Television journalist Brian Williams, proven right here in 2014. says he’s leaving NBC News when his contract ends in December 2021.
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NEW YORK — Brian Williams, who remade his profession as an MSNBC host after shedding his job as NBC “Nightly News” anchor for making false claims a few wartime story, is leaving the community after 28 years.
Williams stated in a observe to colleagues that “following much reflection,” he had determined to exit when his contract ends in December.
“This is the end of a chapter and the beginning of another,” Williams wrote. “There are many things I want to do, and I’ll pop up again somewhere.”
Willliams, 62, stated he’ll take just a few months off to spend time together with his household.
Williams was NBC News’ high anchor from 2004 till 2015, when he was suspended for falsely claiming that he had been in a helicopter hit by enemy fireplace throughout the Iraq War. A subsequent investigation discovered that he had made different inaccurate statements about his experiences masking occasions, and he misplaced the job.
He was later given the 11 p.m. hour at MSNBC, which he become a fast-moving, entertaining newscast summing up the day’s information.