NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday he was not aboard a helicopter hit and forced down by RPG fire during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a false claim that has been repeated by the network for years.
I always liked Brian Williams. He was this generation’s ‘cool guy’ anchor.
But now social media has hit him hard.. he ‘misremembered’ events from years ago.. actually, he has been telling a lie for years about something that never occurred. And he was called out on it.
I am very disappointing.. as many others are.
Of course it has led to a number of humorous memes, like this:
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There is one ominous thing to consider with this: Brian William’s entire TWITTER history has been wiped clean tonight.. his profile is there but there’s no tweets left. Gone..
I suppose we may learn why in coming hours..#BrianWililamsMemories has produced some amazingly funny Tweets tonight..
Is this his downfall, or will he recover?
It’s up to the Twitterverse now I suppose.
NBC’s Brian Williams recants Iraq story after soldiers protest
