So Brian Williams Has Been Suspended, Without Pay, For Six Months

Kind of a cutting-the-baby-in-half sort of deal, isn't it?

I mean, suspending someone for six months, without pay, is... I don't even know if it's legal. How can they claim that they still own his contract when they've decided to not honor the "paying the guy money under the contract" part of the contract?

So it's a nonsense resolution. It's a bizarre attempt to both keep him and fire him.

Newsflash, News Division: You cannot both fire someone and keep them as an employee.

That is, you can't, unless Brian Williams is so desperate he's agreed to this, which of course he probably has.

And so will Williams be back? Possibly, if his replacement tanks. But if his replacement -- or any replacement that comes down the pike in the ensuing months -- does well, then Williams is in fact fired.

Peacock Panic: NBC in Disarray Over Brian Williams
The embattled anchor, already in self-imposed exile and lawyered up, has now been suspended without pay for six months amid an NBC investigation.
UPDATE: "We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News for six months," NBC News president Deborah Turness said in a statement Tuesday evening. "The suspension will be without pay and is effective immediately."

There's not anything more than that -- that links to an article but the article was written pre-suspension, with that UPDATE added up top. That's all the news there is as of now.

And, okay, I thought we knew Jon Stewart was leaving for a while, didn't we? Well, I thought we did. He now confirms he'll be leaving by the end of the year.

If you care, which you don't, and neither do I, but I guess I have to mention it.

If you're bored of this topic, please go down to the below post which does have Non Williams News Content, and I'm kind of squashing that post with this one.

What? Via @rdbrewer4, Brian Williams, according to Mediaite, lobbied to be the host of... The Tonight Show?!?!

The Jon Stewart news comes just as @emilysteel uncovered that Brian Williams sought to replace Leno, at one stage: http://t.co/tEr6rXUM1f
— Ravi Somaiya (@ravisomaiya) February 11, 2015

Okay, that's crazy but in a way it's not.

Apparently Brian Williams had some Walter Mitty in him, and apparently he was kind of bored out of his skull by his job, and wanted to do something completely different for which he was entirely unqualified.

Hey man I can kind of get that. I bet 80% of readers feel that way, at least sometimes.

Oh well. Crazy, and tired of working the corporate TV News Reading gig. Not the worst things to be.

Posted by: Ace at 08:06 PM

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1 heh

Posted by: Ho Lee Fuk at February 10, 2015 08:07 PM (8CdUx)

2 I wonder how they can get around the contract elements to keep him and not pay him. This could turn ugly if he decides he wants to sue for back wages at some point.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2015 08:09 PM (t//F+)

3 How on earth will Brian Williams support himself and his wife???

And where, oh where will LIVs get their "news" with Clown Nose leaving?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:09 PM (FsuaD)

4 Not bored with this subject at all. You out alinskied an alinskite.

Damn effn good job Ace. Now pick another target and do the same thing.

Posted by: GMB World Class Tyrant at February 10, 2015 08:10 PM (6yehy)

5 Ace squshes a 700 comment thread?

Posted by: bergerbilder at February 10, 2015 08:10 PM (2o6Wj)

6 Well, with six months to kill... I assume Brian is free now to do some of his mercenary work in Syria without time constraints. Kill them jahadis!! pew pew pew

Posted by: Yip at February 10, 2015 08:11 PM (84SRe)

7 NPR is now rubbing its paws gleefully: Audie Cornish and Melissa Block are now poised for TOTAL DOMINATION! [insert maniacal laugh]

Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2015 08:12 PM (t//F+)

8 Lester Holt is a decent replacement for Lyin' Brian (although I won't watch because NBC).

If it's true they're considering Savannah Guthrie, then they're going for the Today Show LIV demographic.

The fact she didn't correct the JEF when he said Washington brewed beer in the White House (she probably didn't even know the truth) speaks volumes.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:12 PM (FsuaD)

9 Suspended without pay?

Wow, that's hard to believe.
I mean...NBC assisted him to lie. Repeatedly.

So they are co-conspirators in the lies.

What are they gonna say? ...That he is "no longer an effective liar since he's been exposed"?

Posted by: wheatie at February 10, 2015 08:12 PM (hX3bN)

10 Williams has been crapping his pants for days now, waiting for the axe to fall. Kinda reminds him of the time he spent on a matress in a stairwell...

Posted by: bergerbilder at February 10, 2015 08:13 PM (2o6Wj)

11 Poor baby. 6 mo. vacay and only 5 million this year.

Posted by: dogfish at February 10, 2015 08:13 PM (1vYi0)

12 He will be sitting home, watching Girls, and ....

Posted by: teh Wind at February 10, 2015 08:13 PM (frYU/)

13 Hoping Brian will write his memoir. Hee.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:14 PM (FsuaD)

14 Is this where we talk about fag hag Obama?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 10, 2015 08:14 PM (NaeCR)

15
What about me? It was my turn!

Posted by: Savannah Guthrie at February 10, 2015 08:14 PM (P330y)

16 >>Poor baby. 6 mo. vacay and only 5 million this year.

No shit, and just for lying. I would kill any one of you for that kind of deal.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2015 08:15 PM (g1DWB)

17
Brian Williams is tall and wears a suit.

Who knew?

Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2015 08:15 PM (MDgS8)

18 He will be sitting home, watching Girls, and ....
Posted by: teh Wind

...masturbating furiously.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at February 10, 2015 08:15 PM (GuwT9)

19 so, william and stewart arre announcing career changes same day? did not see these guys swapping jobs, fluids sure but jobs nope.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 08:15 PM (gsfK5)

20 No shit, and just for lying. I would kill any one of you for that kind of deal.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2015 08:15 PM (g1DWB)

*locks doors* *looks around nervously*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:16 PM (FsuaD)

21 and so it begins

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at February 10, 2015 08:16 PM (lKwiI)

22 Brian Williams doesn't need a paycheck, he invented the money tree.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at February 10, 2015 08:16 PM (zauWW)

23 anybody catch shepherd smith? NBC news was at the top of the credibility ratings? the heck? shep's an idiot

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 10, 2015 08:17 PM (8qSgA)

24 No shit, and just for lying. I would kill any one of you for that kind of deal.
Posted by: JackStraw

*racking shotgun*

Posted by: dogfish at February 10, 2015 08:17 PM (1vYi0)

25 NBC is going to punish the public by replacing him with Katie Couric.

Posted by: SGT York at February 10, 2015 08:17 PM (IQP/f)

26 The full Headline they don't let you see:

Brian Williams Suspended (by a rope) Without [strike]Pay[/strike] (anything under his feet).

Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2015 08:17 PM (K4YiS)

27 Well, now he can fulfill his dream of being a mercenary in the Jordanian army.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:17 PM (FsuaD)

28 williams has six months off! man can you imagine what he can do in six months? he is gonna have some unfuckingbelieveable stories!

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 08:17 PM (gsfK5)

29 Moron on moron violence.

Posted by: dogfish at February 10, 2015 08:17 PM (1vYi0)

30 ~~Pay~~

Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2015 08:18 PM (K4YiS)

31 Tell one lie, and they call you a liar. What a world.

Posted by: bergerbilder at February 10, 2015 08:18 PM (2o6Wj)

32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yahBtp_1jWE

Gone gone gone

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 10, 2015 08:18 PM (+Fae7)

33 Ok everyone, create special folders and bookmarks about why we hate Brian Williams right now. And anything that you'll want to remember about why Brian further degraded the joke that is modern 'Journalism.'

