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Brian Williams is quitting MSNBC when his contract is up in December
2021-11-10
[Page Six] One less paid LIAR
Bye-Bri.

Brian Williams has announced he’s quitting MSNBC next month after nearly three decades with NBC News.

Williams, 62, had been working in the relative hinterlands of the NBC news family for years, scrabbling to turn “The 11th Hour” into a hit following his six-month suspension in 2015 when it came out that he’d falsified details of stories that he’d covered, including one about taking enemy fire while riding in a helicopter in Iraq.

In a note seen by Page Six: he wrote to staff Tuesday: “Following much reflection, and after 28 years with the company, I have decided to leave NBC upon the completion of my current contract in December.
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Posted by:Frank G

#12  #6 Any truth to the rumor they have bought out Siegfried-Roy and will be appearing at the Mirage over the holidays?

"Watch us pull a rabbit fable out of our hat ass..."
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-10 17:34  

#11  Off to fly Little Birds in the Horn of Africa.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-11-10 15:52  

#10  #8...Residents...
Posted by: crazyhorse   2021-11-10 13:47  

#9  #6 for the win!
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2021-11-10 12:46  

#8  ^ bodies of ...?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-10 12:16  

#7  His reporting bodies floating down the street near his hotel during Katrina..
Posted by: crazyhorse   2021-11-10 12:15  

#6  Any truth to the rumor they have bought out Siegfried-Roy and will be appearing at the Mirage over the holidays? Snopes, Bueller, anyone ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-11-10 10:43  

#5  if it ain't in rantburg it ain't true.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2021-11-10 10:17  

#4  ..that was when there was still a population of 'newshounds' that grew up in the old era of trade. That is when it was apprentice, journeyman, and master type of development. Notice it all shifted with it became a 'credentialed' job and more and more of the 'talent' were products of academic environment.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-11-10 06:34  

#3  The problem in the media is not with being a liar. The issue is not being a believable liar. Brian needed to stick to the scripted lies.

I look forward to reading the fact checks of his autobiography.
Posted by: Airandee    2021-11-10 06:31  

#2  

Yes he was a very good Anchor/journalist in his earlier years.

But as some may remember. He was outed for lying and then demoted for fabricating a collection of stories during the Iraq War. Which got him sidelined for 6 months. On return booted out of NBC, exiled to the MSNBC (2015-->2021) group, never to regain his past fame and viewership.

Note: This happen back in a time when the media still had "some" integrity standards.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-11-10 05:01  

#1  He will be sorely missed at MSPMS.
Posted by: Woodrow   2021-11-10 01:13  

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