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Brian Douglas Williams was suspended from his evening news job for six months without pay for lying. Williams, an American journalist, is known mostly for his ten-year tenure with NBC as a managing editor and anchor of the Nightly News. Reportedly, Williams earned more than $10 million a year and had signed a five-year contract in December 2014. In February 2015, Williams was hit with a suspension for not being honest about his experience in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and since that time the investigation has revealed more areas of dishonesty.
Williams is a well-known personality who has earned several awards and honors for his work in journalism. Now, the legacy he worked so hard build is crumbling because of the inability to be honest while reporting newsworthy events. Currently, there are at least 11 instances which have been noted where the anchor either bent the truth to his advantage or embellished facts. NBC’s internal probe of … click HERE to continue reading