What should happen to Brian Williams after lying about coming under fire?

Nothing. What he's going through now is punishment enough. When you lose your credibility as a news reporter, you're pretty much done.

I would like to see his salary donated to assisting the families of fallen Army Aviators. That is all my opinion and only my opinion. My other opinion is that he should be conscripted for the length of time of the lie as a combatatives instruction demonstration volunteer.

I am not for crucifying anoyone over a mistake but when your job is to report facts and you fabricate them to glorify yourself then your credibility is gone and you can no longer effectively do your job.

Brian Williams chose to lie about something that he thought could never be verified on this issue, so what else has he lied about? Sometimes mistakes have large consequences...

My personal opinion: And I will likely go against the grain of comments here... but!

Brian Williams has done quite a few pieces in SUPPORT of the military. I know it is easy for us to criticize his apparent mis-remembering of events, but let me offer a bit of context. Brian Williams told the "TRUE" or "true-ish" story a number of times over the years, on very public venues...where he took very little or no credit for being "in the fight". His objective was to tell the story, or be part of the story of combat and danger in war. Not dismissing his inconvenient recollections of the events, but I see more value in his telling of the stories of the soldiers involved, and bringing attention to their duties, than to his own promotion.

I made this one this morning, thought I'd share.

I don't know... He hasn't done anything Chris Kyle hasn't been proven of doing... Can't condemn a man for imitating your idols...

NBC news' credibility and public perception will inevitably go down due to BW false comments. I only see one scenario (unlikely) this situation could be spun in a positive direction for both the network and the anchor. Brian is allowed to stay on as anchor after he publicly acknowledges his false claim and states he wanted to bring more public awareness to the dangers military members face on a daily basis. Brian goes on the express his deepest regrets for his mistake and to make amends he has decided to donate the next year's salary to support wounded veterans (if NBC keeps him on). NBC in turn supports Brian's "confession" and allows him to stay on, stating that Brian has learned his lesson and their decision to keep him on would benefit wounded veterans to the tune of $10M.

This will not happen, but if it did:
1. BW's image and reputation would be salvaged
2. NBC wouldn't have to fire him - which could evolve into a legal battle
3. NBC's image looks very favorable
4. The American public has already moved on

fire him. What else have he lie about.

The Social Roasting he is taking on all media is pretty good. I especially love the picture of him superimposed standing with Grant and Lincoln, that is a Riot!

He's done. No remaining creditability. Time to go to the barn....

The unfortunate thing is that today's society, and particularly not those in the media, do not value character. There was a time when those with egregious public failures had the common decency to simply step aside and go quietly into the night. But that was then and this is now which means we can all expect to be bombarded with recantings, and analysis, and investigations into the obvious, and foggy memories, ad nauseam........and then some how, Brain Williams be reborn into a new and improved version of himself and nobody will ever remember that he lied to bolster his own self absorbed life and petty insecurities.