• Brian Williams Apologizes for Perpetuating False Story of RPG-Related Crash

    Oh, boy -- NBC News's Brian Williams has really gotten himself in deep. Over the last 10 years, the veteran journalist and news anchor has been telling a story about how he was on board a chopper that was brought down by a grenade at the beginning of the war in Iraq. After a recent "NBC Nightly News" segment featured the story again, those aboard the chopper that went down spoke up, insisting that Williams was never with them -- in fact, he arrived an hour after their crash, asking for details on what had happened. The anchor had apologized for perpetuating the false story of an RPG-related crash, so will he be fired?

  • NBC Signs Brian Williams to New Deal to Continue Anchoring 'Nightly News'

    Head honchos at NBC News are breathing a bit easier after officially signing NBC's "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams to a new, multi-year contract that is sure to keep him around the halls of 30 Rock for a long time to come. Williams first took over the anchor seat from the legendary Tom Brokaw in 2004 and has pretty much dominated the evening news race from Day 1. In recent months ABC's David Muir has begun to challenge him in the ratings race, but Williams seems to be taking the competition in stride. NBC News President Deborah Turness announced Williams's new deal in a memo, which read, "Brian is one of the most trusted journalists of our time. He has led this organization through every major news event for the last decade, from Hurricane Katrina in his first year in the anchor chair to his exclusive interview with Edward Snowden this year, through elections, wars, natural disasters, tragedies and triumphs. In all of those cases he's taken 'Nightly News's' viewers to the heart of the stories that matter most in a way that's uniquely his."
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