We may need those in six months, but I doubt it.

Oh, and like Science, Journalism should probably also be capitalized for the liberals. And it should be said with a penetrating sound and motion.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 10, 2015 08:18 PM (AC0lD)

34 Ahhh, so that's how uou do strikethru.

Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2015 08:18 PM (K4YiS)

35 <<No shit, and just for lying. I would kill any one of you for that kind of deal.>>

If we're being honest, I'd do it for half that.

Posted by: SGT York at February 10, 2015 08:18 PM (IQP/f)

36 Peacock Panic: NBC in Disarray Over Brian Williams

huh huh huh... "Cock." huh huh huh...

Posted by: Butt-head at February 10, 2015 08:18 PM (AFsCH)

37 Yeah Jon Stewart's schtick sort of wore thin about 10 years ago. I remember so vividly watching him pretend the GOP taking over both houses of congress in 2002 was nothing, meant nothing, was just meaningless as he moved a few M&Ms around on his desk. Then how amazingly happy he was and how momentous the Democrats taking both houses was in 2006. Then how suddenly it meant nothing again recently.

The man is a clown nose douchebag. He used to be really funny, his show on MTV was good, he was fun on the game show whatever it was called, and his first year or two on Daily Show was fun. Then after a while I noticed only the taped "remotes" were any fun. Then I noticed basically the show was him doing the same bits over and over and over again while promoting a heavy leftist/Democrat agenda. And that wasn't even funny any more.

Brian Williams? In 6 months nobody will even remember what he was suspended for.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 10, 2015 08:18 PM (39g3+)

38 Step into my office!

Posted by: Hitchhiker at February 10, 2015 08:19 PM (eEEbp)

39 "Daddy's home for good, sweetheart! Break out the chocolate starfish!"

Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2015 08:19 PM (K4YiS)

40 Zombie...try using just an "s" for strike-out function.

Posted by: wheatie at February 10, 2015 08:19 PM (hX3bN)

41 they'll cut him a check, either when he comes back, or when they give him a golden parachute...

and wanna bet they will cover all his "expenses" while he's off?

this is just a maskirovka.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 10, 2015 08:20 PM (pZtrP)

42 No shit, and just for lying. I would kill any one of you for that kind of deal.
Posted by: JackStraw

You're Jewish, aren't you?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 10, 2015 08:20 PM (mx5oN)

43 Brian Williams should upstage Barry Obama at the UN by taking his position two year in advance.

When I think of Brian Williams, I think of World Fucking Peace, Man!

Posted by: Fritz at February 10, 2015 08:20 PM (dVmLD)

44 The wailing and rending of garments over Jon Steward leaving is hilarious on the left.

"Where will we get our news now?!!?"

And the inevitable, "Faux News!!!eleventy!!ll!!!"

LIVs. Bless their hearts.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:20 PM (FsuaD)

45 The six months is just a ruse, all it means is Williams lawyers and the NBC lawyers need some time to come to a contract buyout agreement.
He's done.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 10, 2015 08:20 PM (+ebSh)

46 Seems more significant to me that people like Kerry, Clinton, and Blumenthal etc lie about their harrowing experiences to gain political power.

I mean which is worse: Brian Williams lying like he's John Wayne to get chicks, or Elizabeth Warren lying like she's a full blood Navajo for college admission and preferential treatment?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 10, 2015 08:20 PM (39g3+)

47 I will not rest. I will not stop. I will become an investigative machine.

And I will find out who that Ace character is and expose him as the charlatan he is to the American people!

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:20 PM (oFCZn)

48 Tell one lie, and they call you a liar. What a world.
Posted by: bergerbilder

I've built bridges for 20 years but do they call me John the Bridge builder? No.
I've gone to church every sunday for 20 years but do they call me John the Pious? No
But fuck one horse...

Posted by: John the Horse Fucker at February 10, 2015 08:20 PM (GuwT9)

49 39 "Daddy's home for good, sweetheart! Break out the chocolate starfish!"
Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2015 08:19 PM (K4YiS)

Custom molded from Allison's anus. Hey, that could be a thing: Allison's Anus Fine Confections.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 10, 2015 08:21 PM (mx5oN)

50 He'll be back in time for Iowa straw thing-a-ma-bob, lovely.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:21 PM (MbrzC)

51 Anyone seen Drudge? Awesomely hilarious!

Posted by: Can't wait til 2017 at February 10, 2015 08:21 PM (x8Wor)

52
This fix is in, and Brian Williams will be back in six months, reinvigorated with a new sense of purpose and the NBC brass sucking his cock for all the world to see!

Shameful action by management when they should have kicked his ass to the curb and sent him packing.

So serial lying has absolutely no consequence, and that fact is frequently demonstrated in government and big business, but not for the unwashed who are castigated and sent packing for the same offense.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at February 10, 2015 08:21 PM (P330y)

53 February 10, 2015

How I spent my six months off by Brian Williams.

I had an amazing vacation. I started by going to

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 08:21 PM (gsfK5)

54 Brian Williams has been suspended.

Like David Carradine...?

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 10, 2015 08:21 PM (AC0lD)

55 Don't worry about Brian.

At a minimum, he's got a sweet professorship at Columbia School of Journalism awaiting him.

But like any leftist celebrity, he is now free to make an absolute FORTUNE on speaking tours. finally free to drop Bulworthian progressive truthbombs, as the audience shifts in the chairs impatiently waiting for the canapes and cocktails afterward.

Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2015 08:22 PM (K4YiS)

56 54 Brian Williams has been suspended.

Like David Carradine...?
Posted by: Stateless Infidel

That was a more succinct version of my failed joke at #26 above.

Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2015 08:23 PM (K4YiS)

57 They're lying about cutting his pay. He's lying about the 6 months, They're all lying.

Posted by: wth at February 10, 2015 08:23 PM (wAQA5)

58 Anyone seen Drudge? Awesomely hilarious!
Posted by: Can't wait til 2017

Concur.

Posted by: dogfish at February 10, 2015 08:23 PM (1vYi0)

59 he's off until mid August, then a vaycay, Labor Day weekend and ....

Voila! back, tanned, rested and read for the fall season debut.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 10, 2015 08:23 PM (pZtrP)

60 "45 The six months is just a ruse, all it means is Williams lawyers and the NBC lawyers need some time to come to a contract buyout agreement.
He's done.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 10, 2015 08:20 PM (+ebSh) "
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Maybe. Or they just correctly assume this will be ancient news come July\August.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:24 PM (MbrzC)

61 THIS IS A FOX NEWS ALERT: WILLIAMS OUT

Its kind of awkward to ask me to report on the Williams canning, isn't it? I mean, sure hope no one brings up cannibals at the Super Dome.

And now back to The Factor.

Posted by: Shemp Smith at February 10, 2015 08:24 PM (+kznc)

62 ...you know Brian Williams is Bullworth. He does stupid raps, he is a leftist mouthpiece pretending to be the voice of reason and truth, and in lefty dreamland someone like that would be loved and embraced by the people.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 10, 2015 08:24 PM (39g3+)

63 NEW GAME:

'Excerpts from the Autobiography Brian Williams Will Write During His 'Sabbatical''

I'll start:

"...with the deep, burnt orange hue of the sunset sliding below the horizon, tinged by the smoke from the burning oil fields as a background, I began to wonder if I was the actual target, and not simply the bird around me, its tail housing crackling like a fireplace full of green logs. And in a sense, that's what this was, a fireplace, full of green and inexperienced young men, looking to me for leadership; the civilian who would be commander. I could feel the physiologistics of the Chinook were proper for a gyro-landing. We would be all right. The impact would be horrendous, and sever of the enlisted were going to perish, but overall, I knew we were going to get out of this. I looked around for a .50 caliber weapon, knowing it would be my constant companion for the next two weeks..."

