Chopper Whopper? Brian Williams Told of Escaping Gangs After Katrina

Brian Williams was forced to apologize for the Chopper Whopper he told about his helicopter being supposedly hit in Iraq. Unfortunately for him, he opened a can of worms by bringing more scrutiny upon his tales of duress. As a result it has been discovered that he also told an eerily similar story about the dangers he faced and rescue during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
P.J. Gladnick
February 5th, 2015 12:52 PM

Rosie O'Donnell Slams Brian Williams's 'Blatant' 'Lance Armstrong Lie'

Liberal View co-host Rosie O'Donnell on Thursday was disgusted by a falsehood repeatedly uttered by Brian Williams. After playing a clip of Williams apologizing for saying that an Army helicopter he was on in 2003 was hit by a RPG missile, O'Donnell unloaded, "So, I don't think he didn't remember that, I think he fabricated that story." 
Scott Whitlock
February 5th, 2015 12:35 PM

CNN: Williams's False Iraq Story A 'Serious Blow' To His Credibility

On Thursday's New Day, CNN's Brian Stelter contented that Brian Williams's false account about his helicopter coming under attack in Iraq in 2003 "just does not pass the smell test," and added that "this is a serious blow to [his] credibility." He also underlined that "all those times in the past where...the story got murkier over time – that seems like it was maybe intentional, and not just an…
Matthew Balan
February 5th, 2015 12:20 PM

Brian Williams on Board of Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation

Oh, the irony … Brian Williams, the NBC “Nightly News” anchor who fabricated a story about being shot at by an RPG while in a helicopter in Iraq, is “a member of the Board of Directors of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation,” according to his bio on the NBC News website. According to the 990 tax returns for the foundation, Williams has been on the board since at least 2005. He is also…
Mike Ciandella
February 5th, 2015 12:18 PM

FCC Chairman Recommends ‘Strongest’ Internet Regulations ‘Ever P

Official claims it would ‘ensure net neutrality,’ while opponents decry ‘power grab.’ 
Joseph Rossell
February 5th, 2015 12:03 PM

Don Imus Crew Slams 'Disgraceful' Brian Williams: He 'Needs to Go'

Don Imus and his co-host Bernard McGuirk on Thursday could barely contain their disgust at they highlighted Brian Williams's unraveling lie about being hit by a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) while in Iraq in 2003. After playing video of the anchor repeating the falsehood on Late Night With David Letterman, McGuirk railed, "This is really, unbelievably disgraceful."
Scott Whitlock
February 5th, 2015 11:21 AM

WashPost Puts 'Black Mark' for Brian Williams On Page One; Others Bury

The Washington Post made a front-page story Thursday out of the revelation that NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams lied about being on a helicopter hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq. Media reporter Paul Farhi began: "NBC News anchor Brian Williams conceded on Wednesday that a story he had told about being under fire while covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was false." The New York…
Tim Graham
February 5th, 2015 11:09 AM

Flashback: Brian Williams Pushed Iraq Lie To David Letterman In 2013

On Wednesday night, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams apologized for falsely claiming to have been shot down over Iraq in 2003 but failed to inform his viewers that he had repeatedly promoted this lie in the past, including during an appearance on CBS’s The Late Show with David Letterman on March 26. 2013. Williams proclaimed that while in Iraq “two of our four helicopters were hit by ground…
Jeffrey Meyer
February 5th, 2015 11:03 AM

10th Anniversary NBC Williams Promos Lauded 'Integrity,' 'Humility'

As Curtis Houck at NewsBusters reported last night, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is in serious trouble after he, in Houck's words, "admitted to not being aboard a helicopter that was shot and had to be rescued following RPG fire during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003." Williams's apology, also carried at Houck's post, only refers to the "mistake" he made "on this broadcast last…
Tom Blumer
February 5th, 2015 11:03 AM

Flashback: NBC Nightly News Picked Apart Hillary's False War Story

While NBC anchor Brian Williams admitted on Wednesday that he falsely claimed a helicopter he was riding in was hit by enemy fire over Iraq in 2003, his Nightly News broadcast scolded Hillary Clinton for making similar false war zone claims during the 2008 presidential campaign. On March 24, 2008, Williams opened the show by proclaiming: "Also, war of words, a new eruption among the Democrats and…
Kyle Drennen
February 5th, 2015 10:51 AM

Scarborough: US Arming Ukraine Like Russia Arming Mexico

Should the United States not send arms to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia because our country would be angered if Russia armed Mexico against Texas?  A strange analogy, no?   But it's the one Joe Scarborough made on today's Morning Joe: "what is Vladimir Putin's response going to be to the United States arming Ukraine? Certainly I would guess no better than, you know, the Russians…
Mark Finkelstein
February 5th, 2015 8:33 AM

UK Mag's Ignorant Sniff at Sniper: 'More John Wayne Than Wilfred Owen'

The UK-based Economist magazine took a snotty tone trying to explain the popularity of American Sniper to its sophisticated worldwide audience, attributing the movie's popularity to mindless pro-American jingoism, mocking it as "more John Wayne than Wilfred Owen." Isn't the whole "John Wayne" caricature getting old?
Clay Waters
February 5th, 2015 8:11 AM

O’Donnell Skips Lies in Obama’s Book, Yet Attacked Chris Kyle's Story

On Tuesday night, Lawrence O’Donnell devoted nearly four minutes of MSNBC show The Last Word to reading from and professing his complete admiration for President Barack Obama’s memoir Dreams From My Father as the “most honest,” “open,” “artful,” and “finest literary work ever authored by a President of the United States.” He spent no additional time on the book’s many inconsistencies, which…
Curtis Houck
February 5th, 2015 12:30 AM

NY Times's Correction on Vaccines Fixes Misattribution of Walker Quote

Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh believes that because the center-right media and blogosphere pushed back against the vaccine vendetta campaign against Republicans and conservatives, the establishment press is sharply backing away from trying to capitalize on it, especially because both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been shown to have played to the anti-vaxxer crowd during the 2008…
Tom Blumer
February 4th, 2015 11:45 PM