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Jon Halsey: Brian Williams 12 year cover up should end career

Comments re article 73025 RRW Comment on NBC Newsman Bryan Williams

By Jon Halsey
Personal Commentary

I understand Ralph's point(s) but it seems to me that if we are going to continue to give the members of the media extraordinary rights and constitutional privileges then we have the right to expect a higher standard of conduct than what Brian Williams and many others in today's media exhibit.

Should this be a career ender? I think so, given the fact that Williams has accepted the sacred mantle to inform the public accurately and he repeated this canard repeatedly over a twelve year period and when his veracity started to be questioned, he doubled down and then lied about the lie.

If this had not been done in the context of a "News" program it could be chalked up to "macho bravado" of the kind Ralph speaks of, but the fact remains that it was in the context of news and spit in the face of the particular freedoms granted the press that the rest of us do not enjoy.




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