in....
Lyin' Brian
Posted by: Badda Bing 'now with Badda Boom' at February 05, 2015 01:07 PM (Msg5U)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 05, 2015 01:07 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Variety at February 05, 2015 01:07 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: alexthechick - C'mon Yellowstone at February 05, 2015 01:06
There's worthress, and there's trying to impress Arec Bawdwin...Damn.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (knoK7)
Conclusion: Williams is done, and most likely Hillary too. When you've lost the hard-core Red sympathizers, you know you're done as a liberal.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:04 PM (oKE6c)
I'm tanned, rested, warpainted, and ready to go!
Posted by: Lieawatha Warren at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (yRwC8)
Then this: "NBC should fire Williams and replace him with Rachael Maddow."
Bwahahahahahahahaha!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Brian, smug MFer, Williams at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (Bn6aD)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: maddogg at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (xWW96)
He is a propagandist...as are the overwhelming majority of these nimrods in the MSM.
Posted by: ICBMMan at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (zCVYv)
Send help if I'm not back in 15 min
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 05, 2015 01:00 PM (mx6Sm)
Dear God, man! That's a SUICIDE mission!!Do you have all your vaccinations???
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2015 01:01 PM (wtvvX)
Of course he's had all his vaccinations. How else do you think he got all 'tarded?
Posted by: Insomniac at February 05, 2015 01:05 PM (mx5oN)
did someone tie a rope around his waist?
Posted by: TangoNine at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Variety at February 05, 2015 01:07 PM (fWAjv)
No. Sorry.
His formation was an hour behind the one that was shot at. They all had to land because a sandstorm was headed at them. He did not land because his aircraft took fire.
Posted by: EC at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (GQ8sn)
Heh. We weren't actually on the Rez. The river was the border and we were on the other side. Point taken though.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (jhqr1)
Disgusting... just absolutely DISGUSTING
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (MV2jA)
"Is it possible that Brian Williams misremembered what had happened?"
"Absolutely."
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (hlbmD)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (mx5oN)
That is pure fabrication ... then he has to resign.
And he said he is still close friends with the cop that saved him from the gangs in the hotel. Get that guy on record ...
Then blast not just Liar Williams, but the whole MFM charade. They compete for the biggest lie. Exploding gas tanks in trucks, George Bush flying records, Obama never heard the "God Damn America" side of Wright, Global Warming, etc.
Posted by: Illiniwek at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (n9wDt)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (39g3+)
You know - the one that exploded on impact.
Posted by: Randy Westerfeld at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (rJRsj)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (OD2ni)
====
Now I have to decaffeinate my screen and keyboard. Thanks.
(BTW, Williams lacks such mastery of the language.)
Posted by: Radeaminit at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (Xv7f/)
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That's right up there with Donna Brazile wondering why her health insurance bill went up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (/GgDU)
Dan Rather Backs Brian Williams
Politico: politi.co/1zS1LTd
You never go full Rather. So of course Politico goes full Rather anyway.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at February 05, 2015 01:10 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Variety at February 05, 2015 01:07 PM (fWAjv)
He didn't exaggerate. He fucking LIED. Period.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:10 PM (oKE6c)
And that's when everything went to hell, as it must when the silverware is improperly placed and no fork is in sight. Throats were cleared, conversation stopped. Time stood still.
A chill came over me, followed by a burning hate for the cowardice surrounding me. I tucked it away, for sometime down the road when I could afford trivial things like emotion.
With an icy resolve, I grabbed the spoon. Sure, it was against the rules ... but damn the rules. When lives are on the line, men like me do what must be done. There were consequences, but I endured them with a silent pride, secure in the knowledge that a dinner party was saved.
Maybe that's not the kind of thing you talk about in polite company, but sometimes, real men have to be more than just civilized ... even if society judges us as less.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:10 PM (qcr5D)
Yeah I'm a badass.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:10 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Variety at February 05, 2015 01:10 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at February 05, 2015 01:10 PM (4df7R)
Surreal, I was reading that at the SAME TIME Rush was playing the audio clip!
Obama uses "we" too, when he knows he can't quite get away with "I". Makes my eye twitch every time.
Posted by: Lieawatha Warren at February 05, 2015 01:11 PM (yRwC8)
It hurts when one of yours gets busted, huh?
