NBC News anchor Brian Williams apologises for incorrectly recalling a story about being shot at in a helicopter during the Iraq war. But surely the internet would be sympathetic? Yeah, maybe not.
Lost in the “fog of memory”, NBC News anchor Brian Williams has retracted a story he has told several times about being shot at with a rocket-propelled grenade in a Chinook helicopter during the Iraq war.
He last told the story on Friday, while reporting a tribute at a New York Rangers hockey game for a retired soldier who provided ground security during the incident.
But soldiers aboard the helicopter that was hit by two rockets and small arms fire said the journalist had arrived on a different helicopter an hour later.
“I spent much of the weekend thinking I’d gone crazy,” Williams said after his confession – so how will he feel after seeing the internet’s best efforts to poke fun at his memory lapse?
I’m a huge Brian Williams fan but you have to admit this is funny pic.twitter.com/N1QgE36Esn
— Shawn Reynolds (@ShawnRTV6) February 5, 2015
OH MY!! HILARIOUS! @TheMorningSpew: #BrianWilliamsMisremembers back when I was at the Daily Planet…. pic.twitter.com/RpBdFH3Xh6
— Prudence (@dennygirltwo) February 5, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers that time in Mogadishu… pic.twitter.com/nkTE9ERUSM
— neontaster (@neontaster) February 5, 2015
And then I told him: ‘Draw me like one of your french girls’ #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/KGlcCqecjs
— Jenna Abrams (@Jenn_Abrams) February 5, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers: News anchor mocked for false war story http://t.co/NL7UtA1fuN pic.twitter.com/r5qcgTcBvn
— Geoff Herbert (@deafgeoff) February 5, 2015
“Damn, those tablets were heavy!”
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/orXsbLU9Bf
— Serr8d (@serr8d) February 5, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers hitting that iceberg and his undying love for Rose DeWitt Bukater. @MichelleMalkin pic.twitter.com/ul1RHGJ7ea
— TexasTsunami (@TexasTsunami) February 5, 2015
“And then I told Ol’ Georgie take the Delaware cause it’s quicker.” #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/2xITzffNPM
— TheKingWindsor (@TheKingWindsor) February 5, 2015
“So I told #leftshark ‘Don’t worry about the choreography, just go with it'” #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/NRM9GUYTPR
— Dave Murray (@Michigandmurray) February 5, 2015
Saving Private Brian
#BrianWilliamsMemories pic.twitter.com/IWMRKGxDrk
— Ivan the Kâ?¢ (@IvanTheK) February 5, 2015
“There I was. I jumped up into the line of fire and yelled over “Abe, save that film!” #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/XjplmmNfPf
— Art Chartrand (@ArtChartrand) February 5, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers #BrianWilliamsWarStories Brian in the trenches defending the world. pic.twitter.com/Lk1sJaXDwF
— Яob (@robx_d) February 5, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers I tell you what, those chariots got great mileage. pic.twitter.com/XRo2KBAGAu
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) February 5, 2015