MSNBC Host vs. Williams: ‘Magnified Chain of Telephone He Played with Himself’

MAHER Let me talk ░░░░░░░░ something important What s ░░░░░░░░ on with Brian Williams ░░░░░░░░ Who wants to talk ░░░░░░░░ this I mean should ░░░░░░░░ resign and was this ░░░░░░░░ one time lie or ░░░░░░░░ pattern MOCK I feel ░░░░░░░░ it was a magnified ░░░░░░░░ of telephone that he ░░░░░░░░ with himself it seemed ░░░░░░░░ someone who went to ░░░░░░░░ school I know when ░░░░░░░░ was in that space ░░░░░░░░ studying journalism our boogeyman ░░░░░░░░ Jayson Blair and Stephen ░░░░░░░░ We learned that plagiarism ░░░░░░░░ embellishment is something that ░░░░░░░░ on the same tenet ░░░░░░░░ punishment as giving up ░░░░░░░░ sources For me if ░░░░░░░░ cannot trust the white ░░░░░░░░ with the deep voice ░░░░░░░░ the broad shoulders in ░░░░░░░░ Nightly News who can ░░░░░░░░ trust Applause HOLMES You ░░░░░░░░ trust Lester Holt statute ░░░░░░░░ Yes that s right ░░░░░░░░ WILLIAMSON I think the ░░░░░░░░ Williams story is a ░░░░░░░░ red herring Whether he ░░░░░░░░ be fired or not ░░░░░░░░ don t know But ░░░░░░░░ entire American news establishment ░░░░░░░░ be fired if telling ░░░░░░░░ truth was the minimum ░░░░░░░░ Applause and cheering MAHER ░░░░░░░░ Williams seems like a ░░░░░░░░ nice guy He s ░░░░░░░░ a great sense of ░░░░░░░░ but I tell you ░░░░░░░░ don t have sympathy ░░░░░░░░ begin with because I ░░░░░░░░ the Nightly News broadcasts ░░░░░░░░ much because they abdicate ░░░░░░░░ responsibility of informing the ░░░░░░░░ WILLIAMSON Exactly MAHER Their ░░░░░░░░ are about 4 minutes ░░░░░░░░ news and then it ░░░░░░░░ bullshit and feel good ░░░░░░░░ and the one legged ░░░░░░░░ and I don t ░░░░░░░░ MCCORMACK I don t ░░░░░░░░ how Brian Williams comes ░░░░░░░░ from this but how ░░░░░░░░ this any different than ░░░░░░░░ Hillary Clinton said in ░░░░░░░░ that she landed in ░░░░░░░░ under sniper fire MAHER ░░░░░░░░ s not HOLMES She ░░░░░░░░ a politician crosstalk MCCORMACK ░░░░░░░░ what that s a ░░░░░░░░ MAHER What about Chris ░░░░░░░░ the American sniper who ░░░░░░░░ he s killed 30 ░░░░░░░░ from the Superdome in ░░░░░░░░ Orleans who said he ░░░░░░░░ Jessie Ventura and he ░░░░░░░░ t What about Richard ░░░░░░░░ he lied about Vietnam ░░░░░░░░ about Reagan who said ░░░░░░░░ every solider I was ░░░░░░░░ the war glad to ░░░░░░░░ back home and make ░░░░░░░░ to my wife He ░░░░░░░░ left Culver City Talking ░░░░░░░░ get back home Applause ░░░░░░░░ Let me go to ░░░░░░░░ Williams he is supposed ░░░░░░░░ be the most trusted ░░░░░░░░ in journalism as NBC ░░░░░░░░ MAHER Right Yes HOLMES ░░░░░░░░ it s interesting that ░░░░░░░░ embellishments always tend to ░░░░░░░░ in one direction which ░░░░░░░░ toward bravery and daring ░░░░░░░░ right MAHER Of course ░░░░░░░░ He doesn t say ░░░░░░░░ I remember throwing up ░░░░░░░░ the helicopter all over ░░░░░░░░ pilot OK That s ░░░░░░░░ what he remembers He ░░░░░░░░ being a hero WILLIAMSON ░░░░░░░░ of our news organizations ░░░░░░░░ are owned by just ░░░░░░░░ few corporations They always ░░░░░░░░ the sort of corporatist ░░░░░░░░ because they are the ░░░░░░░░ They just let George ░░░░░░░░ walk into Iraq with ░░░░░░░░ asking him any questions ░░░░░░░░ don t talk about ░░░░░░░░ specific partnership they don ░░░░░░░░ talk about Monsanto They ░░░░░░░░ like MAHER Right because ░░░░░░░░ does all the advertising ░░░░░░░░ the Nightly News Big ░░░░░░░░ WILLIAMSON And now today ░░░░░░░░ are all so serious ░░░░░░░░ we take our responsibilities ░░░░░░░░ seriously Let s see ░░░░░░░░ they will laugh or ░░░░░░░░ angry —“