Thursday, February 5, 2015

 NBC's Brian Williams admits he invented his story about being shot down in a chopper over Iraq  
Herman Cain   I'm pretty sure you'd remember if you were - or weren't - shot down in a Chinook helicopter over Iraq. That kind of thing is hard to "misremember.
Image Credit: NBC's Brian Williams admits he invented his story about his chopper being shot down in IraqPublished by: Robert Laurie on Thursday February 5th, 2015
'Fog of memory' and whatnot.

"NBC News is nothing if not a beacon of truth."??  From their flagship nightly newscasts, to the brilliant Sharpton-based programming offered by MSNBC, they pride themselves on their journalistic integrity. Since that's oh-so-obviously the case, we're assuming they're very embarrassed to find out that they've been lying about their top anchor, Brian Williams, for years.
It seems that Mr. Williams' oft-repeated anecdote about being aboard a Chinook helicopter shot down over Iraq - one that has been repeated over and over since 2003 - was completely false.
Here he is, telling the harrowing tale in painstaking detail just last week:

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