Posted by: EC at February 05, 2015 01:11 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 05, 2015 01:11 PM (OD2ni)
Nope, he lied about that too. The helicopter that was hit was an hour ahead of him- he was nowhere near when it happened.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2015 01:11 PM (++CGM)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (OD2ni)
Nah. Next up: he'll be flogging off reverse mortgages on late-night TV.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:11 PM (oKE6c)
Cute pups.
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 01:11 PM (sZyyG)
proximity to the danger in a self aggrandizing
way, or maybe he was just trying to tell a
shorter version of the harrowing experience. It's
not that easy to tell from what's publicly known.
Some here need to chill out a bit, huh people?
By an hour. Official reports.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 01:11 PM (et+T8)
Posted by: Shemp Smith, Man's Man at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (hKyl0)
Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (Bn6aD)
*but those are actual comments over at Variety
Posted by: RWC at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (fWAjv)
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>>That's right up there with Donna Brazile wondering why her health insurance bill went up.
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And Fox Butterfield reporting yet again that while prison populations have increased, crime is inexplicable gone down.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Brian Williams, NBC at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (GQ8sn)
Yeah, he looks like its comfortable to him. Not polished and everything straight for a photo shoot, but crumpled and ordinary, something he's worn a lot before. And he has.
I just got back from running an errand. I was listening to NPR while in the car. They were interviewing a Journalism Professor
Well if a guy who can't even get a job reporting doesn't know all about human psychology and the brain, who would??
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: maddogg at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (xWW96)
The mouth breathers at DU have never liked Hillary! She's too "corporate" and "centrist" for them. Hell, they don't even much care for her at Kos.
The left side of the blogosphere is way more extreme than the right side. They just like to pretend they are the reality based community.
Posted by: Brian Kurtz Williams at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (g1DWB)
It's also based on No True Scotsman.
P1: Trustworthy journalists don't lie.
P2: Brian Williams is a trustworthy journalist.
C: Brian Williams did not lie.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM (OD2ni)
You're gonna love my nuts!
Posted by: Insomniac at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: EC at February 05, 2015 01:11 PM (GQ8sn)
You'd think liberals would be used to it by now. Apparently, they're ALL full of shit, all the time, but occasionally they mess up and we can prove that they're lying.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (VcOqI)
Posted by: Smythe the Innocent at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (RJUCO)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (g1DWB)
"Absolutely."
-----------------
Missing follow-up question - "Multiple times?"
I always go to Journalism Profs. when looking into the pathology of liars, because authorities.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (VcOqI)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 05, 2015 01:09 PM
What? Were the Womyns' Studies professors busy?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: Brian, smug MFer, Williams at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (0FSuD)
Which is why I think he goes nowhere. How many people will go back to watching NBC if he's sacked, approximately zero. How many will quit watching if he isn't, a similar number.
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (zauWW)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: maddogg at February 05, 2015 01:08 PM (xWW96)
The ACTUAL most interesting man in the world...
Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (yRwC8)
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (mwuNC)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 05, 2015 01:14 PM (JxMoP)
"I have...seen things you people wouldn't believe...Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhauser gate. All those moment....will be lost in time, like tears...in...the...rain. Time...to die..."
Posted by: Brian Williams, Replicant at February 05, 2015 01:14 PM (F192H)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:14 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 01:14 PM (VcOqI)
P2: Brian Williams is a trustworthy journalist.
C: Brian Williams did not lie.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:12 PM (kff5f)
I think the syllogism is
P1: Journalists don't lie.
P2. Brian Williams lied.
C: Brian Williams is not a journalist.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:14 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Brian, smug MFer, Williams at February 05, 2015 01:14 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 05, 2015 01:14 PM (FsuaD)
http://www.chabris.com/
When I was a newspaper Editor-in-Chief, I told my writers to verify every fact in a candidates bio (schools, endorsements, etc.). Some many faked it that we were able to get a few to withdraw from the race.
When I was a campaign staffer, I always tried to do the same to the opposition. It was amazing what you could find.
Posted by: calbadger at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (rKRC9)
Posted by: maddogg at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (27KAF)
Posted by: Dr. McCoy at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (F192H)
I abhor hunting. Hunting implies a possibility of failure. I just go killing.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (qcr5D)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (zt+N6)
"Nah. Next up: he'll be flogging off reverse mortgages on late-night TV."
