• 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 Blames Sources for Inaccurate Reporting About Gunmen in 'Charlie Hebdo' Massacre

    If you were tuned in to either NBC or MSNBC last night, Jan. 7, as your source for learning what was unfolding in France, then you no doubt were shocked when the network actually was reporting completely inaccurate information for at least an hour. While there has been major police activity in Paris and various parts of France, NBC claimed there had been a shootout about 90 minutes north of the City of Lights that killed one suspect in the terrorist attack on the offices of "Charlie Hebdo." Supposedly, the other two gunmen were in custody, tying up the manhunt with a nice, neat bow. Unfortunately, none of it was true. French police did capture the youngest suspect, 18-year old Hamyd Mourad, but even as of now, Said and Cherif Kouachi remain on the run. Once NBC realized its huge mistake, its representatives issued retractions of their earlier reporting. The network told Deadline, "NBC News issued an earlier report based on intelligence from two consistently reliable U.S. counterterrorism officials in different government agencies. As soon as it became evident that our sources doubted their information, we immediately updated our reporting across all platforms and continue to do so as this fast-moving story unfolds." At the time, NBC was saying that a senior security official was the source of their information. Even though the network acknowledged their misinformation as soon as they were made aware of it, it never actually apologized for its part in passing on misleading information in something as serious as a manhunt following a terrorist attack.

  • A Huge Fight Between Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Reportedly Prompts Them to Blow Off Saving SPOT Charity Event

    Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have been the subject of nonstop rumors for the past few years, with numerous outlets reporting the couple has been struggling in their marriage. De Rossi recently showed up on her wife's talk show and the two seemed to put to rest the notion that a baby might be on the way for them, but they did not touch the multitude of reports that their marriage is on shaky ground. Perhaps they purposely did not touch that because the reality is they are struggling. DeGeneres and de Rossi were expected to host a Saving SPOT! charity event in Santa Monica, California, last Sunday night, but reportedly had such a huge blow out in the car en route that they turned around and went home.
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