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Re: Annicita,
It is a travesty to crucify him for embellishing, when we have politicians at every level that outright lie and deceive on matters far more significant. I daresay one motivation behind trying to make certain reports more personal and engaging was to keep his job in a world where his bosses are all about ratings.
posted by
Ciel
on February 17, 2015 at 1:19 PM
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I think the issue is that he is news man. It is his job to provide unbiased and truthful news. Those are key components to his job. Most people rely on those aspects when listening to the news. Now that his credibility is shot there is no point for him to continue at the moment. Can he make a come back? Only time will tell.
posted by
Annicita
on February 17, 2015 at 11:47 AM
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Re: Re: Gheeghee,
When he has a talk show, a tell-all book and an independent news site you will think differently.
posted by
Gheeghee
on February 14, 2015 at 12:19 PM
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ceil
i agree with you and am not that upset about it. maybe that is a sad commentary of our times, but i am also like you in saying i am glad noone pays much attention to my shortcomings.
posted by
jeansaw
on February 13, 2015 at 8:24 PM
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In every corner of our country, there are 'media vultures,' just waiting to pounce on any public figure for any transgression. Sure, he was 'in err,' but how many other newscasters were in similar circumstances? The difference is, he finally 'got caught.' Yeah, I'm ready to cut him some slack too . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on February 12, 2015 at 11:50 AM
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Re: FormerStudentIntern.
...and especially, that the commedians haven't gotten wind of any of it!
posted by
Ciel
on February 12, 2015 at 7:13 AM
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Re: Kabu,
We are on the same wavelength on this one!
posted by
Ciel
on February 12, 2015 at 7:12 AM
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Re: Gheeghee,
I don't think so. This would be a really lousy strategy to make himself more marketable.
posted by
Ciel
on February 12, 2015 at 7:11 AM
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Re: CCT,
Brian Williams is one of the few news anchormen who is actually a journalist in any real sense of the word. He has been delivering the news for many years, the generation after the Greats like Walter Cronkite and a few others began to retire. The generation before the deplorable arrival of Bimbo Journalism.
He has been telling a story for years about being in a chopper in Iraq that was shot down. Apparently, it was someone else in the chopper, and he's accused of everything on the continuum from mis-remembering to embellishing to outright lying.
posted by
Ciel
on February 12, 2015 at 7:10 AM
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I, too, am glad that my most embarrassing mistakes are not out for the public to see as well.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on February 11, 2015 at 10:05 AM
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Wonderful Post dear Ceil and thank you for making me stop and think. I like the guy whenever I see him on my screne and who hasn't embelished a story on occassion...I thought the wits and comedians had a field day ..very funny and that was enough. And as for dangerous embelishments of a story, didn't we all go to war because some one dreamed up Weapons of Mass destruction? Now we are seeing where that is still going.
posted by
Kabu
on February 11, 2015 at 9:35 AM
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well I don't believe anything on the news. I bet this is his agent's doing to get him a better gig elsewhere.
posted by
Gheeghee
on February 11, 2015 at 8:16 AM
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Well I don't know who the guy is Ciel. However I agree with you, what you say makes sense.
posted by
C_C_T
on February 10, 2015 at 11:44 PM
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