And put the Fonz out of a job?
Posted by: Benji Carver at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Lt. Cmdr Virgil "Tiger" Cole and Lt Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (et+T8)
Posted by: Lizzy
------------------------------
Fewer people working now then when Obama took office, but unemployment is down. Oh..., and 'Jobs Created'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2015 01:13 PM (knoK7)
They were at the Subaru dealer, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (hlbmD)
Posted by: NBC News Producer at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (DMJw2)
Posted by: mallfly at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (bJm7W)
Posted by: Cpl. Egorn F Troop at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (sZyyG)
Naaa. They seem to be hanging on to that "trusted journalist" thing pretty tightly.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (kff5f)
They were all getting fake raped.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (et+T
It's as close as they'll ever come to getting laid.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Uncle Rico at February 05, 2015 01:16 PM (4KoRb)
Posted by: JDflorida at February 05, 2015 01:17 PM (8kjy4)
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2015 01:17 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: The head of ABC at February 05, 2015 01:17 PM (+IB+8)
----
But he fooking repeats himself. *hic*
Posted by: Pissy Li'l Leprechaun at February 05, 2015 01:17 PM (VAsIq)
Christianity was behind slavery.
Christianity perpetuated Jim Crow.
Heard at some prayer breakfast this morning, spoken by some asshole droppin his gs.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 05, 2015 01:17 PM (vSxTY)
"Finished."
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 01:14 PM (VcOqI)
You're walking along in the desert when you come across the wreckage of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on fire.
It's struggling to put the fire out, its hot insides baking in the flames.
It needs your help to put out the fire, but you're not helping.
Why is that?
Posted by: Brian Williams, ABC at February 05, 2015 01:17 PM (GQ8sn)
Or was that Rambo on AMC last night?
Posted by: brian williams at February 05, 2015 01:17 PM (qxL5y)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:17 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Tom Cruise at February 05, 2015 01:18 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: Variety at February 05, 2015 01:10 PM (fWAjv)
Aww, poor baby.
It's always "BUSH LIED" with you dummies, isn't it?
I'm laughing at the superior intellect, Variety.
Posted by: Scankles at February 05, 2015 01:18 PM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (VcOqI)
Posted by: Brian Williams, 2 seconds after Scott Williams Wins Republican Nomination at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (7u7u7)
Posted by: Socratease at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (82qVG)
He posted something to that effect at the Gallup website yesterday. I noted it on that blog I don't have.
Also- THIS is the story we need to focus on. F*ck Brian Williams. I hope he get's canned, but I'd rather focus on kicking the SCOAMT's ass (politically).
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (kff5f)
Yeah that's what people are missing here. He's insignificant. A lot of people are saying "Brian who?" when they hear about this story. The only people who watch NBC news regularly are hard right bloggers looking for something to complain about and people over the age of 70. They lose viewers every year by attrition, its a dying industry.
He lied? Yeah, that's bad for a journalist, but that's not going to affect NBC news.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Brian Williams
----
Oh, and Leisure Suit Larry.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: zombie Winston Churchill at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (f8y+G)
Participation rate is ONLY DOWN under Obama.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000
U-3, my ass.
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: William's Toilet at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (JVEmw)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:19 PM (mx5oN)
You know how everyone remembers exactly where they were, what they were doing, who they were with, what they were wearing etc when something really memorable happens?
Eg: Challenger explosion, 9/11, Kennedy assassination, etc.
Someone actually did a study on this one with a bunch of people just after the Challenger explosion.
They had the participants write down in excruciating detail all the things I mentioned, right after the event. Then a decade later they asked the participants to write all those things down again.
People got lots of details wrong. Things they insisted they remembered perfectly. They were so wedded to the idea of perfect recall that some of the participants even accused the researchers of faking the original documents.
In no way am I insisting this is what Williams did. He started lying immediately after the event. He may even believe the lies now, I don't know.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2015 01:20 PM (jhqr1)
[Use take 2.]
Posted by: Brian Williams, 2 seconds after Scott Walker Wins Republican Nomination at February 05, 2015 01:20 PM (7u7u7)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 05, 2015 01:20 PM (ZPrif)
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And that is counting *30 hours a week* as full-time.
