On Wednesday night, NBC News anchor Brian Williams apologized to the American people for lying for well over a decade about a heart-stopping war story starring himself.
Williams claimed for years that he had ridden a Chinook hit by an Iraqi RPG. Last night, Williams stated, \”I want to apologize. I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire. I was instead in a following aircraft.\” He then added, \”We all landed after the ground-fire incident and spent two harrowing nights in a sandstorm in the Iraqi desert.\”
Sadly, Williams’ apology is chock full of misleading statements and what appears to be at least one outright lie.
By stating that he was in a \”following aircraft\” and then adding \”we all landed,\” Williams makes it sound like he was next in a helicopter convoy. He actually arrived, according to members of the military, a full hour later, according to Stars and Stripes. And his statement that he spent two nights with the military is also fragmenting under scrutiny: military reporter Steve Liewer, who reported on the incident, said that crew members \”said they don’t remember seeing Williams again\” after his initial landing and coverage. Liewer reports:
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