Posted on Feb 5, 2015
What should happen to Brian Williams after lying about coming under fire?
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MAJ David Vermillion
I do believe in forgiveness, but a person can't keep doing the same thing over and over. They have to learn from their erring ways. Saying I am sorry when you get caught is different than saying you are sorry when you recognize your own mistake. Hopefully he can move forward and be a better person.
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The same thing that happens to of the people with "Stolen Valor" his face and name should be plastered all over the Stolen Valor" website.
Now he has a bigger issue as a reporter and that is credibility. That is up to the American people if they want to trust him. The easiest way to determine that would be by their ratings. But know how stupid people can be they will say "but he's so nice", "but he's so handsome", or "I just like him anyway" and they will forgive and forget.
Now he has a bigger issue as a reporter and that is credibility. That is up to the American people if they want to trust him. The easiest way to determine that would be by their ratings. But know how stupid people can be they will say "but he's so nice", "but he's so handsome", or "I just like him anyway" and they will forgive and forget.
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Sgt Jay Jones
CPO Don Alfera, thank you for your input. I think I will do a paradigm shift. I did not consider the issue of PTSD. You make valid points and I respect that. Maybe I will not be so hard on Mr. Williams. After all we don't know how frightened he was when the other helicopter was shot down.
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CMSgt (Join to see)
Sorry! I cannot buy that he somehow mistook being in a helicopter that was shot down for "another memory." You were either in a helicopter that was shot down or you were not, you don't mistake a memory that would last a lifetime.
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Fire him...He has lost his credibility. As if NBC and its "journalists" had any credibility in the first place.
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SFC (Join to see)
Integrity, a word that means so much to us. A word that use to mean alot to the news, but one that they lost for a bigger and better story. Cronkite, Huntly, Brinkley, Chancellor they had Integrity. Where are they now?
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That's the thing with those"...and there I was; knee deep in blood and hand grenade pins" type of stories... You gotta make sure that "... you was acutually there".
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LTC (Join to see)
Honestly believe this was a slip of the tongue. He has been a long time supporter of the Soldier on the ground.
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CPT (Join to see)
Nah! I like Brian Williams, but You KNOW when an RPG hits you and when it doesn't.
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His credibility, rightfully so, from this point on will be suspect. Did he do anything illegal, not technically since he didn't outright obtain financial gain - although, the point could be argued that his "mistaken" recollections may have put him in a higher pay range.
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LT (Join to see)
MSgt Michael Durkee, considering (the lack of) what happened to Dan Rather, criminally at least, when he falsified records to openly slander/libel a sitting President campaigning for reelection, I'm guessing not much can happen to Brian Williams from a legal standpoint either (then again I'm no JAG, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night).
Eventually, transgressions like this are going to anger the public so much that it will be too much bad PR for the network to weather and heads will roll. But considering NBC has no problem employing lying, slandering, tax cheats like Al Sharpton who torpedo the careers and livelihoods of public servants, I doubt this will be the straw that breaks the camel's back either. One can hope, though...
Eventually, transgressions like this are going to anger the public so much that it will be too much bad PR for the network to weather and heads will roll. But considering NBC has no problem employing lying, slandering, tax cheats like Al Sharpton who torpedo the careers and livelihoods of public servants, I doubt this will be the straw that breaks the camel's back either. One can hope, though...
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SFC Frank Hartley
He apologized because he got caught. he wasn't really sorry although he is a sorry piece of work. Definitely isn't no true reporter.
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