NBC suspends star anchor Brian Williams for six months

2015/02/11 06:01:09 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

NBC suspended star news anchor Brian Williams for six months without pay Tuesday after he admitted embellishing an Iraq war story, the US network said, amid swirling accusations that he exaggerated other reports. The measure takes effect immediately, said NBC, which is under growing pressure to fire the 55-year-old Williams, who reportedly earns about $10 million a year and has scooped up more than two dozen industry awards during his glittering journalism career. Williams & #039; on-air & quot;misrepresentation & quot; of how he came under fire in Iraq in 2003 was & quot;wrong and completely inappropriate for someone in Brian & #039;s position, & quot; Deborah Turness, president of NBC news, said in a statement on its website. & quot;We have decided today to suspend Brian Williams as managing editor and anchor of NBC nightly news for six months.
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