Posted by: SGT York at February 10, 2015 08:24 PM (IQP/f)

64 There I was. In the shit. Again. I was still reeling from the crushing blow of a six-month-suspension, when suddenly a volley of Katyusha roared over the top of my limo.

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:24 PM (mx5oN)

65 I hope it is not too much to hope that more MisMemories keep coming... I would like a Brian Williams version of T-Bone.

Posted by: Baldy at February 10, 2015 08:25 PM (+35FH)

66
How I spent my six months off by Brian Williams.

I had an amazing vacation. I started by going to
........
Mars, I set foot on Mars

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:25 PM (wAQA5)

67
Six months? I can do that standing on my head. Now I have time to fulfill that invitation to the monastery in Nepal teaching monks the way of truth!

Posted by: Alrighty Then ! at February 10, 2015 08:25 PM (XYKz+)

68 This is so breaking Shep Smith is on it!
Have I mentioned I can't stand Shep?

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:25 PM (sj3Ax)

69 Savannah, pron name and pron mouth that is easily able to take a 3 lb. Hillshire Farms summer sausage, would work well with Nothing But Communism's demographic..

Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN at February 10, 2015 08:25 PM (XlFLJ)

70 Between the lines: There's something else out there NBC is deathly afraid is about to come to light.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (m9V0o)

71 I hate both Brian Williams and Jon Stewart. They are both traitors who worked tirelessly to destroy America, and I hate them for their success.

Posted by: Null at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (xjpRj)

72 8 Lester Holt is a decent replacement for Lyin' Brian (although I won't watch because NBC).

If it's true they're considering Savannah Guthrie, then they're going for the Today Show LIV demographic.

The fact she didn't correct the JEF when he said Washington brewed beer in the White House (she probably didn't even know the truth) speaks volumes.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:12 PM (FsuaD)

It will be Holt because "historic!!".

There have been plenty of women anchors, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters, Connie Chung, but there has not been a black solo anchor. (Max Robinson was one of 3 anchors on ABC in the late 70's)

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (+Fae7)

73 Well, it was a squashing, but not a squashing-squashing.

For those of you that are college b-ball fans, a major upset may be in the making.

LSU is leading Kentucky by 6 with 7 minutes to play, at LSU.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (+1T7c)

74 "Maybe. Or they just correctly assume this will be ancient news come July\August."

As someone else pointed out, I don't see how NBC can tell Holt or some other replacement to go out there and rebuild our brand then in six months put the guy back on that wreaked the brand.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (+ebSh)

75 I hear williams and rather are teaming and gonna fight some crime, speaking truth to power the usual.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (gsfK5)

76 On CNS News:

(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) says, "so many people come
to government knowing that they are not going to make the kind of money
they would make in the private sector but they come to government to
feed their souls."

http://tinyurl.com/oeco8jh

Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (t//F+)

77 That's $5 million in embarrassing filthy lucre that Williams won't have to pretend to be embarrassed about anymore.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (ZbCKc)

78

...his first year or two on Daily Show was fun. Then after a while I noticed only the taped "remotes" were any fun. Then I noticed basically the show was him doing the same bits over and over and over again while promoting a heavy leftist/Democrat agenda. And that wasn't even funny any more.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 10, 2015 08:18 PM (39g3+)

Hmmm. A couple of years after he began hosting The Daily Show, Bush was elected.

Total coincidence, I'm sure.

As I mentioned in the other thread, though, he began grating on me immediately. When he said something to the effect of, "Craig's not coming back! Stop asking!" I stopped watching.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (AFsCH)

79 70 Between the lines: There's something else out there NBC is deathly afraid is about to come to light.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (m9V0o)

They can't trace a single one of those dead hookers back to me, so it can't be that...

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:27 PM (mx5oN)

80 "Mars, I set foot on Mars"

and then, Uranus!

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 10, 2015 08:27 PM (pZtrP)

81 So, two out of the 17,893 leftist mouthpieces (Williams and Stewart) are now out of the game. Only 17,891 to go!

Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2015 08:27 PM (K4YiS)

82 That was a more succinct version of my failed joke at #26 above.

Posted by: zombie at February 10, 2015 08:23 PM (K4YiS)

You give so much. Glad to occasionally contribute.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at February 10, 2015 08:27 PM (AC0lD)

83 "57 They're lying about cutting his pay."
----
Probably. I've not seen the man's contract but I'll bet they're mostly playing word games, or someone just cut a big fat check to him today and there will be no others cut for 6mo.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:27 PM (MbrzC)

84 I'm having hard time opening Drudge.

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:27 PM (sj3Ax)

85 I wonder how much Williams really even hurt NBC news. I mean, everyone mocking him and cracking all these jokes... none of them watch nightly news. You gotta be on Geritol and Depends to get the full story here, and do they even know what happened?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 10, 2015 08:27 PM (39g3+)

86 Between the lines: There's something else out there NBC is deathly afraid is about to come to light.
Posted by: Brother Cavil

Rev. Al hasn't paid his taxes?

Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 08:28 PM (+1T7c)

87 84 I'm having hard time opening Drudge.
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:27 PM (sj3Ax)

Have you tried some wine? Candlelight? Soft music?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 10, 2015 08:28 PM (mx5oN)

88 Can we please call Lester Hold "Moe"? "NBC Nightly News with Moe Lester Holt" just has such a nice ring to it.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 10, 2015 08:28 PM (VAsIq)

89 "70 Between the lines: There's something else out there NBC is deathly afraid is about to come to light.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (m9V0o) "
---
I wouldn't doubt it.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:29 PM (MbrzC)

90 64 There I was. In the shit. Again. I was still reeling from the crushing blow of a six-month-suspension, when suddenly a volley of Katyusha roared over the top of my limo.

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:24 PM (mx5oN)

This caused me to look up Katyushas on Wikipedia. I knew they had been used in WWII, but did not think they had continued to be built and fielded. Thanks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2015 08:29 PM (wt/Oq)

91 I wonder if security stood by as he packed up all his fake awards and crap in a cardboard box, then walked him out of the building.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:29 PM (FsuaD)

92
How I spent my six months off by Brian Williams.

I had an amazing vacation. I started by going to
......................
well, Bill Clinton told me Orgy Island was been closed, so I went to Bangkok with my daughter, from there...

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:29 PM (wAQA5)

93 They can't trace a single one of those dead hookers back to me, so it can't be that...
Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:27 PM (mx5oN)

You're lucky that it happened in my brother Fredo's place. Otherwise we couldn't help you.

Posted by: Tom Hagen at February 10, 2015 08:30 PM (ZbCKc)

94 >>>Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) says, "so many people come

to government knowing that they are not going to make the kind of money

they would make in the private sector but they come to government to

feed their souls."
Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (t//F+)<<<

Souls. Yeah. That's the ticket.

Posted by: tax cheat Charlie Rangel at February 10, 2015 08:30 PM (DL1Pi)

95 >>There have been plenty of women anchors, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters,
Connie Chung, but there has not been a black solo anchor.

