Williams는 그의 마지막 판을 주최할 예정입니다. “11시” 목요일 밤과 타임스 기자 피터 베이커, 프로그램의 단골 게스트, 나가는 앵커에 대한 칭찬을 쌓기 위해 수요일에 쇼에 합류했습니다..

MSNBC’s Brian Williams was famously caught embellishing tales about his own experiences and earned the moniker “Lyin’ Brian” in the process. (REUTERS/Phil McCarten) (로이터)
“I didn’t want this opportunity to pass without saying what a great treat and great honor it has been to share this journey with you,” Baker told Williams. “You are an icon for journalists, you have been a role model for all of us, and you are a class act all around.”
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The New York Times scribe might feel 윌리엄스 이다 “icon for journalists,” but it’s safe to assume young reporters won’t be encouraged to follow in his footsteps anytime soon.
에 2015, then the anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” Williams was suspended and ultimately demoted from the flagship newscast after getting caught embellishing events while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003. He falsely claimed he was aboard a helicopter that was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade, but it turned out his aircraft was following the one that came under fire.
The scandal made national news and other stories that Williams appeared to embellish were eventually unearthed. Baker’s newspaper reported in April 2015 그 “an NBC News internal investigation into Brian Williams has examined a half-dozen instances in which he is thought to have fabricated, misrepresented or embellished his accounts.”