After a Decade Building Trust, an Anchor Starts a Firestorm With One Wrong Move
Date: 06 February 2015
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Alessandra STANLEY
Alessandra Stanley The TV Watch column observes NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, despite public apology over telling untrue story about being on helicopter under fire in Iraq, faces lingering days of media scrutiny and social media criticism; says his hard lesson is that trust earned over 10 years can be lost in less than 10 minutes.
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With an Apology, Brian Williams Digs Himself Deeper in Copter Tale
Date: 06 February 2015
By JONATHAN MAHLER, RAVI SOMAIYA and EMILY STEEL
Jonathan MAHLER
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams publicly apologizes for making false claims that he was in helicopter that was shot down in Iraq in 2003, but confession only draws further attacks from veterans and pundits; Williams claims to have misremembered incident, but critics accuse him of misleading public; incident is particularly damaging in industry that purports to value truth above all.
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Brian Williams Admits He Wasn’t on Copter Shot Down in Iraq
Date: 05 February 2015
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA
NBC News anchor Brian Williams apologizes for claiming that he had been on helicopter that was crippled by enemy fire in Iraq in 2003, which he described in vivid and specific detail to Davit Letterman in 2013; Williams admits he was in fact on aircraft following downed helicopter.
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What We're Reading
Date: 06 February 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Amy Chozick, Quentin Hardy and others.
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Sri Lanka’s New Government Hopes to Revisit Past on Its Own Terms
Date: 05 February 2015
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Somini SENGUPTA
News Analysis; government of Sri Lankan Pres Maithripala Sirisena is pushing United Nations to delay inquiry into war crimes committed against ethnic Tamils and to give country time to devise its own system for prosecuting perpetrators; Western countries must decide whether administration's promises of reconciliation justify putting off long-sought investigation.
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The Bruce Jenner Story Goes From Gossip to News
Date: 05 February 2015
By JACOB BERNSTEIN
Jacob BERNSTEIN
News that Bruce Jenner, patriarch of Kardashian family, is undergoing transition from male to female has broken free of tabloids and entered mainstream as larger news outfits begin running story.
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Fox Reduces Its Forecast for Growth
Date: 05 February 2015
By EMILY STEEL
Emily STEEL
Twenty-First Century Fox cuts its expectation of profits for fiscal year 2016 to mid-$7 billion range, down from original target of around $9 billion; revised forecast is due in large part to Fox broadcast network's performance.
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Checkpoints and Cash: Reporting From Ukraine
Date: 05 February 2015
By RICK LYMAN
Rick LYMAN
Rick Lyman, The Times’s Warsaw bureau chief, writes of reporting from the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine.
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