Well, on network television anyway. CNN had that Bernie guy (forget his last name) who was an anchor back during Desert Storm,

Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2015 08:30 PM (WvpaS)

96 He'll have more time to spend on the set of "Girls." *shudder*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:30 PM (FsuaD)

97 Lester Holt is the whiter version of Brian Williams.

Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2015 08:30 PM (MDgS8)

98 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) says, "so many people come

to government knowing that they are not going to make the kind of money

they would make in the private sector but they come to government to

feed their souls."

Oh bullshit, all you cocksmokers have your snouts in the trough and you know it.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 10, 2015 08:31 PM (mx5oN)

99 70 Between the lines: There's something else out there NBC is deathly afraid is about to come to light.

Well yeah...people were starting to scrutinize how NBC had been facilitating Lyin Brian's Lies.

Which leads to the thought: "If NBC will do that, then what else are they lying about?"

So they needed this whole thing to go away...fast.

Do you mean, other that that? ...Well, I hope there's more.

Posted by: wheatie at February 10, 2015 08:31 PM (hX3bN)

100 #NBC-Gate, the continuing adventures

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 10, 2015 08:32 PM (VAsIq)

101 There have been plenty of women anchors, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters, Connie Chung, but there has not been a black solo anchor.

How's this for a signoff:

Dyno MITE!

Posted by: Jimmy J.J. Walker at February 10, 2015 08:32 PM (ZbCKc)

102 Well, on network television anyway. CNN had that Bernie guy (forget his last name) who was an anchor back during Desert Storm

Bernard Shaw, I liked him. I thought he did good work.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 10, 2015 08:32 PM (39g3+)

103 Rep. Cummings. Heh.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 10, 2015 08:32 PM (VAsIq)

104
NBC has resolved the Brian Williams matter gracefully, and the President
and Pentagon have taken a similar approach with the Bowe Bergdahl
matter. Sgt. Bergdahl will not be prosecuted for serial lying, and no
consideration will be given to the serious charge of desertion. Sgt
Bergdahl will be honorably discharged and returned to civilian life
where he can make a difference.

Posted by: Josh Earnest at February 10, 2015 08:33 PM (P330y)

105 Damn, where can I watch someone else read the news and give their opinion now?

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 10, 2015 08:33 PM (mv76s)

106 How I Spent My Six Month Suspension

-- by Brian Williams that is called Brian

The first day of my six month suspension, I woke up. Then I went downtown. To look for a job. Then I hung out in the coffee shop with my pals.

The second day of my six month suspension, I woke up. Then I went downtown. To look for a job. Then I hung out in the coffee shop with my pals.

The third day of my six month suspension, I woke up. Then I went downtown. To look for a job. Then I got a job. Keeping journalists from hanging out at the coffee shop.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 10, 2015 08:33 PM (JO9+V)

107 lowandslow at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (+ebSh)
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I think you also make a bad assumption that they really care about the "brand", cause if they did he and host of others wouldn't be employed there in the first place. As for holt... here's some $$ pal fill in for awhile, maybe you get the gig, maybe you don't.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:33 PM (MbrzC)

108 Something a little more blues-ey

Robert Plant and Allison Krauss

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=6WRm3VsmXRE

Posted by: bergerbilder at February 10, 2015 08:33 PM (2o6Wj)

109
77
That's $5 million in embarrassing filthy lucre that Williams won't have to pretend to be embarrassed about anymore.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 10, 2015 08:26 PM (ZbCKc)

But that's at least 33 Maseratis. Think of the children!

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at February 10, 2015 08:34 PM (yxw0r)

110 Bernard rocked the Stache.

Posted by: eleven at February 10, 2015 08:34 PM (MDgS8)

111 Brian Williams, according to Mediaite, lobbied to be the host of... The Tonight Show?!?!

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Then no one would have cared about his lies. Tough break.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 10, 2015 08:34 PM (VAsIq)

112 72...There have been plenty of women anchors, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters, Connie Chung, but there has not been a black solo anchor. (Max Robinson was one of 3 anchors on ABC in the late 70's)

There was Bernard Shaw on CNN.

Posted by: wheatie at February 10, 2015 08:35 PM (hX3bN)

113 Brian wanted to host the Tonight Show???

Just imagine, he could have just slow-jammed the "news" to his heart's content.

I...ummm....I'm all outta words.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:36 PM (FsuaD)

114 never count williams out, he has six months and he is gonna go for the full jenner, no way nbc fires him after he finishes his sexual reassignment and wins an olympic decathalon.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 08:37 PM (gsfK5)

115 He'll have more time to spend on the set of "Girls." *shudder*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:30 PM

You bet. In fact, they're writing a character for me... the charming and handsome war vet who is confused about his sexuality and likes water sports.

Posted by: brian williams at February 10, 2015 08:37 PM (tBSrv)

116 I...ummm....I'm all outta words.

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I'm all outta love

Posted by: Air Supply at February 10, 2015 08:37 PM (VAsIq)

117 111 Brian Williams, according to Mediaite, lobbied to be the host of... The Tonight Show?!?!
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Seriously?

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:38 PM (MbrzC)

118 Chris Matthews is the logical choice. Who doesn't want their batshit crazy, drunken uncle screaming the news at them every night?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2015 08:38 PM (g1DWB)

119 no way nbc fires him after he finishes his sexual reassignment and wins an olympic decathalon.

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I already did that, so I guess we're cool.

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (VAsIq)

120 We have a 'serial liar' in the White House, too.

So I would imagine that the Word had come down from on high..."Make this go away. We can't have people talking about serial liars!"

Posted by: wheatie at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (hX3bN)

121 Brian Williams is the suspendee, and Deborah Turness is the suspender.

Posted by: bergerbilder at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (2o6Wj)

122 NBC will ease him back into place with a Special Projects set of assignments related to the 2016 elections, and nothing more will ever be said about it.

Next thing you know he'll be a debate mod...

Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (XlFLJ)

123 Of course I could do the Tonight Show... I mean, just look at this chin!

Posted by: Lyin' Brian's Leno-esque jawline at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (DL1Pi)

124 >>Bernard Shaw, I liked him. I thought he did good work.

Yes, thanks! I liked him, too. And maybe it's just poor memory, but I don't recall a lot of hoopla over first black national news anchor. Whereas today, every check box checked for a person hired to high profile position must be checked off and celebrated.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (WvpaS)

125 Okay, we need to go after Cankles and Liawatha with the same fervor.

And Joe Biden for his plagiarism and other bullshit if he decides to run.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (FsuaD)

126 I...ummm....I'm all outta words.

I'm all outta love
Posted by: Air Supply

I'm outta time!!

Posted by: Marty McFly at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (+1T7c)

127 I'm going to guess that if Williams does decide to sue NBC, they are going to do everything they possibly can to get that judge who they apparently own that declared George Zimmerman a public figure to preside over the case.

Posted by: buzzion at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (zt+N6)

128 Speaking of completely different and totally unqualified, I find out in the next couple days if I'll be doing any post-season broadcasts for the NC Prep playoffs. While I don't know for sure, let's just say I'm pretty confident I'll get at least a couple of them.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (2cS/G)

129 Who the fuck is Lester Holt?

...Actually nevermind. IDGAF.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (DMJw2)

130 The Tonight Show; with Hosts Brian Williams and his Daughter's fart Blossom, Annie!

It could work!

Posted by: Fritz at February 10, 2015 08:40 PM (dVmLD)

131 Chelsea Williams will be BIGGER and BETTER than ever when she returns from her six-month sex change sabbatical. NBC's Peacock, now with less cock!

