I know I'm going against the grain here but you would think it the journalistic equivalent of Watergate. Essentially what Williams did is enhance his alleged brush with danger while reporting on a story in Iraq a few years ago. Apparently he has told the tale before and each time it got better.When he told the story again on the Nightly News broadcast recently he did it in reference to a service member whom he credited with saving his life during the incident. The dividing line for me is when he mentioned the event he was telling it as a personal aside from the overall newscast. In regards to his punishment he rightly has to answer to his bosses as to whether they thought it was appropriate. Since he has been suspended they have obviously concluded that he has committed an act contrary to their policies. That said I don't think it's worthy of the feeding frenzy currently taking place. That's just my two cents.Â
@rocket: I actually agree with you. It's a story that he told several times over the years - it got more dramatic as time went on. I'm not sure what the intention was, though - was he doing it make himself seem more brave or was it to put focus on our servicemen and women? I don't know. But this is just the perfect case of news being sensationalized. It happens on every news program, by every reporter. News has become "entertaining" and the more dramatics you add in, the more viewers you get.  Have you ever watched the BBC? Talk about dreadfully boring. I try to watch the news when I'm visiting family in Ireland and it's very bland. HOWEVER, you flippin' actually get WORLD NEWS. Who knew?
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