Tag Archives: Brian Williams

The Most Beautifulest People, Don’t Tell me

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Charleston: Relatives of the Charleston church shooting victims spoke emotionally yesterday at the bond hearing for 21-year-old Dylann Roof, who is charged with nine racially motivated murders. Felicia Sanders, the mother of 26-year old Tywanza Sanders, who was killed, said …

Too Big to Fire

Friday, June 19, 2015

Only in television news can you rehab your own people on television news. NBC’s disgraced Brian Williams sat for a soul-searching interview with Today’s Matt Lauer to explain and apologize for his fabulist storytelling before he returns to the NBC …

Racist to Face Charges, Williams to the Minors

Friday, June 19, 2015

Nation: A 21-year-old avowed racist is expected in court today to face charges that he massacred nine people at a black church in Charleston, SC. Dylann Roof, of Lexington, SC, was grabbed during a traffic stop yesterday in North Carolina. …

Nine Dead in SC Church, The Return of Brian

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Nation: Police in Charleston, S.C. are on the hunt for a white gunman who shot and killed nine black people during a prayer service inside a church in the city’s historic downtown last night. Police are calling it a hate …

Bomber Goes to Jury, Paul Declares for President

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Boston Bomber: The case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has gone to the jury after a day of impassioned closing arguments by prosecutors and his lawyer. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty told the jurors yesterday, “This was a cold, …

Ukraine Fighting Intense, Oregon Gov. Out

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Ukraine: The US is accusing Russia of taking direct part in an all out assault on the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve before a ceasefire was supposed to take hold. The fighting is being described as intense. State Department spokeswoman …

A Hero in His Own Mind

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

The walls of my office at home are decorated with pictures mostly of myself. There I am standing in front of a Western wildfire and posing with Gen. Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier. I have a …

Williams Kicked Out, Stewart Steps Out

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Dialed Out: NBC News suspended Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams for six months without pay for embellishing a story about his experience in the 2003 Iraq War. It’s a move unprecedented in network news. The New York Post headline says …

States Rights in ‘Bama, Williams Cancels

Monday, February 9, 2015

States Rights: In defiance of a federal court decision, Alabama’s Chief Justice last night issued an order telling the state’s probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples today. Chief Justice Roy Moore wrote that “Effective immediately, no …

More ISIS Airstrikes, Williams Faces Fire

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Permawar: The US-led coalition carried out 26 airstrikes today against ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq following an unverified claim that an American woman hostage died in an earlier Jordanian bombing raid. Islamic State extremists say that the woman since …