Posted by: Bizzaro World Now Our World at February 10, 2015 08:41 PM (7u7u7)

132 O/T Just got an e-mail from Whole Foods advertising Whole Trade Guaranteed roses.

WTF?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:41 PM (FsuaD)

133 The six months is just a ruse, all it means is Williams lawyers and the NBC lawyers need some time to come to a contract buyout agreement.

Probably. A 6 month suspension is just...weird.

Can he get a job? Sure. You think CNN wouldn't snap him up in a second? They won't pay him millions, but they'll pay him.

He can also shop a memoir. NBC does *not* want that, because he can dump on everybody.

But this is designed to get it out of the news. They're searching for a temporary *wink*wink* replacement and Williams is in the rear-view mirror.

Then, when the furor has died down, they announce he's fired. He'll get a payoff in exchange for no tell-all, will probably write a book anyway, in which everybody at the NBC family is kind and professional and those meddling right-wing bloggers were responsible for bringing him down.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 10, 2015 08:41 PM (L2xDv)

134 Suspended for six months without pay.

But will receive double his pay for six months after he returns.

Or at least I assume so.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at February 10, 2015 08:42 PM (Xrson)

135 "Apparently Brian Williams had some Walter Mitty in him"

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"And boy does my ass hurt!"

*rimshot*

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:42 PM (VAsIq)

136 Let's see, "The Life of Brian."

What? That's already taken?

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:42 PM (2o6Wj)

137 >>Brian Williams, according to Mediaite, lobbied to be the host of... The Tonight Show?!?!

This does not surprise me.
First, all of the news folks envy Jon Stewart because he gets to be hip and funny while delivering biased news, while they have to be serious and pretend to be unbiased.
Second, Williams is clearly desperate to be considered hip and funny - so obvious from all of his appearances on SNL, 30 Rock, Daily Show, Late Night, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2015 08:42 PM (WvpaS)

138 Replace him with Jon Stewart. Or Rosie O'D. Or Lady Gaga. Any old media whore will do.

Posted by: Kraken at February 10, 2015 08:42 PM (5+mPY)

139 "124 >>Bernard Shaw, I liked him. I thought he did good work.

Yes, thanks! I liked him, too. And maybe it's just poor memory, but I don't recall a lot of hoopla over first black national news anchor. Whereas today, every check box checked for a person hired to high profile position must be checked off and celebrated."
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Indeed, and while there was no doubt he was a lib he seemed to try and keep his bias in check more than most. That or like you mention maybe my memory is bad too.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:42 PM (MbrzC)

140 He'll get a payoff in exchange for no tell-all, will probably write a book anyway, in which everybody at the NBC family is kind and professional and those meddling right-wing bloggers were responsible for bringing him down.
Posted by: AmishDude

Yeah, and I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for that meddling Ace of Spades!

Posted by: Brian Williams, the most interesting broadcaster in the world at February 10, 2015 08:43 PM (+1T7c)

141
>>>I...ummm....I'm all outta words.

I'm all outta love

Posted by: Air Supply

I'm outta time!!

Posted by: Marty McFly at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (+1T7c)<<<

I'm outta sight.

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at February 10, 2015 08:43 PM (DL1Pi)

142 NBC does *not* want that, because he can dump on everybody.
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Some of the interns at NBC let me do that to them for $50.

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:43 PM (VAsIq)

143 50 He'll be back in time for Iowa straw thing-a-ma-bob, lovely.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:21 PM (MbrzC)

Nope. NBC will want their "new face" on the air for that, and with enough time in the anchor desk to be eligible for the moderator of the Presidential Debates. Maybe even in line to moderate one D and one R debate.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 10, 2015 08:43 PM (+Fae7)

144 John Stewart leaving this year? Then who's going to DESTROY the Republicans during the next election?

Posted by: Cave Johnson at February 10, 2015 08:43 PM (2jQGY)

145 Skip the tell all book and have Asylum do the movie. They could get it on cable before the Rather movie is done.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at February 10, 2015 08:43 PM (zauWW)

146 Watching A Knight's Tale. Pretty neat flick.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at February 10, 2015 08:44 PM (Xrson)

147 I hear a rumor elijah cumming s was in a german porn movie called "cummings goings."

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 08:44 PM (gsfK5)

148 Replace him with Jon Stewart. Or Rosie O'D. Or Lady Gaga.

Posted by: Kraken at February 10, 2015 08:42 PM

Yeah, any of those guys would do.

Posted by: otho at February 10, 2015 08:44 PM (tBSrv)

149 Hah, These dumb bastards are used to this kind of shit just blowing over, but for some reason it isn't. They still have faith that Lyin' Brian, The Flyin, RPG Dodgin, Williams will yet rise again.

Posted by: dartist at February 10, 2015 08:44 PM (ahBY0)

150 One week from the Page Six piece until Brian's Bye Bye Blues. I'm still pissed, as I predicted last Thursday that that day would be his last appearance; the shitheel went on the air Friday, ruining my prediction by a day.

Still and all, a great job was done by Ace and many others in the conservativesphere to keep pounding on this until Brian was well done. It happens to conservatives with much smaller sins all the time; payback is a bitch.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 10, 2015 08:44 PM (w4UpX)

151 Will NBC choose yet another straight, white male to replace Williams?

Posted by: ProgMedia at February 10, 2015 08:45 PM (ZPrif)

152 Will NBC choose yet another straight, white male to replace Williams?

Posted by: ProgMedia at February 10, 2015 08:45 PM (ZPrif)

153

Brian Williams will not be back.

From Fritzworth's in the sidebar, the command to re-activate Olbermann has been given, and Olbermann won't step aside this time.

Posted by: Arbalest at February 10, 2015 08:45 PM (FlRtG)

154 I wonder when Shep Smith's contract expires.

Posted by: jwb7605 at February 10, 2015 08:45 PM (ZALPg)

155 But I recycle! I RECYCLE!!!!!

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:45 PM (VAsIq)

156 The way Williams tells it, he was suspended, over a smoldering volcano, with only frayed twine keeping him from a certain fiery death.

Posted by: Roy at February 10, 2015 08:46 PM (fWLrt)

157 Yankee Fifth,
That cracked me up!

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:46 PM (sj3Ax)

158 Lyin' Williams seems like Senate material to me. First, he's a liar. And, second, he has the hair. What else is there?

Posted by: Williams 2016 at February 10, 2015 08:46 PM (7u7u7)

159 Suspended for six months without pay.

aka "slow jamming the firing"

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 08:47 PM (gsfK5)

160 the command to re-activate Olbermann has been given,

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HAHAHAHAHAHA! Can we get so lucky? Even the least-informed head-under-a-rock LIV will have to see that the MSM is irredeemably corrupt.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 10, 2015 08:47 PM (VAsIq)

161 I've got to go make dinner & look at more Texas cities.

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:47 PM (sj3Ax)

162 He was suspended, much like those bodies were that were floating face down past his French Quarter hotel window after Katrina.

Posted by: Roy at February 10, 2015 08:48 PM (fWLrt)

163 154 I wonder when Shep Smith's contract expires.

Posted by: jwb7605 at February 10, 2015 08:45 PM (ZALPg)
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As I recall he got a new\refreshed 3yr deal at fox in Sept\October 14'. Why someone at FNC thought that was a good idea I have no idea.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:48 PM (MbrzC)

164 I'm outta time!!

Posted by: Marty McFly at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM
.............................You're out of touch.

Posted by: Hall and Oates at February 10, 2015 08:48 PM (mv76s)

165 132 O/T Just got an e-mail from Whole Foods advertising Whole Trade Guaranteed roses.

WTF?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:41 PM (FsuaD)

They are very high in vitamin C.

Posted by: bergerbilder at February 10, 2015 08:49 PM (2o6Wj)

166 If I were Brian Williams, I would get a three-week-old puppy and travel around the country, turning him in to local authorities for the bounty money, then using my mad skills as a long range rifleman to shoot the hangman's rope, severing it just as the puppy was being dropped to his fate. Then we would ride off into the sunset, like a hero with this three-week-old puppy.

That's never been done before.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at February 10, 2015 08:49 PM (NeFrd)

167 aka "slow jamming the firing"

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 08:47 PM (gsfK5)
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L.o.L Let's hope so.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:49 PM (MbrzC)

168 I'm interested in whether Savannah Guthrie is related to Woody. And if she's gonna show her boobies on the TeeVee if she gets the job.

If related to Woody, this pairs well with Louis Farrakhan's grandson getting a basketball scholarship at UVA. Of course Woody used his guitar to metaphorically kill fascists.......who were largely the capitalists of the time.

Posted by: East Bay Jay at February 10, 2015 08:49 PM (7v8o1)

169 There was Bernard Shaw on CNN.
Posted by: wheatie at February 10, 2015 08:35 PM (hX3bN)

Cable. Big difference between network and cable. On CNN's biggest night, they don't come close to the Big 3's worst night in ratings.

Shaw was very good, and he would have given both nuts to be the anchor of any of the Big 3's newscasts.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 10, 2015 08:50 PM (+Fae7)

170 I haven't watched TV news in so long that I couldn't identify who the fuck that shitweasel Brian Williams was until he stepped on his dick and Drudge and Ace pointed it out.
Then again, I can give you pertinent facts on a hundred girlie porn actresses, so...

Posted by: Kraken at February 10, 2015 08:50 PM (5+mPY)

171 O/T Just got an e-mail from Whole Foods advertising Whole Trade Guaranteed roses.

WTF?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 10, 2015 08:41 PM (FsuaD)

They are very high in vitamin C.

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Harvested WITHOUT African blood being spilled (unlike our competitors at Flowers Today).

Posted by: Whole Food and Flowers Too I Guess at February 10, 2015 08:50 PM (VAsIq)

172 We demand a Vagina of Color in the anchor seat. Ideally a Queer Vagina of Color!

Posted by: RadFem at February 10, 2015 08:51 PM (ZPrif)

173 the command to re-activate Olbermann has been given,

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HAHAHAHAHAHA! Can we get so lucky? Even the least-informed head-under-a-rock LIV will have to see that the MSM is irredeemably corrupt.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 10, 2015 08:47 PM

You give the head under a rock LIVer waaaaaaay too much credit. Ladies and gentleman of the jury. I present to you as exhibit (A) TFG! I rest my case ladies and gentleman.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 10, 2015 08:51 PM (mv76s)

174 "Oh well. Crazy, and tired of working the corporate TV News Reading gig. Not the worst things to be."

Oh please, Ace. The guy is a serial fabulist, feeding "news" to low information viewers who think he's credible in part because of his "war stories." Yeah, he's a regular Ernie Pyle.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 10, 2015 08:51 PM (9tzvc)

175 158 Lyin' Williams seems like Senate material to me. First, he's a liar. And, second, he has the hair. What else is there?

Posted by: Williams 2016 at February 10, 2015 08:46 PM (7u7u7)
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heh. I fear that might be something Stewart might have in mind after he leaves the daily show.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:51 PM (MbrzC)

176 Brian wanted to host the Tonight Show???

Not surprising.

Look, Williams' storytelling and fabulism built the brand. He was the only anchor you'd heard of. He was everywhere, as Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) points out in a recent post on his blog.

NBC was the highest-rated for a reason and it's because Williams was a relentless cross-promoter and was ubiquitous in the media for a "newsman."

Even a charismatic newsreader isn't an interesting Letterman guest. But one who got shot at, now that's a story!

Posted by: AmishDude at February 10, 2015 08:52 PM (L2xDv)

177 Yankee Fifth,
That cracked me up!
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:46 PM (sj3Ax)

glad I am able to be of use!

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 08:52 PM (gsfK5)

178 What happened to Bernard Shaw?

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:52 PM (sj3Ax)

179 Oooh did someone mention cutting a baby in half? Where? Tanned, rested and ready!

Posted by: Planned Parenthood Goons at February 10, 2015 08:52 PM (mv76s)

180 In six months time the LIVs with an attention span of a gnat will have forgotten everything...

Posted by: Mini-Tru at February 10, 2015 08:53 PM (0Ew3K)

181 I'm outta this world.

Posted by: Neil Armstrong at February 10, 2015 08:53 PM (NeFrd)

182 Too bad the truth is never known. I don't think this Lyin' prick goes down like this without some help.

Posted by: dartist at February 10, 2015 08:53 PM (ahBY0)

183 "If it's true they're considering Savannah Guthrie, then they're going for the Today Show LIV demographic."

Are you kiddin' me? The network news shows have been moving to the Today/GMA model for years. They just haven't caught up to them, because Today/GMA keep dropping further down the infotainment sewer hole...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 10, 2015 08:54 PM (pqbXX)

184 I'm outta work.

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 10, 2015 08:54 PM (VAsIq)

185 178 What happened to Bernard Shaw?
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:52 PM (sj3Ax)

Well, Carol, he died. Badly.

Posted by: Kraken at February 10, 2015 08:54 PM (5+mPY)

186 Plugs will tap Williams to run the FCC.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at February 10, 2015 08:54 PM (zauWW)

187 178 What happened to Bernard Shaw?
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He quietly retired.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:54 PM (MbrzC)

188 178 What happened to Bernard Shaw?
Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:52 PM (sj3Ax)

Retired.

He's a huge Redskins fan and does voiceovers for videos that the team puts together as season recaps.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 10, 2015 08:55 PM (+Fae7)

189
>>>I...ummm....I'm all outta words.

I'm all outta love

Posted by: Air Supply

I'm outta time!!

Posted by: Marty McFly at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (+1T7c)

I'm outta sight.

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at February 10, 2015 08:43 PM (DL1Pi)

I'm all out of bubblegum.

Posted by: Nada at February 10, 2015 08:55 PM (AFsCH)

190 Let's see here. Williams is a fabulist/liar.

How is a suspension going to make him an unliar/nonfabulist? Can't unring that bell. Sure, you could try, but not even the audience of LIVs who traffic in NBC infotainment are going to buy that.

This is the slow easing out of Williams to pasture. Maybe this will expedite the exodus of viewers, even NBC dummies, from Legacy News.

Posted by: Anonymous Drivel at February 10, 2015 08:55 PM (1CroS)

191 Wiki says Bernard Shaw retired in 2001 from CNN.

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:55 PM (sj3Ax)

192 Man, if I could get the NBC job I'd be popping champagne!

Posted by: Steve Kroft at February 10, 2015 08:55 PM (DL1Pi)

193 Brian. Call me. I'm here for you. I know what it's like to be attacked by those frenzied savages.

Come on over, we'll take a bath and talk about it.

Posted by: Prezzy Whut Gay Marriage at February 10, 2015 08:55 PM (1Y+hH)

194 What are you looking for in a city Carol?

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at February 10, 2015 08:55 PM (zauWW)

195 "That's never been done before."

