Brian Williams recants Iraq story
Early in the year Brian Williams, one of America's most beloved broadcast journalists,
admitted to having exaggerated a story he reported on while in Iraq in 2003. On multiple occasions, Williams recalled the events of the time he was in a military helicopter that was shot, but soldiers on the same mission denied the fact. The anchor publicly recanted the story and apologized to viewers in February. As a result, Williams was
suspended from NBC's Nightly News and will carry on with his career as a reporter
for MSNBC.
Above: Brian Williams arrives in the press room with his Emmy at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards at Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on September 21, 2009. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI