PDad wrote:jonriv wrote:The question I have in these situations is why? What do you have to gain with these exagerations? Was not flying and being in a combat zone enough? Was not haveing a helicopter near you heit enough? I guess you need to be egocentric to become an anchorman etc,,,,, but this just seems beyond the pale.
The only half-excusable explanation I can come up with is it started with other people misremembering the story and he went along their distortions as time went by instead of continually correcting them. However, I think the real reason is it made a better story to tell in private conversations and public appearances. Seriously, it's fairly common for people to exaggerate their involvement in stories. The only thing different about this case is he did it so publicly and had so much to lose when caught.
I wonder whether he will be back in the anchor's chair after 6 months. The only thing in Brian's favor is NBC doesn't have an heir apparent. Perhaps NBC is hiring Jon Stewart - last night he announced he's leaving The Daily Show.
Could be. The "alphabet" network's Evening News program has been a joke for the last 30 years anyway, so why not hire a comedian to read a prompter. The alphabet networks have slanted their news to the left for so long no one takes them seriously anymore, so why not just be open about it and hire a comedian to spout the liberal agenda. I'm not sure anyone would notice the difference anyway.