Horrible idea. Nobody would be interested in that.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM (nGHT/)

196 Ashley Judd's PS,
Thank you.

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM (sj3Ax)

197 I wanna see BW do Cool Hand Luke with the eggs... till he explodes.

Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM (XlFLJ)

198 What happened to Bernard Shaw?
Posted by: Carol

i think he's dead. I think he had a heart attack a few years ago.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM (+1T7c)

199 the Golden Gate Bridge is suspended ; Brian Williams is sh*t-canned

Posted by: guy who mangles metaphors at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM (8CdUx)

200 All right. I'm outta here.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM (NeFrd)

201 Get down off your Hi Horse, America! Who among us has not embellished?

Posted by: Meygun Kelly at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM (+kznc)

202 Well, Carol, he died. Badly.
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Huh? You sure your not thinking of John Holliman who got killed in a car accident on his way to work in Atlanta?

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM (MbrzC)

203 187 178 What happened to Bernard Shaw?
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He quietly retired.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:54 PM (MbrzC)

Retired? Not died? Fcking Brian Williams told me he died. Sheesh...

Posted by: Kraken at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM (5+mPY)

204 Who cares about Williams or NBC News.
What I would like to know is what ever happened to Ron Klain, The Ebola Czar.
I've heard BS Barry has him chained up in the WH basement

Posted by: needsleepe at February 10, 2015 08:57 PM (GexM4)

205 Or not, he's just retired.

Bernard Shaw, still alive!!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 08:57 PM (+1T7c)

206 Who among us has not repeatedly embellished on television facts which could have easily been checked by a media interested in their job?

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at February 10, 2015 08:57 PM (VAsIq)

207 My give-a-fucker meter is stuck in the don't-give-a-shit mode

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 10, 2015 08:58 PM (KJLlE)

208 yeah, I'm dead...................what?? The other Bernard Shaw?

IDGAF

Posted by: George Bernard Shaw at February 10, 2015 08:58 PM (8CdUx)

209 i think he's dead. I think he had a heart attack a few years ago.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 08:56 PM
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He's 74 years old and alive.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 08:58 PM (MbrzC)

210 Anybody know if Greg is still around?

Posted by: Lyin' B at February 10, 2015 08:58 PM (ahBY0)

211 205 Or not, he's just retired.

Bernard Shaw, still alive!!
Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 08:57 PM (+1T7c)

Oh, not (George) Bernard Shaw... gotcha.

Posted by: Kraken at February 10, 2015 08:59 PM (5+mPY)

212 St. Bernard? Pshaw!

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at February 10, 2015 08:59 PM (NeFrd)

213 Different Bernie Shaws.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 10, 2015 08:59 PM (nGHT/)

214 He's 74 years old and alive.
Posted by: ThisBeingMilt

Yup.

Must've been thinking of someone else. Or not thinking at all.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 08:59 PM (+1T7c)

215 Bernard Shaw? We learned about him in college. Dude wrote My Fair Lady.

Posted by: LIV at February 10, 2015 08:59 PM (VAsIq)

216 I know that this violates our principles, but since our opponents (enemies?) have no principles . . . When Lester Holt gets replaced, it will be so nice to hurl charges of "racism!" at NBC like a horde of poo-flinging monkeys.

Posted by: Furious George, counting the days until pitchers and catchers report at February 10, 2015 08:59 PM (HpEBw)

217 SpongeBobSaget,
I want nice weather, good area & good soil to grow roses.

I've got list & Jim emailed me that he'd take us on tour of Central Texas.

Blanco, Coppersa Cove are at top of list.

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 09:00 PM (sj3Ax)

218 Dan Fucking Rather is available and Olberman

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 10, 2015 09:00 PM (KJLlE)

219 212 St. Bernard? Pshaw!
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at February 10, 2015 08:59 PM (NeFrd)

Nice. Fun to riff and mock on Media Snowflakes.

Posted by: Kraken at February 10, 2015 09:01 PM (5+mPY)

220 Must've been thinking of someone else. Or not thinking at all.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 08:59 PM (+1T7c)
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Or as someone else said you've been listening to too much Brian Williams.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 09:01 PM (MbrzC)

221 I don't think NBC is crazy enough to bring back Olbermann. He was a cancer in the newsroom at MSNBC.

Those people there really hated him.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 09:01 PM (+1T7c)

222 Bernard Shaw? We learned about him in college. Dude wrote My Fair Lady.

****

good ol' Bernie? I spent a weekend at his place once.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at February 10, 2015 09:02 PM (NeFrd)

223 williams is gonna be back one way or another. a few months off, a leaked sex tape in night vision with reggie love, williams, and obama and he is back in the anchor chair or doing reality television with kanye, either way he is counting the benjamins.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 09:02 PM (gsfK5)

224 Still eating tuna from cans like the proles...hiding under a mattress...the sounds..."boom, boom"...."tacka-tacka-tacka"...."Ratatatat"..."Boom"....more tuna, please Peter...

Posted by: Bernard Shaw at February 10, 2015 09:02 PM (yxw0r)

225 I did think I saw a bloated Bernard Shawish person floating by the Superdome in 2005...

Posted by: Kraken at February 10, 2015 09:03 PM (5+mPY)

226 So Corey Booker was just on Parks and Rec - why did *he* not have any problems after it was discovered he had a composite childhood friend from the hood about whom he likes to tell tall tales?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2015 09:03 PM (WvpaS)

227 Wolfe Blitzer would make a fine addition to the Peacock family.

Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN at February 10, 2015 09:03 PM (XlFLJ)

228 Those people there really hated him.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative.... after dark at February 10, 2015 09:01 PM (+1T7c)

They hate everyone

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 10, 2015 09:03 PM (KJLlE)

229 Here, Brian, over here. Lemme buy you a drink to ease the pains . . .

Posted by: Jayson Blair at February 10, 2015 09:04 PM (JO9+V)

230 Lying Brian can host daily show.

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 09:04 PM (sj3Ax)

231 207 >> My give-a-fucker meter is stuck in the don't-give-a-shit mode

If you drop it from a height of four feet onto the toes of a liberal, that will sometimes unstick it.

And like BW, I would not lie to you about this.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 10, 2015 09:04 PM (w4UpX)

232 good ol' Bernie? I spent a weekend at his place once.

Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at February 10, 2015 09:02 PM (NeFrd)
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Ha ha that was on yesterday afternoon, I could only tolerate watching the first 20m again though.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 09:04 PM (MbrzC)

233
In other news, Abe Vigoda is going on 94.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 10, 2015 09:04 PM (1Y+hH)

234 >>"We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as Managing Editor and
Anchor of NBC Nightly News for six months," NBC News president Deborah
Turness said in a statement

She went on to say that Brian would still be hanging around the newsroom in case anyone needs to hear an entertaining tall story or wants a blow job.

Posted by: Aviator at February 10, 2015 09:04 PM (3rrMW)

235 Ah, peacocks. An insufferable fowl, in real life. Fit only for killing and stuffing. Good symbol for that network, actually.

Posted by: Kraken at February 10, 2015 09:05 PM (5+mPY)

236 230 Lying Brian can host daily show.

Posted by: Carol at February 10, 2015 09:04 PM (sj3Ax)
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Hmm. Stranger things could happen.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 09:05 PM (MbrzC)

237 If you drop it from a height of four feet onto the toes of a liberal, that will sometimes unstick it.

And like BW, I would not lie to you about this.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 10, 2015

I believe I will give it a try. Couldn't hurt, eh?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 10, 2015 09:05 PM (KJLlE)

238 The important thing here is that if he survives, it means that telling the truth is now unimportant - defending the narrative is everything. If I were a trusted source outside of America (e.g., the Telegraph, etc.) I would be developing a more in-depth strategy to give the poor Yanks some real news.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 10, 2015 09:06 PM (9tzvc)

239 "Lying Brian can host daily show."