I'm going to repeat that... 30 hours a week is counted as full-time
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 01:20 PM (/GgDU)
He has to go.
I hope this story has real legs. He made a show of acting unconcerned in public last night. He's thumbing his nose at the public now.
Posted by: Who Knows at February 05, 2015 01:20 PM (W+Itt)
Posted by: Marko Ramius at February 05, 2015 01:20 PM (RqItQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 01:20 PM (/GgDU)
I've been working two jobs...
Posted by: EC at February 05, 2015 01:21 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2015 01:21 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 05, 2015 01:21 PM (FCsIb)
Well, no, he didn't built that.
Posted by: All the other lying sacks of shit in journalism at February 05, 2015 01:21 PM (MbqmP)
Posted by: Ever at February 05, 2015 01:21 PM (hRV3r)
Posted by: RWC at February 05, 2015 01:21 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 05, 2015 01:21 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: What Brian Williams said to guy next to him right after Superbowl ended at February 05, 2015 01:21 PM (7u7u7)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 05, 2015 01:17 PM (vSxTY)
Gotta love that when Islamofascists gotta jihad, it's Christianity's supposed sins that always get trotted out as a counterpoint to the violence. Nevermind slavery has existed from the dawn of time...Christianity sux! This speech is getting old, Obama.
Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: RWC at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (hlbmD)
Posted by: Costanza
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It's hard to tell when you are traveling at 100 knots with massive bridge segments in slings.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (/GgDU)
His helicopter was one hour behind the one that was hit with an RPG.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (g1DWB)
- Brian Williams
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (sZyyG)
They were spred out to reduce the risk of ground fire.
Spred out by an hour.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (et+T8)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (V70Uh)
It's always "BUSH LIED" with you dummies, isn't it?
I'm laughing at the superior intellect, Variety.
Posted by: Scankles at February 05, 2015 01:18 PM
This one even admits it's 'practically' lied. Not actually lied, or anything, but practically...almost...dammit we won't surrender our fantasy!!!!1!!!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (knoK7)
Jesse was annoyed by one of the questions and responded with "you haven't hunted.....until you've hunted MAN"!
Turns out the closest the "Body" has ever been in actual combat was something like being a towel boy on an intramural basketball team.
Posted by: Landofskybluewater at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: calbadger at February 05, 2015 01:15 PM (rKRC9)
This is true. Some people have their own universe. We had a Black guy in CLT, Bill Sims, head of Transamerica office. Promoted because they needed a Black head.
Said he graduated from So Cal and won a gold metal in the Olympics. Hugh McColl, head of B of A, got him into Augusta.
No one checked any of his shit, but one ghey guy who WAS in the Olympics. He went after him like flies on shit.
He was caught. Resigned from my club and Augusta and TransA fired him.
http://tinyurl.com/nvgjn8u
Posted by: Brian, smug MFer, Williams at February 05, 2015 01:23 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (hlbmD)
Which is to say: 44% of people are paying the way of 56% of people.
Say, what's the percentage over in Greece?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:23 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2015 01:23 PM (wtvvX)
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Practically lied? What the hell does that even mean? Could it mean...he didn't lie?
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 05, 2015 01:23 PM (VAsIq)
Yes, and he started lying about it immediately, not years later.You can't "mis-remember" being in a downed helicopter two days after the fact---unless you had a brain injury.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 01:24 PM (ABcz/)
Jesse was annoyed by one of the questions and responded with "you haven't hunted.....until you've hunted MAN"!
Turns out the closest the "Body" has ever been in actual combat was something like being a towel boy on an intramural basketball team.
Now, now. Remember-- he was also in 'Predator.'
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:24 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2015 01:22 PM (hlbmD)
Which is to say: 44% of people are paying the way of 56% of people.
Say, what's the percentage over in Greece?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:23 PM (kff5f)
Hard to work when you're hammered on Ouzo all day.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 05, 2015 01:25 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 01:24 PM (ABcz/)
So you're admitting that it's possible!
Posted by: MFM- Grasping at Straws at February 05, 2015 01:25 PM (kff5f)
You have to watch out for those Acme boomerang rockets.
Posted by: Brian Zelig Williams at February 05, 2015 01:25 PM (W5DcG)
So he remembers the exact cargo, river, and infantry division, but forgot that his helicopter wasn't actually shot down.
