NBC News anchor Brian Williams went from rapping the news to getting a bad wrap after he confessed that he had fabricated a story about taking enemy fire in Iraq while on board a helicopter. Subsequently Williams was suspended from his post for six months (where he remains today). When Williams got called on his bluff by one of the soldiers on board the helicopter that actually did get hit by enemy fire Williams admitted to his “mistake” and replied,
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Turns out a brain tumor screwed him up.
According to sources of a new in-depth Vanity Fair feature, NBC executives and NBC News head Deborah Turness, were told by Williams that a brain tumor was to blame for the false story:
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Sources don’t believe Williams lied about other things, citing he has never been too interested in politics:
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Williams is no Bill O’Reilly, and there's still an inkling of hope that he might return to the news desk, but this Vanity Fair piece makes Williams’ flub seem unforgivable.