• Brian Williams Still Making Close to $10 Million a Year in Spite of NBC Demotion

    Yesterday, it was finally confirmed that Brian Williams' stint as anchor of "NBC Nightly News" has officially ended. While many believed that the disgraced journalist would be completely fired, he has instead been offered a life line at MSNBC. Williams will now serve as the floundering networks' breaking news anchor, a job that still carries with it a ridiculous paycheck.

  • Brian Williams Officially Bounced from 'NBC Nightly News', Replaced by Lester Holt

    The media has been contemplating the fate of fallen NBC anchor, Brian Williams, ever since he was suspended back in February. At that time, Williams admitted to "misremembering" the details of a story that he had covered, by inserting himself into the story itself. Unfortunately for Williams, after a thorough investigation the network came to the conclusion that Williams had lied his way through various reports which made it impossible to justify bringing him back to anchor NBC Nightly News.

  • Lester Holt Expected to Be Named New Permanent Anchor of 'NBC Nightly News' Soon

    After months of speculation and circulating rumors, NBC News is reportedly very close to announcing that Lester Holt will officially be replacing Brian Williams as the permanent anchor of "NBC Nightly News." While the network originally suspended Williams more than four months ago for lying about his experiences in the field, they had reportedly hoped to be able to bring him back.

  • Natalie Morales Says 'Today' Staffers Not Distracted by Brian Williams Scandal

    Natalie Morales has been a regular fixture for NBC's Today show for nearly a decade now and while the network has been in serious turmoil in recent months, she insists that the morning show cast is all good. While Today has struggled in the number two morning news program position for awhile now, the pressure that once existed is nothing like what employees of NBC Nightly News are now feeling. Ever since Brian Williams was suspended from the program for lying on camera about his experiences in the field, it made any of the issues behind-the-scenes at Today look quite small comparatively.

  • NBC reportedly Looking for a New Position for Fallen Anchor Brian Williams

    It has been four months since Brian Williams was suspended from anchoring NBC Nightly News and still there is no solid decision on his future with the network. Earlier this year Williams was caught "misremembering" his own war-time reporting and the network decided to make him sit out six months without pay while they scrambled to reassure the public that their reporters are indeed credible. While it still seems rather unlikely that Williams would reclaim his old seat anchoring the competitive evening news, NBC is still looking for a way to keep him in house

  • Brian Williams Has Backed Out of Hosting Inaugural "Lincoln Awards'

    While Brian Williams may currently be off the air due to a six month suspension by NBC, he has spent the last few months willingly pulling out of other previously scheduled appearances. The latest is the Lincoln Awards which will honor those supporting U.S. veterans and their military families. While Williams was originally expected to host the even and give a taped introduction to the festivities, we've now learned that Michelle Obama will instead now be doing the honors.

  • Is NBC Leaking Info in the Hopes That Brian Williams Will Resign?

    Everyone loves a good drama and it seems that one of NBC's best offerings right now is actually taking place behind the scenes. The network's news bureau is still knee-deep in the scandal caused by Brian Williams flat out lying about some of his experiences in the field. When he was placed on a 6-month suspension back in February, the NBC D.C. news bureau almost immediately strongly opposed the idea of ever bringing back the disgraced anchor. Williams recently stated that he's not going to lose the prime gig at "NBC Nightly News" without a good fight and suddenly all sorts of leaks in the network's formal investigation started hitting the press. Is the pressure on to try and force Williams to resign? Many seem to think so.

  • Fallen NBC News Anchor Brian Williams Lied On-Air on Numerous Occasions

    Brian Williams is already about ten weeks into his six-month suspension from NBC News and from the sounds of things, it's pretty unlikely that he will be returning to the anchor desk that made him a household name. While his embellishment over a story about a helicopter ride years ago got him into hot water, it's NBC's internal investigation of Williams' reporting that may end up being a total career killer. Richard Esposito is leading a team of at least five other NBC journalists and their digging into Williams supposed escapades has uncovered a serious pattern of lying.

  • Truth-Challenged Brian Williams Makes an Appearance with a Puppy in NYC

    Is Brian Williams getting ready to attempt a return to an anchor desk at NBC? Well his very public outing yesterday was nothing short of a PR handlers' dream. They always say that people love puppies and babies so it's probably no coincidence that Williams took a stroll with his family yesterday, while walking his daughter Allison William's new puppy named Moxie. Since being suspended from NBC News back in early February, Williams has stayed mostly out of the public eye. The timing of this pretty obvious photo opportunity is hardly coincidental

  • Lester Holt to Be Named Permanent 'NBC Nightly News' Anchor?

    When NBC decided to suspend Brian Williams in early February, it knew Lester Holt was, hands down, the best person to fill his shoes. Holt has worn a variety of hats during his 15 years with the network, is well-liked and is a consummate professional. He has not only maintained the ratings of 'NBC Nightly News,' but he seems to have made that anchor seat much his own. He will likely be named the permanent anchor. Holt, while on location in South Carolina, even managed to get the first interview with Feidin Santana, the man who videotaped Officer Michael Slager shooting unarmed Walter Scott as he ran away.

  • 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 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.

  • Katie Couric Wore Out Her Welcome at NBC Years Ago

    It's not much of a secret that Katie Couric has been angling to find her way back to network news. She left Today back in 2006 for seemingly greener pastures at CBS. That didn't last for long and then Couric did two seasons of her own talk show for ABC. She's currently working for Yahoo, but the desire to reach the kind of audience that she once did remains strong. Since Andy Lack has been confirmed to have inked a deal to return to head up NBC News there have been rumors that he might want to bring Couric with him.

  • Allison Williams Puts Wedding on Hold, Insists Her Father Brian Williams is Trustworthy

    NBC has spent the last few weeks dealing with their main man, Brian Williams', fall from grace in the most public of ways. He is currently suspended for 6 months from anchoring NBC Nightly News because of what appears to be a chronic embellishment problem. It seems that the more digging the network did, they more they've uncovered Williams' need to make himself part of many heroic news stories. The problem is that he had a hard time keeping his facts straight until real cracks in his recollections began to show. While the focus has been on Williams, his family, including daughter Allison Williams, has also been affected by the scandal.
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