#BrianWilliamsMisremembers: A study in history
NBC news anchor Brian Williams, who has anchored NBC’s flagship newscast since 2004, announced he would take a leave of absence after admitting he “misremembered” the details of being on a helicopter that was shot down over Iraq.
Williams has apologized on air, but the firestorm around the incident has continued, including calls for his resignation and even worse, the #BrianWilliamsMisremembers meme.
Here is a small compilation of Brian Williams in history:
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers I was chatting with Orson Welles at the Oscars and then Bradley Cooper snaps my photo pic.twitter.com/EVfM3zNivH
— Starcasm (@starcasm) February 6, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers the Battle of Thermopyle pic.twitter.com/KSZCC3uoo7
— [adult swim] (@adultswim) February 5, 2015
That time I misremembered the choreography. #BrianWilliamsMisremembers #LeftShark pic.twitter.com/5dj6cZS3yS
— Chris Smith (@cswriter) February 5, 2015
Brian Williams said he was with Tupac the night he was murdered, then #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/KwPQD9i6Qe
— Nat Shupe (@NatShupe) February 8, 2015
Poor Brian, the internet is not a forgiving place.