Posted by: Average Jen at February 05, 2015 01:25 PM (2pPU3)
Posted by: maddogg at February 05, 2015 01:25 PM (xWW96)
Journalism Prof. - "Absolutely"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 01:25 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 05, 2015 01:25 PM (MC23X)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (KFdZd)
Posted by: Robert Redford at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (PvZ8F)
Posted by: Tyrell Corporation HR at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Variety at February 05, 2015 01:10 PM (fWAjv)
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It's OK. Anger is an acceptable emotional response when you realize your worldview has been incorrect for your entire life.
Take some time. Pause. Reflect. Itll do you good.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: jwpaine at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (a3NCX)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 01:24 PM (ABcz/)
...so you're sayin' there's a chance...
Posted by: Brian Williams, Dumb AND Dumber at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (sZyyG)
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That's just his way of saying he's attracted to naked and sweating men.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (VAsIq)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2015 01:27 PM (0LHZx)
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What I read was that he didn't get to the landing site of the one that got hit by an RPG until an hour later.
That doesn't necessarily rule out the possibility that he was in the same convoy and had to land elsewhere and ... somehow it took an hour to get to the one that got hit.
That seems unlikely, but still a possibility.
I just haven't read anything yet that says he was 100% definitely not in the same convoy.
He most likely was not, but I'm still a bit confused where exactly Williams was when the other helicopter got hit by an RPG.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 05, 2015 01:27 PM (ZPrif)
And somehow managed to convince MomMom, Delaware's own Joe Biden ad Lurch kerry. Cause dems are so stupid. So stupid that pres boyfriend gave jobs to all three.
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 05, 2015 01:27 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 05, 2015 01:27 PM (7RXcs)
There's a fun line in the movie The Money Pit. Shelley Long is arriving at Symphony practice and an uptight friend is telling her, "You're practically late" or maybe "You're almost late".
Long replies, "We have a phrase for that, it's called, 'On Time'".
Posted by: bonhomme at February 05, 2015 01:27 PM (jhqr1)
The interesting question is: What does it says about a news network that seriously considers keeping a person in their employ as their spokesman who can't even keep his own personal experiences straight?
Posted by: Socratease at February 05, 2015 01:27 PM (82qVG)
Who wants to touch me?
Posted by: Meric1837 at February 05, 2015 01:27 PM (yrsus)
Seems he pulled it over from Variety (the website).
You're not even beating on a troll, but on a bad photo-copy of a troll.
Posted by: MFM- Grasping at Straws at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (MMC8r)
When Platea rolled around, he'd recovered, and was determined to redeem himself. So he threw himself into the action as hard as he could and did everything he could to prove he wasn't a coward.
When they decided who to award the Prize of Valor to after the battle, they looked at him and said, "Too try-hard. That was shame and desperation." And they gave the prize to someone else.
Brian Williams, on the other hand, has to prove his tumescent manliness by lying about getting shot at... Because, lord knows, he's the only one THAT happened to in Iraq.
Posted by: Secundus at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (dxjfk)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (4KoRb)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Fred at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (x3qOJ)
Poor Hector!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (wtvvX)
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Hey... I fought Chris Kyle's widow.
In court.
That's like combat... sorta.
Posted by: Jesse Ventura at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Brian "Brian Williams" Williams at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (a3NCX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (/GgDU)
Take some time. Pause. Reflect. Itll do you good.Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 01:26 PM (NaV4z) Tall order, when your worldview consists of little save the inside of your large intestine.
Posted by: maddogg at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: Bob from table9 at February 05, 2015 01:28 PM (WNERA)
Posted by: Garrett at February 05, 2015 01:29 PM (sZyyG)
1. He didn't practically lie. He didn't lie at all.
2. He know how to end it, he said so repeatedly. We weren't leaving until we had won which had largely been accomplished when he left office. In a fit of petulance and politics, Obama decided to pull all troops out and lose the war. And he's doing the same damn thing in Afghanistan, the place he claimed we couldn't afford to lose.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2015 01:29 PM (g1DWB)
The man made a damn mistake and 'fessed up it.
Posted by: Variety at February 05, 2015 01:10 PM (fWAjv)
A "mistake" is if I say that Sgt. Smith was on the helicopter when it was really Sgt. Jones. If I say *I* was on the helicopter, that's called a LIE.
Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2015 01:29 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Brian Williams sez RaceBannon whimpering pansy at February 05, 2015 01:29 PM (3yfGn)
Posted by: Brian Zelig Williams at February 05, 2015 01:30 PM (W5DcG)
Oh, he knew how to end it. Victory.
But your side couldn't stand that. So you screamed that our soldiers were just like Nazis. That the war was lost. That the generals couldn't be trusted. You cheered as each "grim milestone" was reached. You turned a blind eye as Code Pink smuggled weapons to the Iraqis in order to kill more Americans.
You wanted the war to end in American defeat. Just as you have every war.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 05, 2015 01:30 PM (zF6Iw)
It's like those annoying car labels: Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 05, 2015 01:30 PM (knoK7)
Go sit in the corner over there with Mary Cloggenstein. *points to sad looking folding chairs over by the barrel* you two and Susan Olivia Cuthbert-Klein surely have a LOT to talk about...
Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2015 01:31 PM (yRwC8)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2015 01:31 PM (ABcz/)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 01:31 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:32 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 05, 2015 01:32 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:32 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Lizzy
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No brag, just fact. It was grueling. I actually had to sprint to catch the MTA subway.
Posted by: Rosie at February 05, 2015 01:32 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:32 PM (MMC8r)
They MUST be pissed, if they refer to Bush as "our" president.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 05, 2015 01:33 PM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at February 05, 2015 01:33 PM (bbivj)
Seems pretty clear to me.
>>Williams and his camera crew were actually aboard a Chinook in a formation that was about an hour behind the three helicopters that came under fire, according to crew member interviews.
http://tinyurl.com/nnujno8
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2015 01:33 PM (g1DWB)
Any time the treasonous, Fifth Column MFM is squirming, I'm a happy Citizen X.
Posted by: Brian Williams Reporting at February 05, 2015 01:33 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Marko Ramius at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (RqItQ)
Posted by: Citizen X at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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What's hard to understand about that?
Posted by: Neil Grassy Tyson at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: Brian Williams Reporting at February 05, 2015 01:33 PM (7ObY1)
That was positively meta.
On purpose?
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Brian Williams healer of the wounds you cannot see at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (3yfGn)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:32 PM (Spluw)
I forgot about "her".
Hey, lefties! You know who has composite girlfriends? FUCKING LOSERS.
Posted by: Secundus at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (dxjfk)
F'n junk Chinese photo copiers!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (et+T8)
Seems pretty clear to me.
>>Williams and his camera crew were actually aboard a Chinook in a formation that was about an hour behind the three helicopters that came under fire, according to crew member interviews.
http://tinyurl.com/nnujno8
Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2015 01:33 PM (g1DWB)
Well, who are you going to believe, Stars and Stripes or 'ol Blood and guts Brian Williams?
Posted by: Timon at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (ZDJwC)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 05, 2015 01:35 PM (AC0lD)
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What... do you think theyre going to say.... "My mistake dear chap. You righty tighties were correct all along. Let us retire to the study for some tea and crumpets."
They day I hear a lefty say "You.Were.Right" is the day I can pass this mortal coil a happy man.
Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2015 01:35 PM (NaV4z)
Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 05, 2015 01:35 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Marko Ramius at February 05, 2015 01:34 PM (RqItQ)
He has to spend more time with his mistresses-- Kate Beckinsale and Kate Upton
Posted by: Secundus at February 05, 2015 01:35 PM (dxjfk)
Posted by: Brian Wiliams Reporting at February 05, 2015 01:35 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2015 01:35 PM (et+T8)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 05, 2015 01:35 PM (AC0lD)
I would not be surprised to find numerous visits to goat.se.
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 05, 2015 01:35 PM (kff5f)
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:36 PM (rwI+c)
Brian Williams.
I was next to you and that same round didn't miss mine!
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at February 05, 2015 01:36 PM (y5bPZ)
--
ok, I missed that.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at February 05, 2015 01:36 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 05, 2015 01:36 PM (MC23X)
Posted by: Brian Williams brave genius at February 05, 2015 01:36 PM (5DdVJ)
Posted by: Brian Williams healer of the The Generals Daughter at February 05, 2015 01:36 PM (3yfGn)
Posted by: Citizen X at February 05, 2015 01:36 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at February 05, 2015 01:36 PM (Y92Nd)
They claimed they could not fathom any possible motive for lying.
