A lot of people are pretty miffed at NBC News for not taking any real action in the wake of Brian Williams getting busted for lying about being shot down in Iraq. Yeah, well, shows how much those people know. Because as it turns out, NBC News is totally all over this:
NBC assigns its own investigator to look into Brian Williams claims: http://t.co/14WDqXiW5l
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 6, 2015
All right, then!
@AP "Self investigation", will Brian Williams be chairing this?
— boringfileclerk (@boringfileclerk) February 6, 2015
Well, not in any official capacity, at least …
A source at the network who requested anonymity because the person is not authorized to speak on personnel matters confirmed the investigation on Friday. Williams has apologized for falsely saying on the air that he was in a helicopter hit by a rocket-propelled grenade while in Iraq in 2003.
Richard Esposito, a former editor at the New York Daily News now at NBC, will head the investigation. The incident has ballooned into a full-blown crisis for NBC and Williams, whose “Nightly News” is the top-rated evening news program.
So you see? They’re taking this thuper-theriouthly.
Ooh, goody! An internal investigation! #popcorn
— vbspurs (@vbspurs) February 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/563788158085890048
That should put an end to any questions. RT @AP NBC assigns its own investigator to look into Brian Williams claims http://t.co/QXiqNh722D
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) February 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/SnarkyBits/status/563789305865203712
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/563786533879414784
@AP that would be like me hiring some one to investigate me
— sharon Clydesdale ? (@hungryrealtor) February 6, 2015
There’s something about this that sounds so … familiar:
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/563787253781385216
https://twitter.com/Junebug1952/status/563791633351991296
We anxiously await the findings.
So NBC is going to have an inside investigator. This Is Stall 101. By the time the investigation is finished, no one cares. Brian works.
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) February 6, 2015
I have suspended myself at full pay and ordered an internal investigation.
Good news! I have cleared myself of all charges.— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 6, 2015
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