• Brian Williams First Chalked Up Lies to Possible Brain Tumor

    Two months after Brian Williams was suspended from 'NBC Nightly News' for embellishing a story about a supposedly harrowing experience while on assignment in Iraq, we are learning more details about the scandal that is still dogging him. Once insiders realized Williams seemed to have a difficult time keeping his details straight, it did not take long at all for a series of lies to be uncovered. Apparently, the fallen anchor at first thought things would either disappear or quickly blow over -- he was not expecting to be even temporarily out of a job. According to an explosive new inside story by 'Vanity Fair,' once he realized his lies had caught up with him, rather than just own it Williams at first contemplated whether or not he could have a brain tumor.

  • Will NBC News Chief Andy Lack Bring Brian Williams Back?

    We have already talked quite a bit about Andy Lack, the former NBC News chief who recently returned to try and dig out the network from beneath scandal and miserably low ratings. He has his work cut out for him on so many levels, from trying to pull 'Meet the Press' out of its third-place standing to completely transforming MSNBC back into a credible news network. He also has to eventually figure out what to do about Brian Williams and 'NBC Nightly News.' While it was originally believed that one of Lack's main functions would be to figure out how to bring Williams back after being suspended for six months for lying to the American public, that may no longer be the case.

  • 'NBC Nightly News' Faces Struggle to Hold Top Spot; MSNBC Hits Ratings Low

    Perhaps NBC News was really wise to bring back Andy Lack to try and save the day because it is going to take someone with solid experience to right this ship. He was with the network from 1993 to 2001, and in that time solidified 'Today' and 'NBC Nightly News' and also groomed Brian Williams so Tom Brokaw could retire, leaving their evening news program in good hands. Lack knows how to maneuver through scandals and disastrous ratings, which is good since he is now dealing with both. 'Nightly News' struggles to hold the top spot, but MSNBC has hit an all-time ratings low during the first quarter.

  • NBC News Chief Andy Lack Needs to Save MSNBC

    When it was announced that former NBC News chief Andy Lack would be returning to his old position at the network, all the focus was on the Brian Williams fiasco. It seems fairly likely that Lack will want to at least attempt to figure out how to successfully bring his friend back to the anchor seat of 'NBC Nightly News,' and while that task seems pretty huge, given Williams's admission of having an embellishment problem, it may not be Lack's biggest problem to tackle. MSNBC is tanking in the ratings, so figuring out how to keep the news network afloat is actually something Lack has done before. During his last tenure as news chief, he found the balance that helped MSNBC to stay uniquely competitive, and now he will struggle to do it all over again.
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