Sorry, they meant to say they could not fathom any possible motive for telling the unflattering truth.
Posted by: JB1000 at February 05, 2015 01:36 PM (16OL0)
Posted by: Timon at February 05, 2015 01:37 PM (ZDJwC)
Posted by: toby928(C) at February 05, 2015 01:37 PM (rwI+c)
And Maj hasan the workplace violater was suffereing from PTSD and hadn't gone anywhere.
We should feel lucky that JEF didn't blame it on Christians then.
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 05, 2015 01:37 PM (Spluw)
Posted by: Stateless
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His thought processes seem remarkably parallel to Hector's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 05, 2015 01:37 PM (/GgDU)
Posted by: Nip Sip at February 05, 2015 01:37 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: "Jaws" Williams at February 05, 2015 01:38 PM (ThgIr)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at February 05, 2015 01:39 PM (Xrson)
And that grandchildren is how I won the Legion of Honor from Tanzania.
Posted by: Brian Williams healer of Casualties of some War at February 05, 2015 01:40 PM (3yfGn)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2015 01:41 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Brian Williams on the Road to Valhalla at February 05, 2015 01:41 PM (3yfGn)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 05, 2015 01:43 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Brian Williams breaks the silence On the Western Front at February 05, 2015 01:44 PM (3yfGn)
Posted by: Auntie Doodles at February 05, 2015 01:45 PM (JcN7j)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2015 01:45 PM (++CGM)
Posted by: Ruth at February 05, 2015 01:46 PM (oXsQ7)
Posted by: ed gibbon at February 05, 2015 01:46 PM (5DdVJ)
Posted by: ed gibbon at February 05, 2015 01:49 PM (5DdVJ)
Posted by: Mac at February 05, 2015 01:51 PM (0J18b)
Posted by: Socratease at February 05, 2015 01:58 PM (82qVG)
Posted by: Barky O'Fucknuts at February 05, 2015 01:59 PM (+IB+8)
Posted by: Brian 'Going Dutch' Williams at February 05, 2015 02:03 PM (S3uRV)
Posted by: Michael Moore at February 05, 2015 02:13 PM (9AQdP)
He does things that mortals like me cannot do.
He brings all the news to our homes each night
No Tea Party loonies or cats from the right
No guns, no Jesus, no men who are white
Just words from the White House give Brian delight
And that is a story that no one can beat.
And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street
Posted by: Michael Bane at February 05, 2015 02:17 PM (BcSzL)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 05, 2015 02:35 PM (6gk77)
"Yeah, it was tough. It must have been fifty to two odds. I've never been so scared in my life.It was dirty, dusty, dry, hot... men were screaming, I had to pick up an AK that one of the T's must have dropped. But we kept in defilade, stayed hard, stayed strong, andeventually we gota fire support mission from Brigade and we killed those two ali baba fuckers."
Brian "WarDog" Williams
Posted by: Joe Blow at February 05, 2015 02:55 PM (jShXB)
Posted by: Kramminator at February 05, 2015 03:29 PM (DSeW+)
Posted by: Boo at February 05, 2015 04:15 PM (ePs4N)
Oh I get why he would have wanted to spread what actually was a lie...what I don't get is why he went ahead and did it, given that there are so many ways for it to bite him in the arse.
Or do people like him just think no one will question or dispute it? It reminds me of how children deny saying things they've just said minutes ago in front of 25 people.
Like Hillary Clinton---the cameras were right on her, going into her appearance in Bosnia, filming away, and she later claims they were under fire. What and how exactly are these people thinking when they decide making up stupid shit is a good idea?
Maybe the Cool Shit They've Done element is that intoxicating.
Posted by: Lisl at February 05, 2015 05:29 PM (mEMsg)
Seriously, Ace gets the best quotes from these guys!!
Posted by: Shocker! at February 05, 2015 05:36 PM (xOu6p)
It's not a lie if you believe it yourself, right?
Seems most definite that he talked himself into believing it.
P S Y C H O P A T H
Posted by: JTG at February 05, 2015 06:20 PM (RTepv)
What does that even mean?
Oh, it means his plane went tits up 195 kilometers from Najaf. But thas doesn't tell us much. Baghdad is 160 kilometers from Najaf.
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