• NBC News Anchor Brian Williams Replaced by Lester Holt During Leave of Absence

    NBC Nightly News anchor, Brian Williams has wisely decided to bench himself for awhile. Rather than just reporting the news from all over the world, the veteran reporter has been grabbing numerous headlines all week due to his "misremembering" whether or not his chopper was hit by a grenade in Iraq (it wasn't). Many of his other tales of heroism on the job are now under a microscope as the network has opened a full investigation into Williams reporting. After feeling the heat from all sides for a few days, he finally has announced that he is taking a break from the anchor desk.

  • NBC News Launches Investigation Into Brian Williams' Reporting

    Brian Williams is considered to be the face of NBC News and in just a few short days and with one admission of deceit his whole career is now in jeopardy. While Williams has tried to say that he simply didn't remember not being in that chopper that was hit with a grenade in Iraq back in 2003, that one incident may be the least of his problems. NBC News has launched an investigation into the top anchors' reporting and the results may not be too great.

  • Brian Williams Apologizes for Perpetuating False Story of RPG-Related Crash: Will NBC News Fire Him?

    Oh, boy -- NBC News's Brian Williams has really gotten himself in deep. Over the last 10 years, the veteran journalist and news anchor has been telling a story about how he was on board a chopper that was brought down by a grenade at the beginning of the war in Iraq. After a recent "NBC Nightly News" segment featured the story again, those aboard the chopper that went down spoke up, insisting that Williams was never with them -- in fact, he arrived an hour after their crash, asking for details on what had happened. The anchor had apologized for perpetuating the false story of an RPG-related crash, so will he be fired?

  • NBC Signs Brian Williams to New, Long-Term Deal to Continue Anchoring 'Nightly News'

    Head honchos at NBC News are breathing a bit easier after officially signing NBC's "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams to a new, multi-year contract that is sure to keep him around the halls of 30 Rock for a long time to come. Williams first took over the anchor seat from the legendary Tom Brokaw in 2004 and has pretty much dominated the evening news race from Day 1. In recent months ABC's David Muir has begun to challenge him in the ratings race, but Williams seems to be taking the competition in stride.NBC News President Deborah Turness announced Williams's new deal in a memo, which read, "Brian is one of the most trusted journalists of our time. He has led this organization through every major news event for the last decade, from Hurricane Katrina in his first year in the anchor chair to his exclusive interview with Edward Snowden this year, through elections, wars, natural disasters, tragedies and triumphs. In all of those cases he's taken 'Nightly News's' viewers to the heart of the stories that matter most in a way that's uniquely his."
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