He and Stewart just flip-flop spots. Hmmm.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 10, 2015 09:06 PM (nGHT/)

240 "Bernard Shaw? We learned about him in college. Dude wrote My Fair Lady."

I have often walekd on this street before

But an RPG never shot the pavement from my feet before...

Posted by: Brian at February 10, 2015 09:06 PM (2o6Wj)

241 "238 The important thing here is that if he survives, it means that telling the truth is now unimportant - defending the narrative is everything."
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The truth hasn't been important in a very long time.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 09:07 PM (MbrzC)

242 williams is gonna be back one way or another.

Don't worry, his daughter has connections. I wonder if they know the Jenner family.

Posted by: Lyin' B at February 10, 2015 09:07 PM (ahBY0)

243 The Coast Guard wants Brian 'cause he can spot floaters, when no one else can.

Posted by: Ms. Ivory at February 10, 2015 09:07 PM (Aebwt)

244 All at once am I several stories high...

Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 10, 2015 09:08 PM (9tzvc)

245 I would pay cash money to be in the NBC newsroom for the next 6 months. The infighting and backstabbling among this gang of preening douchebags is going to be epic.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2015 09:08 PM (g1DWB)

246 241. True. I was trying to be cautious.
Well, screw that.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 10, 2015 09:09 PM (9tzvc)

247 we've been nood

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 09:09 PM (MbrzC)

248 >>Lying Brian can host daily show.

>>Hmm. Stranger things could happen.

George Stephanopolous becoming a "journalist" and hosting a Sunday a.m. news show in which he pretends he's unbiased, such as while discussing his former boss and wife.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 10, 2015 09:09 PM (WvpaS)

249 Dear Brian, while you are on your 6 month vacation remeber the words of the great American philosopher Dirty Harry Callahan.

A mans got to know his limitations

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 10, 2015 09:09 PM (KJLlE)

250 217 SpongeBobSaget, I want nice weather, good area & good soil to grow roses.
I've got list & Jim emailed me that he'd take us on tour of Central Texas.
Blanco, Coppersa Cove are at top of list.
Posted by: Carol
__________________

Check out Comfort, Johnson City, Marble Falls, and Llano.

Posted by: Furious George, counting the days until pitchers and catchers report at February 10, 2015 09:11 PM (HpEBw)

251 Then there are all the hard-eyed up and comers in the network who want a shot at the prize. Such as it si. So he may not survive. But in reality, the anchors are all quasi-geezers, since that is what the rapidly dwindling viewers are thought to want. Can't go on forever though.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 10, 2015 09:11 PM (9tzvc)

252 williams should angle for letterman's job, sure he is a liar but he and colbert have more or less the same resume.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 10, 2015 09:14 PM (gsfK5)

253 Wilma hubba bubba ticccky ticcky ticcky.

Grey in a Bikini (Silver Spoons)
http://tinyurl.com/k6dwg83

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 09:14 PM (MbrzC)

254 opps wrong thread. lol

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at February 10, 2015 09:14 PM (MbrzC)

255 45 - Agree

Posted by: Chuck Goudie at February 10, 2015 09:15 PM (HYvr6)

256 I still can't get over the fact that he looks like he got hit in the left side of his face with a cannonball. And he still got this great TV gig.

Posted by: bergrbilder at February 10, 2015 09:17 PM (2o6Wj)

257 Keith Olbermann is tanned, rested and ready.

Posted by: Splunge at February 10, 2015 09:18 PM (qyomX)

258 189

>>>I...ummm....I'm all outta words.

I'm all outta love

Posted by: Air Supply

I'm outta time!!

Posted by: Marty McFly at February 10, 2015 08:39 PM (+1T7c)

I'm outta sight.

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at February 10, 2015 08:43 PM (DL1Pi)

I'm all out of bubblegum.

and i'm a believer...

Posted by: Mickey Dolens at February 10, 2015 09:20 PM (Vha1U)

259 And Genaralisssimo Franco is still dead.

Posted by: Chevy Chase at February 10, 2015 09:21 PM (2o6Wj)

260 i wonder if i'll see Brian down at the VFW in Burbank now, since the NBC studios are there?

/sarc

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 10, 2015 09:21 PM (Vha1U)

261 I would pay cash money to be in the NBC newsroom for the next 6 months. The infighting and backstabbling among this gang of preening douchebags is going to be epic.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 10, 2015 09:08 PM

I won't pay cash money, but if you do it would be funnier than heck to see these douchebag liars trip over each other.

We haven't watched any major network news since 2000. I woke up one day during the election and realized Fox News made more sense that day.

Really, we had been watching CNN and in the morn I thought this was a different take. Must have put in on the night before for some reason.

Since then we converted my folks to FNC. Her folks are still stuck on the major networks, tho they despise Obama. They grew up in SS Chicago where Moochelle comes from, they were there earlier.

I can't say what my MIL thinks of her cause that might cause bannation. LOL

Posted by: Farmer at February 10, 2015 09:25 PM (o/90i)

262 243 The Coast Guard wants Brian 'cause he can spot floaters, when no one else can.
Posted by: Ms. Ivory at February 10, 2015 09:07 PM (Aebwt)

So can I.

Posted by: Plumber's Helper at February 10, 2015 09:30 PM (2o6Wj)

263 Jon Stewart's one joke, Isn't Bush Stupid?, has finally run out of gas.

Thank you!

Posted by: PJ at February 10, 2015 09:33 PM (cHuNI)

264 Great job by Travis Tritten, the Stars and Stripes reporter who broke the story.

Posted by: Jane at February 10, 2015 09:50 PM (rDidp)

265 Can't he just move over to MSNBC? They dig the wishcasting truthiness vibe over there

Posted by: Auntie Doodles at February 10, 2015 11:14 PM (JcN7j)

266 That's sad. He thought he was funny, too. As well as brave of heart. Sigh. I guess we all can't be good at everything, like I am.

Posted by: Bronco Bama is Back! at February 11, 2015 12:46 AM (hOtJL)

267 You know, it's not the lies that bug me, it's the lying just to make himself look like a hero. What a waste of his powers. And it makes the rest of us on his team, who are lying for good causes, look bad too.

Posted by: Bronco Bama is Back! at February 11, 2015 12:49 AM (hOtJL)

268 By all accounts Brian Williams is a quick, funny guy. Add to that the fact that his (ex) job required him to be reasonably well informed...well...that's kind of the definition of a talk show host, isn't it?

Posted by: Funeral Guy at February 11, 2015 01:09 AM (p0zHt)

269 Some one needs to ask Brian Williams "What was the biggest fish you ever caught?"

Posted by: nanny hag at February 11, 2015 08:07 AM (Queum)

270 Six months is forever in the celebrity business.

Posted by: burt at February 11, 2015 01:41 PM (ls8AU)

271 All reporter are liars. Nothing new. Dan Rather got awards for his lies. In the Presidential campaign of 1944 FDR was dead man standing. I use the word standing because he had not walked in years. Many in the media knew he was really, really in poor health and had to be held up, but any lie was justified in their efforts to keep him in office. When Roosevelt finally died, many Americans were surprised. The media knew all along.

Posted by: burt at February 11, 2015 01:55 PM (ls8AU)

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