The most-watched evening-news anchor on television today has acknowledged that he falsely claimed to have been on a helicopter that was shot down by enemy fire while on an NBC News reporting trip in Iraq in 2003.
In fact, Brian Williams of NBC News said in an interview with the military-focused outlet Stars & Stripes, he was on a different plane that was never under fire and that landed safely about an hour behind one that had.
Watch: Brian Williams tellI Iraq story to David Letterman in 2013
"I would not have chosen to make this mistake," Williams said in the interview. "I don't know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another."
And yet, as the newspaper determined, Williams has told the false story several times since making the 2003 trip. In promotional releases and in comments made as recently as earlier this month, Williams told and retold a story about how he and an NBC News crew had been aboard on a Chinook helicopter that was forced down by rockets and small-arms fire. In reality, according to crew members who were aboard the fallen whirlybird, Williams and his crew landed near the downed helicopter due to an impending sandstorm about to erupt in the Iraqi desert.
Williams addressed the issue Wednesday night on NBC's "Nightly News with Brian Williams," admitting that he "bungled" an attempt to thank one veteran in particular. "I made a mistake in recalling the events in 12 years ago. It did not take long to hear from the brave men and women and their crews," he said, alluding to the Iraq veterans who repudiated his account.
"I hope they know they have my greatest respect and now, my apology," he added.
A spokeswoman for NBC News did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
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